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Globalna skupina za zagovaranje vapinga World Vapers' Alliance pokreće akciju #BackVapingBeatSmoking u Varšavi kako bi privukla pozornost poljskih političara
WARSAW, POLAND, OCTOBER 13 — Globalna skupina za zagovaranje vapinga, World Vapers' Alliance (WVA), pokreće #BackVapingBeatSmoking kampanja u Varšavi kako bi potaknuli poljske kreatore politike da prihvate smanjenje štete i pušenje cigareta. U sklopu njihovog #BBackVapingBeatSmoking U kampanji, WVA je predstavnicima PIS-a, Platforma Obywatelska, poslala poruku da vaping može spasiti milijun života u Poljskoj i 19 milijuna života u Europi.
WVA je predstavila svoj "Direktiva o proizvodima za vaping” kako bi se pokazalo kako se vaping treba tretirati da bi ispunio svoj puni potencijal za javno zdravlje. Osim toga, WVA je predstavio umjetničku instalaciju u obliku domina u padu koja se pomiče po glavnom gradu Poljske kako bi skrenula pozornost na važnost smanjenja štete od pušenja.
“Samo u Poljskoj bi više od milijun pušača potencijalno moglo prijeći na vaping ako bi Vlada prihvatila smanjenje štete. To znači da bi milijun života moglo biti spašeno od bolesti povezanih s duhanom ako političari prestanu zabranjivati okuse, povećavati poreze i snižavati razine nikotina u e-tekućinama. U Poljskoj više od 70 tisuća ljudi godišnje umre od pušenja duhana, a ako političari ne promijene svoj pristup smanjenju štete, taj će broj nastaviti rasti,” rekao je Michael Landl, direktor WVA.
The partner of the World Vapers’ Alliance is the Polish organization “Law for people” which addresses civil liberties issues and the dangers of over-regulating the market for goods and services.
“We are joining forces with the World Vapers’ Alliance to demand changes from the Polish politicians as the situation around harm reduction becomes very disturbing for consumers, businesses and the civil society. The current government implemented recently increased taxes on e-liquids not realising the possible consequences for public health. We want a thorough analysis and broad public debate to precede legislative actions that interfere with the daily lives of Poles.” said Sara Lament-Hamodi, Coordinator of the Prawo dla ludzi campaign.
The Polish installation comes as a part of the broader #BackVapingBeatSmokin campaign that the group launched last week in Strasbourg. WVA hosted a protest art installation with the message “Don’t Let 19 Million Lives Fall” in front of the European Parliament to draw attention of the EU policymakers to the Europe-wide need to embrace harm reduction.
In the following weeks, WVA will host similar installations in Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, and Belgium. The group is also running a Europe-wide peticija asking the EU policymakers to acknowledge vaping as a tobacco harm reduction mechanism and refrain from overregulating the most successful smoking-cessation aid in the upcoming review of the EU tobacco regulation. The petition will be delivered to the European Parliament in Brussels in November.
“Earlier this year, more than 24,000 EU citizens raised their voices in the Commission-run public consultation on tobacco legislation asking the regulators not to ban vaping. Public institutions must listen to the consumers. 5% of Polish adult populations are vapers, and it’s time their voices are heard!” dodao je Landl.
