Il-grupp globali ta’ promozzjoni tas-sigaretti elettroniċi World Vapers' Alliance jniedi azzjoni #BackVapingBeatSmoking f’Varsavja biex jiġbed l-attenzjoni tal-politiċi Pollakki.

WARSAW, POLAND, OCTOBER 13 — Grupp globali ta' promozzjoni tal-vaping, World Vapers' Alliance (WVA), iniedi Kampanja #BockVapingBeatSmoking f'Varsavja biex jinkoraġġixxu lil dawk li jfasslu l-politika Pollakki biex iħaddnu t-tnaqqis tal-ħsara u l-vaping. Bħala parti mill-ħidma tagħhom #BakingTaħbit it-Tipjip Fil-kampanja, il-WVA wasslet il-messaġġ li l-vaping jista' jsalva miljun ħajja fil-Polonja u 19-il miljun ħajja fl-Ewropa lir-rappreżentanti tal-PIS, Platforma Obywatelska. 

Il-WVA ppreżentat il-“Direttiva dwar il-Prodotti tal-Vaping”"biex turi kif il-vaping jeħtieġ li jiġi ttrattat biex jilħaq il-potenzjal sħiħ tiegħu għas-saħħa pubblika. Barra minn hekk, il-WVA żvelat installazzjoni artistika fil-forma ta' domino li qed jaqa' li ġiet imċaqalqa madwar il-kapitali Pollakka biex tiġbed l-attenzjoni lejn l-importanza tat-tnaqqis tal-ħsara mit-tabakk.

“"Fil-Polonja biss, aktar minn miljun persuna li tpejjep jistgħu potenzjalment jaqilbu għall-vaping jekk il-Gvern iħaddan it-tnaqqis tal-ħsara. Dan ifisser li miljun ħajja jistgħu jiġu salvati minn mard relatat mat-tabakk jekk il-politiċi jieqfu jipprojbixxu t-togħmiet, iżidu t-taxxi u jbaxxu l-livelli tan-nikotina fil-likwidi elettroniċi. Fil-Polonja, aktar minn 70 elf persuna jmutu kull sena mit-tipjip tat-tabakk, u jekk il-politiċi ma jbiddlux l-approċċ tagħhom għat-tnaqqis tal-ħsara, dan in-numru se jkompli jikber,"” qal Michael Landl, direttur tal-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 petizzjoni 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!” żied jgħid Landl.