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EU-wide Disinformation on Less Harmful Nicotine Products Continues

One might think that all possible false claims about less harmful nicotine alternatives have already been spread, and that at some point, it would stop. If that’s the case, Olivér Várhelyi has proven otherwise …
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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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EU Health Commissioner spreads misinformation while EU misses smoke-free go …

18.12.25 – Brussels. The World Vapers Alliance (WVA) strongly criticises EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi for claiming in an interview with Euractiv that vaping, nicotine pouches, and heated tobacco are “100 percent” as harmful …
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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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WVA attacks EU ‘Safe Hearts Plan’ for ignoring harm reduction

The European Commission’s newly published Safe Hearts Plan promises to tackle Europe’s cardiovascular burden. Instead of using harm reduction as a prevention and smoking cessation aid, it singles out safer nicotine products as part …
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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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How Fearmongers Are Poisoning the Well on Harm Reduction

The 2025 “Teen Popcorn Lung” Case That Isn’t In the endless scroll of social media doom, few things are more infuriating than a viral post that weaponizes half-truths and outright fabrications to demonize something …
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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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WVA condemns EU “super tax” proposal on heated tobacco

3.12.25 – Brussels. The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) warns that the Danish EU Council Presidency’s push for a “super tax” on heated tobacco and other less harmful nicotine products, backed by the European Commission, …
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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 Caribbean Can’t Wait: A Call for Leadership After COP11

Last week, the World Health Organization’s flagship tobacco control conference, COP11, took place in Geneva. It was meant to be a defining moment in the global campaign against nicotine. Instead, it became a moment …
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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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Shodli jsme se, že se neshodneme. Globální regulace nikotinových altern …

Konference Světové zdravotnické organizace o kontrole tabáku, uzavřená v sobotu, příliš velký pokrok nepřinesla. Kompromis se nepodařilo najít v tom, jak do budoucna regulovat e-cigarety a další novinky, ani jestli zakázat cigaretové filtry. Hledá se viník, …
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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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COP11 Wrap-Up: The WHO Loses Control Over Its Prohibitionist Agenda

Last week, the World Health Organization hosted COP11, its flagship global tobacco control conference, and instead of reinforcing its grip on nicotine policy, it revealed how fragile its agenda has become. From the outset, …
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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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COP11 Reveals Cracks in WHO’s Tobacco Control Strategy

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.
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