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Consumer organisations representing vape and nicotine pouch users across Europe have urged the Swedish government to reject a proposed EU compromise on harmonised nicotine taxation, warning it could undermine harm reduction and drive consumers back …

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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 Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) warns that the European Commission’s “Better Regulation” agenda is drifting away from its purpose by sidelining the very citizens it claims to serve and using consultations as rubber stamps instead 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 Malaysian Ministry of Health has announced that it intends to introduce a complete and “non-negotiable” ban on all vape products – despite high smoking rates and a black-market threat. Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad …

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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.
La Germania si prepara a un giro di vite contro le sigarette elettroniche, mettendo al bando mentolo, sucralosio e oltre una dozzina di additivi “rinfrescanti” utilizzati nei liquidi da inalazione. La bozza di regolamento …

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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.
A leaked revision of the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive (TED), recently circulated under the Cypriot presidency, has reignited the concern that Europe is drifting toward ideology-driven policy at the expense of public health outcomes. While …

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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.
Il Parlamento europeo potrebbe confermare le tendenze proibizioniste in materia di sigarette elettroniche e altri prodotti alternativi al fumo, espresse dalla Commissione europea. È quanto purtroppo emerge dalla Draft opinion (bozza di parere) sul …

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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.
Ein geplanter Vorstoß von Ernährungs- und Landwirtschaftsminister Alois Rainer (CSU) sorgt für massive Kritik. Unter dem Vorwand einer Änderung der Tabakerzeugnisverordnung plant das Ministerium, Menthol sowie 13 weitere Inhalts- und Kühlstoffe für E-Zigaretten zu …

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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.
According to a leaked draft of the European Council’s updated Tobacco Excise Directive, seen by Planet of the Vapes, the planned new European taxes for vapes and heated tobacco products from 2030 looks set …

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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.
Le recenti dichiarazioni del commissario europeo alla Salute Olivér Várhelyi, in risposta a una interrogazione presentata dal deputato danese Kristoffer Storm, hanno riacceso uno scontro politico e scientifico sul tema della riduzione del danno …

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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.
Secondo una bozza di compromesso presentata dalla presidenza cipriota e visionata dalla testata Clearing the Air, le nuove tasse europee su sigarette elettroniche e prodotti a tabacco riscaldato, che dovrebbero entrare in vigore dal …

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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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