{"id":5103,"date":"2023-11-03T08:35:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T12:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=5103"},"modified":"2023-11-08T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:37:12","slug":"portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
The Portuguese Government is jeopardising smoking cessation efforts with new legislation that will discourage smokers from switching to vapes, according to the World Vapers’ Alliance. The group believes the move is a retrograde step that shuns evidence-based policy making in favour of pretending banning outdoor vaping will stop smoking.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

The Portuguese government is discussing a new draft law regulating tobacco use that will detrimentally damage Portugal\u2019s efforts to curb smoking. The government is currently transcribing the EU delegated act of the Tobacco Products Directive into the national legislation on heated tobacco products, including several provisions on vaping that have not been a part of the original delegated act.<\/p>\n

These measures, according to the World Vapers’ Alliance, represent a step backward in the adoption of an open and evidence-based approach to alternative nicotine products and will discourage smokers from switching to this safer alternative pushing many vapers back to smoking.<\/p>\n

Draft Law No. 88\/XV aims to extend smoke-free areas\u2019 restrictions to the use of vaping products \u2013 effectively banning vaping in outdoor spaces such as the terraces of bars and restaurants \u2013 and to restrict the sale of vaping products by banning online sales.<\/p>\n

Read the full text here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Portuguese Government is jeopardising smoking cessation efforts with new legislation that will discourage smokers from switching to vapes, according to the World Vapers’ Alliance. The group believes the move is a retrograde step that shuns evidence-based policy making in favour of pretending banning outdoor vaping will stop smoking. The Portuguese government is discussing a […]<\/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-5103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wva-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPortuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts - World Vapers' 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\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts - World Vapers' Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Portuguese Government is jeopardising smoking cessation efforts with new legislation that will discourage smokers from switching to vapes, according to the World Vapers’ Alliance. The group believes the move is a retrograde step that shuns evidence-based policy making in favour of pretending banning outdoor vaping will stop smoking. The Portuguese government is discussing a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World Vapers' Alliance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-03T12:35:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-08T13:37:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Planet-of-the-vapes.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' 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' 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\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"World Vapers' Alliance\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d\"},\"headline\":\"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-03T12:35:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-08T13:37:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/#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\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/\",\"name\":\"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts - World Vapers' Alliance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/WVA-in-the-news.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-03T12:35:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-08T13:37:12+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-150\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/worldvapersalliance.com\\\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\\\/#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' 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' 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' 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":"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts - World Vapers' 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\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts - World Vapers' Alliance","og_description":"The Portuguese Government is jeopardising smoking cessation efforts with new legislation that will discourage smokers from switching to vapes, according to the World Vapers’ Alliance. The group believes the move is a retrograde step that shuns evidence-based policy making in favour of pretending banning outdoor vaping will stop smoking. The Portuguese government is discussing a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/","og_site_name":"World Vapers' Alliance","article_published_time":"2023-11-03T12:35:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-08T13:37:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2081,"height":1920,"url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Planet-of-the-vapes.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\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/"},"author":{"name":"World Vapers' Alliance","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#\/schema\/person\/18484a6f20bcc6f70a2419c8babe017d"},"headline":"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts","datePublished":"2023-11-03T12:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-08T13:37:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/"},"wordCount":201,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/#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\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/","url":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/","name":"Portuguese Government Jeopardises Efforts - World Vapers' Alliance","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WVA-in-the-news.png","datePublished":"2023-11-03T12:35:55+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-08T13:37:12+00:00","inLanguage":"en-150","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-150","@id":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/portuguese-government-jeopardises-efforts\/#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' 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' 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' 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\/5103","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=5103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5103\/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=5103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}