{"id":1310,"date":"2021-09-16T15:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T19:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2022-05-11T06:35:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T10:35:41","slug":"politicians-talk-vaping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/politicians-talk-vaping\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians Talk Vaping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians are standing up for vapers in an exciting new World Vapers\u2019 Alliance series,<strong> Politicians Talk Vaping<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Every Thursday we will hear from a politician about why they back vaping and what we can do to make sure more politicians understand how vaping can beat smoking.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll hear from Peter Liese, Member of the European Parliament, Morgana Daniele, Member of the Lithuanian Parliament, Jeff Brandes, Florida State Senator and many more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Instagram_Final_Politican_Statement_Trailer.mp4\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p>We know that vaping is the most powerful smoke cessation tool. With the right government policies, vaping could help 200 million smokers quit forever, but some of our politicians continue to treat vaping like smoking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Politicians Talk Vaping will <\/strong>showcase political leaders who are standing up to misinformed global policymakers and championing vaping as a solution.<\/p>\n<p>We are kicking off on July 22 with\u00a0 German MEP Peter Liese. He will tell us why he is fighting for vaping in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>We need to support leaders like Liese and make our voices heard. We need to explain to global decision-makers that vaping saves lives, our lives, and is less harmful than smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Watch and share<strong> Politicians Talk Vaping<\/strong> on #backvapingbeatsmoking on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know a politician who is standing up for vapers? Submit their names <a>here<\/a> and we will contact them to find out more about why they are standing up for vapers\u2019 rights and how we can encourage more politicians to do the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Episode 1: Peter Liese<\/strong>, <em>Member of the European Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Peter-Liese-720p.mov\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Episode 2: Pietro Fiocchi,<\/strong> Member of the Euro<em>pean Parliament<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/V4_SUBS_N2_Pietro-Fiocchi_720p.mov\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Episode 3: Frank Sitta,<\/strong> Member of the German Parliament<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V2_N3_Frank-Sitta_720p.mov\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Episode 4: Jeff Brandes<\/strong>, Florida State Senator<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/V3_N4_Jeff-Brandes_720.mov\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Episode 5: Morgana Daniele<\/strong>, Member of Lithuanian Parliament<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/V2_N6_Morgana-Daniele_720.mov\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Episode 6: Gerald Loacker<\/strong>, Member of Austrian Parliament<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/N5_Gerald-Loacker_720.mov\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Episode 7: Gero Hocker<\/strong>, Member of the German Parliament<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video src=\"https:\/\/wvaold.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/V2_N7_Gero-Hocker_720.mov\" controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/video><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians are standing up for vapers in an exciting new World Vapers\u2019 Alliance series, Politicians Talk Vaping. Every Thursday we will hear from a politician about why they back vaping and what we can do to make sure more politicians understand how vaping can beat smoking. We\u2019ll hear from Peter Liese, Member of the European [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Politicians Talk Vaping - World Vapers&#039; 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\/eu\/politicians-talk-vaping\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Politicians Talk Vaping - World Vapers&#039; Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Politicians are standing up for vapers in an exciting new World Vapers\u2019 Alliance series, Politicians Talk Vaping. 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