{"id":3443,"date":"2022-12-12T23:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T04:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=3443"},"modified":"2022-12-21T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T05:00:09","slug":"the-eu-commission-spreads-misinformation-about-vaping-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_be\/the-eu-commission-spreads-misinformation-about-vaping-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"De Europese Commissie verspreidt opnieuw desinformatie over vapen."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>In alweer een verklaring waarin onwaarheden over vapen worden verspreid, heeft EU-commissaris voor Volksgezondheid en Voedselveiligheid, Stella Kyriakides, de effectiviteit van vapen als hulpmiddel bij het stoppen met roken in twijfel getrokken en zelfs beweerd dat vapen een opstapje naar roken vormt.<\/h4>\n<p>Michael Landl, directeur van de World Vapers&#039; Alliance (WVA), zei dat het verontrustend is dat de Europese Commissie de wetenschap over vapen nog steeds negeert en dergelijke beweringen blijft doen. &quot;Het is schokkend dat de Europese Commissie deze achterhaalde en weerlegde theorie\u00ebn blijft verkondigen. De Commissie negeert systematisch de overvloed aan wetenschappelijk bewijs dat wijst op de voordelen van vapen, om nog maar te zwijgen van de ervaringen uit de eerste hand van miljoenen vapers. Vapen is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/e-cigarettes-around-95-less-harmful-than-tobacco-estimates-landmark-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 95% minder schadelijk<\/a>dan roken en een<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\/media\/news\/2019\/smd\/e-cigarettes-more-effective-than-nicotine-replacement-therapies-finds-major-uk-clinical-trial.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> een effectievere methode om te stoppen met roken<\/a> dan traditionele therapie\u00ebn zoals kauwgom en pleisters. De aanpak van de Commissie ten aanzien van vapen zal alleen maar levens kosten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/E-9-2022-001031-ASW_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> stelling<\/a> Het gaat hier om een schriftelijk antwoord op een<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/doceo\/document\/E-9-2022-001031_EN.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> vraag <\/a>Europarlementari\u00ebr Sara Skyttedal over de toekomstige behandeling van vapen en snus, en de plaats ervan in het Europese plan ter bestrijding van kanker. &quot;Over het algemeen bevatten rookloze en nieuwe tabaksproducten en aanverwante producten nicotine, een giftige en zeer verslavende stof \u2013 verantwoordelijk voor bekende gezondheidsgevolgen \u2013 en verlengen ze de nicotineverslaving\u00b3. Daarom worden deze producten gereguleerd en, in het geval van orale tabak, verboden in de EU&quot;, concludeerde de verklaring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lees de volledige tekst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vapingpost.com\/2022\/12\/12\/the-eu-commission-spreads-misinformation-about-vaping-once-again\/\">hier<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In yet another statement spreading falsehoods about vaping, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, questioned the effectiveness of vaping as a smoking cessation aid, and even claimed vaping acts as a gateway to smoking. 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