Ungarns regeringsparti Fidesz fordobler sin holdning til at mindske skader på grund af tobak og benægter videnskabelige beviser for de potentielle fordele ved vaping for folkesundheden. Statssekretær i indenrigsministeriet, Benec Rétvári, bekræfter, at Ungarn fortsat vil behandle vaping på samme måde som rygning og ikke vil omstøde forbuddet mod vaping-smagsstoffer.
Michael Landl, direktør for World Vapers' Alliance, sagde: ’It is shocking that the Hungarian government still peddles worn-out and debunked myths about vaping. Rétvári systematically ignores scientific evidence proving the benefits of vaping, not to mention the first-hand experience of millions of vapers. Vaping is 95% mindre skadelig end rygning og en mere effektiv metode til at holde op med at ryge than traditional therapies such as gum and patches. The Hungarian approach to vaping will do nothing but cost lives.”
Michael Landl is from Austria and is based in Vienna. He says he is an experienced policy professional and a passionate vaper. He studied at the University of St. Gallen and worked for several public policy outlets and in the German Parliament.
Læs hele teksten her