{"id":6617,"date":"2025-11-21T00:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T05:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2025-11-21T00:40:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T05:40:39","slug":"cop11-day-4-first-cracks-in-the-ideological-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/cop11-day-4-first-cracks-in-the-ideological-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"COP11 Day 4: First Cracks in the ideological wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is day 4 of COP. After 104 country delegate statements, the policy discussions are underway, and the first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/cop11-eu-commission-and-denmark-betray-agreement-with-secret-vape-ban-push\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">leak<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has emerged. The EU Commission and Denmark are pushing for bans on vaping and pouches, despite the EU&#8217;s joint position rejecting such measures. This undermines the democratic process, ignores evidence and the principles of tobacco harm reduction. It aligns Denmark and the Commission with countries like Brazil, which submitted proposals to the WHO calling for a complete rejection of harm reduction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But there is good news. We see the first cracks in the ideological COP11 wall. Countries started to push back and demand transparency, inclusion in decision-making processes, and measures based on science and the principles of harm reduction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Zealand, Albania, Gambia, Mozambique, Serbia, North Macedonia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and many more countries stood up and rejected the WHO\u2019s narrative. <\/span><b>The final language from COP11 appears to have been softened significantly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Many Parties expressed a clear preference for voluntary guidance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>flexible implementation, and local decision-making over top-down mandates.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, <\/span><b>civil society and consumers remained excluded<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from negotiations. Closed-door sessions and the <\/span><b>public shaming of New Zealand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a country praised globally for its vaping-led success in reducing smoking, which was awarded the \u2018<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/cop-11-the-dirty-ashtray-award-goes-to-new-zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dirty ashtray<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 from the prohibitionist FCTC secretariat, revealed the ongoing intolerance for harm reduction within the WHO process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WVA will continue to monitor the outcomes of COP11 and advocate for consumer inclusion, transparency, and risk-based regulation. The momentum is real, the tide is turning, but now is the time to accelerate it, not retreat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/cop11-media-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you can find more background information.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is day 4 of COP. After 104 country delegate statements, the policy discussions are underway, and the first leak has emerged. The EU Commission and Denmark are pushing for bans on vaping and pouches, despite the EU&#8217;s joint position rejecting such measures. 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