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Brussel, 15 april 2025 \u2013 De World Vapers' Alliance (WVA) reageert met grote bezorgdheid op de Bild Zeitung<\/a> Een rapport onthult het plan van de Europese Commissie voor een nicotinebelasting. De EU overweegt een verhoging van de sigarettenprijzen met 301 ton en, nog schandaliger, een drastische verhoging van de belasting op e-sigaretten en andere minder schadelijke nicotinealternatieven. Nu de offici\u00eble aankondiging mogelijk al morgen komt, dringt de WVA er bij de Commissie op aan deze roekeloze stap te laten varen. Deze stap zou miljoenen rokers die proberen te stoppen straffen, de armsten het hardst treffen en anti-EU-populisten een krachtig nieuw argument in handen geven.<\/p>\n

Michael Landl, directeur van de World Vapers' Alliance, zei:<\/p>\n

\u201cDit is niet alleen slecht beleid, het is een ramp voor de volksgezondheid die leidt tot sociale onrechtvaardigheid. De Commissie negeert de wetenschap, straft de armen en geeft tegenstanders van de EU precies wat ze willen: bewijs dat Brussel geen voeling heeft met de realiteit en zich niets aantrekt van gewone mensen.\u201d
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Het percentage rokers is het hoogst onder Europeanen met een laag inkomen, die zich bovendien het minst hogere prijzen kunnen veroorloven. \u201cDoor de belastingen over de hele linie te verhogen, maakt de Commissie het voor de meest kansarmen nog moeilijker om van hun sigarettenverslaving af te komen. Vapen en andere minder schadelijke alternatieven zouden juist minder, en niet meer, belast moeten worden om rokers alle mogelijke prikkels te geven om over te stappen. De EU moet van koers veranderen voordat ze onherstelbare schade toebrengt aan miljoenen van haar burgers.\u201d,<\/em><\/strong> Landl concludeerde.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brussels, 15 April 2025 \u2013 The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA) reacts with alarm to the Bild Zeitung report revealing the European Commission\u2019s nicotine tax plan. The EU is considering a 30% hike in cigarette prices and, even more outrageously, plans to drastically increase taxation on vaping products and other less harmful nicotine alternatives. 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