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The Contradictions of the TPD Evaluation Report: Missing the Target, Attack …

The TPD evaluation report was supposed to deliver an objective, data-driven assessment of whether the EU’s Tobacco Products Directive has succeeded in protecting public health and putting the EU on track to achieve its …
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When “Public Health” Gets It Backwards

There are moments when you read a policy proposal and genuinely wonder if reality has been completely ignored. The recent push to ban safer nicotine alternatives in the Philippines is one of those moments. …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Deutschland verbietet Aromen. Der Schwarzmarkt übernimmt den Rest.

In Deutschland wird gerade über ein Verbot von Aromen in E-Zigaretten diskutiert. Der Gedanke dahinter klingt vernünftig: weniger attraktive Produkte, weniger Jugendliche, die vapen. Die Realität sieht anders aus. Ein Aromatenverbot wird den Schwarzmarkt …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Europe’s Vaping Black Market Is Booming. Politicians Need to Wake Up.

A new study by the Fraunhofer Institute and MRU GmbH has put some hard numbers on something vapers have known for a while: the illegal vape market in Europe is massive and growing fast. …
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THR Weekly Wrap-Up: Belgium’s Flavour Ban Debate and New Research on Nico …

Hello folks, It’s been another busy week in the world of vaping policy, so here’s a quick roundup of some developments you should know about. I hope this helps you stay on top of …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Belgium Is About to Hand the Vape Market to Criminals

Belgium has already banned disposable vapes. Now there are discussions about going further — restricting or banning flavoured e-cigarettes. It sounds decisive. It is not. It is a policy that will grow the black …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Aromenverbot: Wissenschaft versus Minister Rainer

Deutschland steht vor einem gesundheitspolitischen Knieschuss, befeuert durch ideologische Verblendung. Das geplante „De-facto-Aromenverbot“ ist nichts weniger als ein staatliches Konjunkturprogramm für den Schwarzmarkt und den Zigarettenkonsum. Durch ein Aromenverbot treibt die Regierung Millionen von …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Could low-dose nicotine support brain function? The science behind it and t …

Two different scientific papers, published in different contexts, point to the same uncomfortable truth: nicotine is more complex than the slogans suggest. In a study on patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment, researchers administered 2 …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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THR Weekly Wrap-Up: Tax Battles, Risk-Based Hope, and Global Harm Reduction …

Dear vapers, It’s time for another weekly wrap-up – I hope you’re ready. Here are some updates from the past week. First, it’s worth mentioning again that the WVA has joined a pan-European coalition …
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