{"id":4516,"date":"2023-07-20T08:20:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T12:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=4516"},"modified":"2023-08-14T08:21:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T12:21:41","slug":"consumer-groups-respond-to-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_be\/consumer-groups-respond-to-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumentengroepen reageren op Zuid-Afrika"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field-name-field-news-intro-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">Negentien internationale consumentenorganisaties die zich bezighouden met het verminderen van de schadelijke gevolgen van tabaksgebruik, hebben de Zuid-Afrikaanse regering opgeroepen om &quot;een einde te maken aan het ondermijnen van schadebeperking&quot; in het nieuwe wetsvoorstel inzake tabaksbestrijding. Vertegenwoordigers van de organisaties vragen de parlementaire commissie voor Volksgezondheid om vapen en andere alternatieve nicotineproducten te erkennen als instrumenten in de strijd tegen roken.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-news-body-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>De voorgestelde tekst van het wetsvoorstel inzake de controle op tabaksproducten en elektronische toedieningssystemen beoogt alternatieve nicotineproducten en brandbare producten op dezelfde manier te reguleren, met bepalingen die extra beperkingen opleggen aan de verkoop en productie van tabaks- en nicotineproducten. Het wetsvoorstel omvat tevens een verbod op reclame voor tabaksverwarmings- en dampapparaten, een verbod op het openbaar gebruik van tabaksverwarmings- en dampapparaten, en geeft de minister de bevoegdheid om smaakverboden voor tabaksverwarmings- en dampapparaten in te voeren.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Roken is een wereldwijd probleem dat dringend en adequaat moet worden aangepakt. Alleen al in Zuid-Afrika sterven jaarlijks 42.181 mensen aan de gevolgen van tabaksgebruik. De maatregelen die de Zuid-Afrikaanse overheid heeft voorgesteld, bevatten echter diverse bepalingen die de vooruitgang die Zuid-Afrika heeft geboekt in de strijd tegen de rookepidemie teniet zullen doen en daarmee de levens van al diegenen die succesvol zijn gestopt met roken in gevaar zullen brengen, vanwege de ruime beschikbaarheid van alternatieve nicotineproducten.<\/i>,&quot;Dat verklaarden de organisaties in hun indiening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lees de volledige tekst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetofthevapes.co.uk\/news\/vaping-news\/2023-07-20_consumer-groups-respond-to-south-africa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hier<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nineteen international tobacco harm reduction consumer groups have called on the South African government to \u201cstop killing harm reduction\u201d in its new Tobacco Control Bill. 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