At the end of May, the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) visited Buenos Aires with the aim of promoting a modern and evidence-based regulation of vaping in Argentina. The end users’ organisation denounced the failure of Argentina’s vape ban and called on the government to replace it with an effective tobacco harm reduction strategy.
The World Vapers’ Alliance told Planet of the Vapes that almost 15 years after banning the sale, importation and advertising of vaping products, Argentina faces an unsustainable reality: consumption continues to increase thanks to the existence of a huge informal market and millions of users have access to products without guarantees of quality or safety.
In 2011, Argentina declared vapes a tobacco product and banned all advertising and sales – but maintained the sale of actual tobacco products. Heated tobacco products are also banned, but oddly enough snus and other nicotine pouches aren’t.
Traditional nicotine replacement products such as sprays, gums and patches are allowed and command a market worth almost £250 million.
Argentina’s tobacco market caters to 7.9 million Argentinian smokers, representing a shocking 23.1% of the population, with 5.2 million saying they are daily smokers.
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