{"id":6508,"date":"2025-10-02T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6508"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:30:22","slug":"science-and-citizens-ignored-as-varhelyi-pushes-harmful-vape-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/eu\/science-and-citizens-ignored-as-varhelyi-pushes-harmful-vape-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Zientzia eta herritarrak alde batera utzita V\u00e1rhelyik lurrungailuen gaineko zerga kaltegarria bultzatzen duen bitartean"},"content":{"rendered":"

2025eko urriaren 2a \u2013 Brusela. Munduko Baperren Aliantzak gogor gaitzesten ditu gaurko Oliv\u00e9r V\u00e1rhelyi Europako Osasun komisarioaren adierazpenak, ... Politikoa<\/a>, zigarro elektronikoen gaineko zergak zigarroekin berdintzeko planen inguruan. Komisarioaren baieztapenek tabakoaren kalteen murrizketaren inguruko gaizki-ulertu sakona agerian uzten dute eta bizitzak salbatzeko Europako tresnarik eraginkorrenetako bat mehatxatzen dute.<\/p>\n

V\u00e1rhelyi komisarioak Austriako Gasteinen egindako ekitaldi batean esan zuen EBk lurrungailuen eta zigarroekin bat datozen poltsen gaineko zergak igoko dituela, gazteen lurrunketa-tasaren igoera kaltearen froga gisa aipatuz. Era berean, adierazi zuen lurrunketa ez dela "oraindik" arriskutzat hartzen, eta horrek alde batera uzten du lurrunketa erretzea baino askoz kaltegarriagoa dela erakusten duen adostasun zientifiko zabala.<\/p>\n

A kontsulta publikoa<\/a> Zerga-proposamen hauei buruzko kontsulta urriaren amaierara arte dago zabalik, baina komisarioak herritarren iritziak baztertu ditu dagoeneko, bere ikuspuntua goiztiar eratuz. EBren ohiko jokabide honek milioika pertsona alternatiba seguruagoetara aldatzen direla alde batera uzten du, kontsulta guztiz zentzugabea bihurtuz.<\/p>\n

Michael Landl, World Vapers' Allianceko zuzendariak, esan zuen:<\/p>\n

\u201cMilioika pertsonak murriztu dituzte osasun-arriskuak erretzeari utzi eta bapea erabiltzeari ekinez, zientziak frogatutako egitate bat baita. Batzordeak bapea zergei eta zigarroei ematen dien parekotasuna emateko duen planak errealitate horren aurka egiten du eta jendea erretzera bultzatzea baino ez du egingo. Kontsulta honetan aurrera egiten ari dena alde batera uzteak erakusten du Batzordeak bere agenda herritarren aurretik jartzen duela\u201d.\u201d
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Irailean, 83 osasun publikoko aditu nagusi<\/a> Gutun batean ohartarazi zuten Batzordearen zerga-planak zientzia alde batera uzten duela eta aurrerapena alderantzikatzeko arriskua duela. Benetako arriskuak islatzen dituen zerga-jarduera justua eskatu zuten, eta Erresuma Batua eta Suedia bezalako herrialdeek kalteak murrizteko eta politika fiskal orekatuak erabiltzeko duten arrakasta goraipatu zuten. Komisarioak ere alde batera uzten ditu.<\/p>\n

Europako Batzordeak bere ikuspegia eta bizkarreko kalteak murriztea birplanteatu behar ditu, ez ahuldu.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2.10.25 – Brussels. The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance strongly condemns today’s statements by European Health Commissioner Oliv\u00e9r V\u00e1rhelyi, as reported by Politico, regarding plans to equalise taxes on vaping products with cigarettes. The Commissioner\u2019s claims reveal a profound misunderstanding of tobacco harm reduction and threaten one of Europe\u2019s most effective tools for saving lives. 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