{"id":6596,"date":"2025-11-14T05:10:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2025-11-14T05:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:10:19","slug":"pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11"},"content":{"rendered":"

14.11.2025, Brussels – Several EU member states have pushed back against extreme anti-vaping and anti-nicotine measures, leading to a notable shift in the EU\u2019s official position ahead of the upcoming WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control meeting (COP11) in Geneva. Revealed by \u201cClearing The Air<\/a>,\u201d the EU member states agreed not to support any bans during COP11.<\/p>\n

That means the EU will now be unable to support COP resolutions that contain language permitting product bans.<\/p>\n

Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA), said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shift in the EU position is a significant win for common sense. It marks a clear rejection of unfounded bans disguised as health policy. <\/em>Consumers and sensible governments have pushed back, ensuring that regulatory language reflects reality instead of ideology. This is a vital step to preserving access to less harmful nicotine products that millions rely on.<\/em><\/strong> While the worst has been avoided, the final position still does not go far enough to protect consumer choice and encourage harm reduction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the growing resistance within the EU against the Commission\u2019s anti-harm reduction stance is encouraging. Member states must maintain this evidence-based approach during upcoming regulatory discussions, including the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan and revisions of the Tobacco Excise and Tobacco Products Directives.<\/p>\n

While hardliners at the Commission, WHO, and Bloomberg-funded groups continue to push an ideology that ignores science, this shift in the EU position for COP11 shows their influence is not absolute. Member states prioritising evidence over ideology must resist policies that would block millions of smokers from accessing less harmful products that could save their lives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

14.11.2025, Brussels – Several EU member states have pushed back against extreme anti-vaping and anti-nicotine measures, leading to a notable shift in the EU\u2019s official position ahead of the upcoming WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control meeting (COP11) in Geneva. Revealed by \u201cClearing The Air,\u201d the EU member states agreed not to support any bans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"\nPushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11 - World Vapers' Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11 - World Vapers' Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"14.11.2025, Brussels – Several EU member states have pushed back against extreme anti-vaping and anti-nicotine measures, leading to a notable shift in the EU\u2019s official position ahead of the upcoming WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control meeting (COP11) in Geneva. Revealed by \u201cClearing The Air,\u201d the EU member states agreed not to support any bans […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Vapers' Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-14T10:10:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4162\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3840\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Vapers' Alliance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Vapers' Alliance\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d\"},\"headline\":\"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-14T10:10:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11 - World Vapers' Alliance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-14T10:10:19+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/10\\\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png\",\"width\":4162,\"height\":3840},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\",\"description\":\"The largest community of vapers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png\",\"width\":985,\"height\":1177,\"caption\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d\",\"name\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/en_gb\\\/author\\\/wva\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11 - World Vapers' Alliance","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11 - World Vapers' Alliance","og_description":"14.11.2025, Brussels – Several EU member states have pushed back against extreme anti-vaping and anti-nicotine measures, leading to a notable shift in the EU\u2019s official position ahead of the upcoming WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control meeting (COP11) in Geneva. Revealed by \u201cClearing The Air,\u201d the EU member states agreed not to support any bans […]","og_url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/","og_site_name":"World Vapers' Alliance","article_published_time":"2025-11-14T10:10:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":4162,"height":3840,"url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"World Vapers' Alliance","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"World Vapers' Alliance","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/"},"author":{"name":"World Vapers' Alliance","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d"},"headline":"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11","datePublished":"2025-11-14T10:10:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/"},"wordCount":275,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png","articleSection":["Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/","name":"Pushback Forces Change in EU Tobacco Control Position for COP11 - World Vapers' Alliance","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png","datePublished":"2025-11-14T10:10:19+00:00","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/pushback-forces-change-in-eu-tobacco-control-position-for-cop11\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WVA_Press-Release_Cover-new.png","width":4162,"height":3840},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/","name":"World Vapers' Alliance","description":"The largest community of vapers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#organization","name":"World Vapers' Alliance","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png","width":985,"height":1177,"caption":"World Vapers' Alliance"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d","name":"World Vapers' Alliance","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"World Vapers' Alliance"},"url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/author\/wva\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}