Michael Landl

CANBERRA, 13 February 2026– The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) has officially submitted its evidence to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, warning that Australia’s restrictive vaping laws are the primary driver 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.
The European Commission constantly prides itself on the promise to legislate based on evidence and open public consultation. Yet, as we approach the critical update of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), that promise is …

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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.
Das Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) hat eine neue Stellungnahme (003/2026) zu Kühlstoffen in E-Zigaretten veröffentlicht. Parallel dazu wird in Berlin bereits konkret ein Verbot von Menthol und 13 weiteren Inhalts- und Kühlstoffen vorbereitet, das …

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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.
The latest comments from Jindřich Vobořil, a respected public health and drug policy expert with decades of international experience, describe what many of us have long feared about the direction of the WHO’s tobacco …

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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.
What a year. 2025 was intense but also inspiring. So, I’d like to look back together with you and share what we accomplished as a community, as well as where we pushed back against …

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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.
The World Health Organization’s global tobacco control conference, COP11, concluded last week in Geneva, bringing together member states to discuss the future of nicotine regulation. The conference was initially intended to strengthen the global fight …

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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.
Day two of COP11 offered something unexpected. While most delegations continued the well-rehearsed ritual of announcing bans and restrictions, a handful of countries broke ranks again. They demanded evidence, transparency, and a seat at …

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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.
EU Commission Spreads Misinformation on Vaping at COP11 Geneva, 17 November 2025 – At the Ministerial Roundtable during COP11, the European Commission’s DG for Health and Food Safety presented claims about vaping and other less harmful nicotine …

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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.
COP11: Day 1 Exposes an Echo Chamber Ignoring Real Progress in Tobacco Control Geneva, 17 November 2025 — The first day of COP11 has revealed a troubling repeat of past failures. Rather than embrace …

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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.
Today, COP11 has opened with the same old story. Countries patting each other on the back for ever-stricter restrictions on less harmful nicotine products, while barely glancing at what the evidence actually shows about …

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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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