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Argentina Ends the Ban on Vapes

Buenos Aires, 4 May 2026 – Argentina has taken a major step by lifting the ban on vapes, in place since 2011, and introducing a regulatory framework for alternative nicotine products. The resolution issued …
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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: Flavour Bans, Black Markets, and a Fight That Continues

Hello fellow vapers, I’m back with another weekly wrap-up. The world of THR is as challenging and turbulent as ever, so here’s a quick look at what’s been happening around the world – both …
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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 Bans Flavoured Vapes, Ignores the Evidence and Abandons Smokers

Brussels, 1 May 2026 — Belgium’s federal government has approved a ban on flavoured e-cigarettes, leaving only tobacco-flavoured and unflavoured products on the market from September 2028. The decision ignores a substantial body 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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The EU’s Australian Nightmare

A new study published in Addiction lays it out plainly. Australia adopted punitive tobacco taxes and blocked consumer access to less harmful nicotine alternatives. The result: an estimated 55% of all tobacco sold in …
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Another Open Letter to the EU

Seven pressure groups across Europe have written an open letter to the European Commission DG SANTE, Ursula von der Leyen (President of the European Commission), and Olivér Várhelyi (Commissioner for Health and Food Safety) requesting they …
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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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Former WHO Officials to Global Health Community: Harm Reduction Works

Three former WHO officials have published a commentary in Nature Health calling on the global health community to formally integrate tobacco harm reduction into international tobacco control policy. The authors, Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita, …
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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: When Policy Misses the Point

Hi vapers, After a short pause, I’m back again with another wrap-up to share some news from the THR world. Probably the biggest update in recent weeks for consumers in the EU was the …
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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 TPD Review Under Fire: Consumer Groups Demand Evidence-Based Tobacco Pol …

With the European Commission’s Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) soon to be revised, the tobacco policy debate in Europe is reaching a boiling point, revealing an ever-increasing divergence between scientific evidence and regulatory action. A rising …
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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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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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