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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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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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Turkey on its way of tobacco policy failure

Despite having ample evidence that the neglect of a harm reduction approach and prohibitionism is failing, the lessons have never been learned. Even though sales, import and distribution of vapes is already prohibited in …
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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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Consumer Groups Across Europe Write to Commission: Stop the War on Harm Red …

Brussels, 13 April 2026 — Seven consumer organisations from across Europe have signed an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, urging them to rethink 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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Sette associazioni contro la Commissione: “Politiche Ue incoerenti sui pr …

Una coalizione di sette associazioni di consumatori provenienti da diversi Paesi europei e realtà internazionali ha deciso di intervenire direttamente nel dibattito sulla futura politica europea in materia di nicotina, inviando una lettera aperta …
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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 Tax Opposed

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) draft opinion on the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive (TED) has met with support from consumers and experts. They are calling on the European Union to follow “a risk‑based …
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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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TPD Attacked

The European Commission stands accused of undermining its own smoke-free ambitions and putting millions of lives at risk by targeting safer nicotine alternatives that are helping smokers to quit. The World Vapers Alliance and …
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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 attacks vaping as ‘gateway to nicotine addictions’

Addiction experts are attacking the European Commission for a report on its tobacco control efforts which says novel nicotine products, such as vaping, are “pulling a new generation into addiction”. Vaping and other new …
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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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Sigaretta elettronica e Tpd, polemica sull’Ue: “Report ideologico”

La valutazione della Direttiva sui prodotti del tabacco, pubblicata ieri dalla Commissione europea in vista della revisione della stessa, non ha tardato a suscitare reazioni. Nonostante il momento scelto, a ridosso delle festività pasquali, …
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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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Cherry-picking science: How Brussels buried the data that works

The European Commission has just published its evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive — the legal document that will shape tobacco and nicotine policy across the EU for the next decade. It is supposed to be …
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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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