{"id":1452,"date":"2022-05-12T07:22:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T11:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=1452"},"modified":"2022-05-25T07:23:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T11:23:36","slug":"world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/","title":{"rendered":"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>A press release by the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA), highlighted that the EU Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks&#8217; (SCHEER) final report on e-cigarettes, is a step backwards for public health in Europe as it ignores all the scientific evidence in favour of tobacco harm reduction.<\/h5>\n<p>Sadly ignoring scientific data, smoking cessation success stories from consumers and expert opinions received in the consultation period, <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/health\/sites\/health\/files\/scientific_committees\/scheer\/docs\/scheer_o_017.pdf\">the SCHEER report<\/a> inaccurately stated that there is weak evidence indicating vapes\u2019 success for smoking cessation. The report added that there is weak to moderate evidence on smoking reduction.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the report, Director of the<a href=\"https:\/\/3dc48be45b5f191c519a030974355c45.tinyemails.com\/873b11bbe2d668cbf8ad3b76b9454399\/73b4a79a02360e5ab1bc86bb6d3c265e.html\"> World Vapers\u2019 Alliance<\/a> (WVA) Michael Landl, said that such misinformation will have negative consequences. \u201cThis report is a tragedy for public health and will have dire consequences for smokers and vapers alike. SCHEER ignores a large amount of scientific evidence on vaping, all of which was provided by experts and consumers to SCHEER during their consultation earlier this year. They chose to ignore it. This is a slap in the face of vapers and of common sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>Patterns of inaccurate reporting in the SCHEER report<\/h5>\n<p>A<a href=\"https:\/\/harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12954-021-00476-6\"> paper<\/a> released earlier this year by renowned tobacco harm reduction expert Dr. Riccardo Polosa and his team at<a href=\"https:\/\/harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12954-021-00476-6#group-1\"> the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction<\/a> (CoEHAR), had presented evidence that the Committee\u2019s \u201cconclusions are not adequately backed up by scientific evidence and did not discuss the potential health benefits of using alternative combustion-free nicotine-containing products as substitute for tobacco cigarettes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2022\/05\/12\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A press release by the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA), highlighted that the EU Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks&#8217; (SCHEER) final report on e-cigarettes, is a step backwards for public health in Europe as it ignores all the scientific evidence in favour of tobacco harm reduction. Sadly ignoring scientific data, smoking cessation success [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":6394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wva-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data - 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\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data - World Vapers&#039; Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A press release by the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA), highlighted that the EU Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks&#8217; (SCHEER) final report on e-cigarettes, is a step backwards for public health in Europe as it ignores all the scientific evidence in favour of tobacco harm reduction. Sadly ignoring scientific data, smoking cessation success [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Vapers&#039; Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-12T11:22:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-25T11:23:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/World_Vapers_Alliance_Logo_White_Stripes.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2081\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"World Vapers&#039; Alliance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"World Vapers&#039; Alliance\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d\"},\"headline\":\"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-12T11:22:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-25T11:23:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":267,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/WVA-in-the-news.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"WVA in the News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/\",\"name\":\"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data - World Vapers&#039; Alliance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/WVA-in-the-news.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-12T11:22:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-25T11:23:36+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/WVA-in-the-news.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/WVA-in-the-news.png\",\"width\":1264,\"height\":848},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"World Vapers&#039; Alliance\",\"description\":\"The largest community of vapers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World Vapers&#039; Alliance\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png\",\"width\":985,\"height\":1177,\"caption\":\"World Vapers&#039; Alliance\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d\",\"name\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/eu\\\/author\\\/wva\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data - World Vapers&#039; Alliance","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data - World Vapers&#039; Alliance","og_description":"A press release by the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA), highlighted that the EU Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks&#8217; (SCHEER) final report on e-cigarettes, is a step backwards for public health in Europe as it ignores all the scientific evidence in favour of tobacco harm reduction. Sadly ignoring scientific data, smoking cessation success [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/","og_site_name":"World Vapers&#039; Alliance","article_published_time":"2022-05-12T11:22:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-25T11:23:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2081,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/World_Vapers_Alliance_Logo_White_Stripes.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"World Vapers' Alliance","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"World Vapers' Alliance","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/"},"author":{"name":"World Vapers' Alliance","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d"},"headline":"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data","datePublished":"2022-05-12T11:22:33+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-25T11:23:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/"},"wordCount":267,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WVA-in-the-news.png","articleSection":["WVA in the News"],"inLanguage":"en-150","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/","name":"World Vapers\u2019 Alliance: EU Committee Report Ignores Scientific Data - World Vapers&#039; Alliance","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WVA-in-the-news.png","datePublished":"2022-05-12T11:22:33+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-25T11:23:36+00:00","inLanguage":"en-150","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-150","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/world-vapers-alliance-eu-committee-report-ignores-scientific-data\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WVA-in-the-news.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WVA-in-the-news.png","width":1264,"height":848},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/","name":"World Vapers&#039; Alliance","description":"The largest community of vapers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-150"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#organization","name":"World Vapers&#039; Alliance","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-150","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/WVA_RB_Fist_G.png","width":985,"height":1177,"caption":"World Vapers&#039; Alliance"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d","name":"World Vapers' Alliance","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-150","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/456bf795c7a47c9ac527a94da4bff150aa49e48726d69bee9937f8383cffa246?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"World Vapers' Alliance"},"url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/author\/wva\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}