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Rejected by Its Own Watchdog. Published Anyway. Welcome to EU Tobacco Polic …

Peter Beckett at Clearing the Air uncovered something that Brussels hoped nobody would notice. The European Commission’s evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive, the report that is supposed to form the legal foundation for …
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Turkey on its way of tobacco policy failure

Despite having ample evidence that the neglect of a harm reduction approach and prohibitionism is failing, the lessons have never been learned. Even though sales, import and distribution of vapes is already prohibited in …
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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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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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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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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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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: 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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