{"id":6144,"date":"2025-03-27T09:15:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:17:15","slug":"dutch-official-compares-vaping-to-heroin-and-crack-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/dutch-official-compares-vaping-to-heroin-and-crack-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch official compares vaping to heroin and crack use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>State Secretary Vincent Karremans told the Dutch House of Representatives that he wants to prevent people from starting to vape and encourage anyone already vaping to stop. In his publicly-available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/actueel\/nieuws\/2025\/03\/12\/vapes-harder-aangepakt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>, he claimed nicotine is the most addictive drug after heroin and crack cocaine, and that it can cause serious health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Karremans, State Secretary for Youth, Prevention and Sport, said: \u201cBecause nicotine is the most addictive drug after heroin and crack, vapes are highly addictive. Nicotine damages the developing brain and can lead to a persistent addiction at a young age.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u2018Misguided\u2019 comments<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Vaping advocacy body the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA) has condemned the comparison as \u201cmisguided,\u201d saying it puts lives at risk by scaring people away from a product that is proven to be far safer than smoking.<\/p>\n<p>The group said Karremans\u2019 comments are \u201cnot only inaccurate but also harmful to public health efforts\u201d and added his \u201cclaim that \u2018nicotine is the most addictive drug in existence after heroin and crack\u2019 is a blatant misrepresentation of scientific evidence and contributes to the growing pandemic of misinformation surrounding vaping in the Netherlands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The blunder comes after European commissioner Wopke Hoekstra made the false claim last month that <a href=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/european-commissioner-wrongly-states-vaping-kills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cvaping kills\u201d<\/a> in a public address to parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.europarl.europa.eu\/en\/webstreaming\/fisc-committee-meeting_20250206-1000-COMMITTEE-FISC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Subcommittee on Tax Matters<\/a> on February 6, Hoekstra inaccurately stated that vaping kills in the same way as smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Landl, Director of the WVA, said: \u201cThe Dutch government\u2019s fear-mongering tactics are not only wrong but dangerous. By spreading such misinformation, they are actively undermining efforts to combat smoking in the Netherlands. The scientific evidence is clear: vaping is significantly less harmful than smoking and has helped millions quit cigarettes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/dutch-official-compares-vaping-to-heroin-and-crack-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Secretary Vincent Karremans told the Dutch House of Representatives that he wants to prevent people from starting to vape and encourage anyone already vaping to stop. In his publicly-available statement, he claimed nicotine is the most addictive drug after heroin and crack cocaine, and that it can cause serious health issues. 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