{"id":4378,"date":"2023-05-31T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=4378"},"modified":"2023-06-12T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:04:19","slug":"the-eu-should-rethink-its-anti-smoking-policies-adopting-the-swedish-model-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_be\/the-eu-should-rethink-its-anti-smoking-policies-adopting-the-swedish-model-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"De EU zou haar antirookbeleid moeten herzien en het Zweedse model moeten overnemen\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vandaag, 31 mei, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/campaigns\/world-no-tobacco-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wereld Tabaksdag<\/a>, Naar aanleiding van een door de WHO uitgeroepen campagne om de wereldwijde negatieve gevolgen van roken voor de gezondheid onder de aandacht te brengen, hebben consumenten en leden van het Europees Parlement er bij de EU op aangedrongen het Zweedse voorbeeld van een succesvolle strategie voor stoppen met roken te volgen, terwijl de EU worstelt met het ontwikkelen van een verstandige aanpak om de rookcijfers terug te dringen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zweden staat op het punt het eerste rookvrije land ter wereld te worden, en niemand lijkt dit ongelooflijke succesverhaal te erkennen.<\/strong> Het wordt tijd dat beleidsmakers in de hele EU en wereldwijd het Zweedse wonder erkennen dat zich voor onze ogen voltrekt. <a href=\"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_be\/beat-smoking-like-the-swedes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vergelijkende gegevens<\/a> Vergelijkingen met Zweden en andere ontwikkelde landen laten zien dat de Zweden erin geslaagd zijn het aantal rokers veel sneller terug te dringen dan welk ander land ook. 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