{"id":6133,"date":"2025-03-04T08:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T13:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6133"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T12:57:15","slug":"wva-open-letter-100000-europeans-reject-eus-attack-on-vaping-pouches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/wva-open-letter-100000-europeans-reject-eus-attack-on-vaping-pouches\/","title":{"rendered":"WVA Open letter: 100,000 Europeans Reject EU\u2019s Attack on Vaping &#038; Po &hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA) today released an <a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Open-letter-TPD-Netherlands-proposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Letter<\/a> to the European Commission and EU Member States, strongly opposing recent proposals for stricter regulations on tobacco harm-reduction products. These proposals, spearheaded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euractiv.com\/section\/health-consumers\/news\/dutch-slam-commission-over-harmful-tobacco-delays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netherlands<\/a> and supported by\u00a0 a minority of member states, threaten to undermine years of progress in helping smokers quit through safer alternatives like vaping and nicotine pouches.<\/p>\n<p>The open letter, backed by over <a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/every-life-counts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">100,000 petition signatures<\/a> from concerned citizens across Europe, calls out policymakers for ignoring scientific evidence and public opinion in favour of misguided, prohibitionist approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance, stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><strong><em>It\u2019s outrageous that politicians are willing to sacrifice the health of millions of smokers on the altar of ideology.<\/em><\/strong><em> These proposals fly in the face of all credible evidence on tobacco harm reduction. Flavour bans and higher taxation won\u2019t reduce smoking rates \u2013 they\u2019ll drive people back to cigarettes or black markets. It\u2019s a public health disaster waiting to happen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the full text <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colemannews.com\/2025\/03\/wva-open-letter-100000-europeans-reject-eus-attack-on-vaping-pouches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA) today released an Open Letter to the European Commission and EU Member States, strongly opposing recent proposals for stricter regulations on tobacco harm-reduction products. 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