Recent Updates

WVA slams TPD Evaluation Report as complacent and biased

Brussels, 2 April 2026 – The evaluation of the EU’s tobacco rules celebrates that the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is successfully reducing smoking despite the EU being on track to miss its 2040 smoke-free …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

Cherry-Picking Science: WVA Condemns EU Tobacco Report

BRUSSELS, April 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The European Commission’s newly released evaluation of the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) is facing sharp criticism from the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) for what it describes as a “masterclass in cherry-picking …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

Sweden Is Now Smoke-Free. The EU Is Pushing Policies That Would Make That I …

1 April 2026 — New data from Sweden’s leading public health research institute, CAN, confirms that daily smoking among adults has fallen to just 3.7%, well below the WHO’s and EU’s 5% smoke-free threshold. …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

Countries embracing smoke-free alternatives see faster declines in smoking

A recent large-scale study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that nicotine pouches are increasingly serving as a transition tool for Americans looking to quit more hazardous tobacco habits. Conducted by Rutgers Health using …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

When “Public Health” Gets It Backwards

There are moments when you read a policy proposal and genuinely wonder if reality has been completely ignored. The recent push to ban safer nicotine alternatives in the Philippines is one of those moments. …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

Deutschland verbietet Aromen. Der Schwarzmarkt übernimmt den Rest.

In Deutschland wird gerade über ein Verbot von Aromen in E-Zigaretten diskutiert. Der Gedanke dahinter klingt vernünftig: weniger attraktive Produkte, weniger Jugendliche, die vapen. Die Realität sieht anders aus. Ein Aromatenverbot wird den Schwarzmarkt …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

Europe’s Vaping Black Market Is Booming. Politicians Need to Wake Up.

A new study by the Fraunhofer Institute and MRU GmbH has put some hard numbers on something vapers have known for a while: the illegal vape market in Europe is massive and growing fast. …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

THR Weekly Wrap-Up: Belgium’s Flavour Ban Debate and New Research on Nico …

Hello folks, It’s been another busy week in the world of vaping policy, so here’s a quick roundup of some developments you should know about. I hope this helps you stay on top of …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>

Belgium Is About to Hand the Vape Market to Criminals

Belgium has already banned disposable vapes. Now there are discussions about going further — restricting or banning flavoured e-cigarettes. It sounds decisive. It is not. It is a policy that will grow the black …
Read More

Join Us

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.
Read More >>
en-150EU
fr_BEFR_BE nl_BENL_BE cs_CZCS nl_NLNL_NL en_USEN en_GBEN_GB fr_FRFR it_ITIT pl_PLPL pt_PTPT es_ESES sv_SESV de_ATDE_AU de_DE_formalDE_DE da_DKDA elEL fiFI ro_RORO en-150EU

Join #BVBS

Sign Up
I've Already Signed Up
Not Today