{"id":6876,"date":"2026-03-13T08:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:06:56","slug":"belgium-is-about-to-hand-the-vape-market-to-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/es\/belgium-is-about-to-hand-the-vape-market-to-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e9lgica est\u00e1 a punto de entregar el mercado de los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos a los delincuentes."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B\u00e9lgica ya ha prohibido los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos desechables. Ahora se debate la posibilidad de ir m\u00e1s all\u00e1: restringir o prohibir los cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos con sabor. Suena decisivo, pero no lo es. Es una pol\u00edtica que impulsar\u00e1 el mercado negro, dar\u00e1 acceso a m\u00e1s j\u00f3venes a productos no regulados y alejar\u00e1 a los fumadores adultos de algo que, en realidad, les resultaba beneficioso.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un nuevo estudio realizado por el <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scs.fraunhofer.de\/content\/dam\/scs\/DE\/download\/studien\/vaping-studie\/The%20irregular%20market%20for%20e-cigarettes%20in%20Europe_fin_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instituto Fraunhofer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> El informe expone la magnitud del problema. Casi la mitad de todos los productos de vapeo consumidos en la UE ya se comercializan ilegalmente, por un valor de 6.600 millones de euros. B\u00e9lgica, como uno de los principales centros log\u00edsticos europeos para las importaciones chinas de vapeo, se encuentra en el epicentro de esta situaci\u00f3n. El pa\u00eds ya cuenta con una de las cuotas de mercado irregular m\u00e1s bajas de la UE, con un 261% de los productos, en gran parte gracias a su infraestructura comercial y sistemas de informaci\u00f3n eficaces. La prohibici\u00f3n de los sabores no mantendr\u00e1 esta situaci\u00f3n, sino que acelerar\u00e1 el cambio hacia fuentes no reguladas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F\u00edjense en lo que pas\u00f3 en los Pa\u00edses Bajos. Se prohibieron los sabores y, en un a\u00f1o, el vapeo entre adolescentes aument\u00f3 en 251 TP4T y el tabaquismo juvenil en 41 TP4T. La prohibici\u00f3n, que supuestamente deb\u00eda proteger a los j\u00f3venes, empeor\u00f3 las cosas para ellos. Porque un vendedor del mercado negro no comprueba la identificaci\u00f3n. Una cadena de suministro criminal no registra los productos ni analiza los ingredientes. Al eliminar la opci\u00f3n legal, no se elimina la demanda. Simplemente se elimina la supervisi\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los vapeadores adultos en B\u00e9lgica utilizan mayoritariamente sabores que no son de tabaco. En toda la UE, el 681% de los vapeadores recurren a los sabores de frutas y dulces, no porque se les est\u00e9 comercializando, sino porque estos sabores ayudan a romper la conexi\u00f3n con los cigarrillos. Las investigaciones muestran que los adultos que usan cigarrillos electr\u00f3nicos con sabor tienen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32501490\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">230% mayores probabilidades<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Dejan de fumar con mayor \u00e9xito que quienes usan productos con sabor a tabaco. Si se eliminan los sabores, una parte significativa de esas personas vuelve a fumar. Algunos, en cambio, encontrar\u00e1n productos con sabor en el mercado negro. Ninguno de los dos resultados beneficia la salud p\u00fablica.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los pol\u00edticos belgas quieren proteger a los j\u00f3venes y la salud p\u00fablica. Nosotros tambi\u00e9n. Pero la evidencia est\u00e1 ah\u00ed, y apunta claramente en una direcci\u00f3n: restringir el acceso legal para adultos no reduce el consumo, sino que lo redirige.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los Pa\u00edses Bajos lo intentaron. El tabaquismo juvenil aument\u00f3. El mercado negro creci\u00f3. Los ministros de finanzas perdieron ingresos fiscales. Y los fumadores perdieron una herramienta que les resultaba \u00fatil.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B\u00e9lgica puede aprender de ello o repetirlo. La decisi\u00f3n a\u00fan est\u00e1 abierta.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium has already banned disposable vapes. Now there are discussions about going further \u2014 restricting or banning flavoured e-cigarettes. It sounds decisive. It is not. It is a policy that will grow the black market, hand more young people access to unregulated products, and push adult smokers away from something that was actually helping them. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Belgium Is About to Hand the Vape Market to Criminals - World Vapers&#039; Alliance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Belgium has already banned disposable vapes. 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