{"id":7035,"date":"2026-06-03T06:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=7035"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:17:35","slug":"eu-finally-recognises-swedens-smoke-free-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_nl\/eu-finally-recognises-swedens-smoke-free-success\/","title":{"rendered":"De EU erkent eindelijk het rookvrije succes van Zweden."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRUSSEL, 3 juni 2026. Het Europees Parlement heeft voor het eerst formeel erkend dat Zweden de doelstelling van rookvrij Zweden heeft bereikt.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Europarl_EN\/status\/2061009794312618404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grafiek van rookpercentages<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Binnen de EU plaatste het Parlement Zweden als enige onderaan de lijst. Het was de eerste lidstaat die de drempel van 5 procent overschreed, vijftien jaar v\u00f3\u00f3r de deadline van 2040. Het EU-gemiddelde ligt op 24 procent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zweden heeft dit punt bereikt door rokers toegang te geven tot minder schadelijke alternatieven. Decennialang snus, daarna nicotinezakjes en e-sigaretten. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.can.se\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/can-rapport-242-vanor-och-konsekvenser-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">laatste nationale cijfers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Zweden schatte het percentage dagelijkse rokers op slechts 3,7 procent. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smokefreesweden.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">records<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 41 procent minder kankergevallen en 44 procent minder sterfte door tabak dan het EU-gemiddelde.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Landl, directeur van de World Vapers&#039; Alliance, zei: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><i>\u201c&quot;Brussel heeft het eindelijk zwart op wit gezet: Zweden heeft gewonnen. Nu moet het uitleggen waarom het blijft strijden tegen precies die methode die Zweden de overwinning heeft bezorgd.&quot;\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De World Vapers&#039; Alliance wijst op de tegenstrijdigheid in het EU-beleid. Hoewel het Parlement de resultaten erkent, blijft de Europese Commissie de producten die eraan ten grondslag liggen behandelen alsof ze net zo gevaarlijk zijn als sigaretten. Dit betekent nieuwe beperkingen en hogere belastingen op precies die alternatieven die Zweden rookvrij hebben gemaakt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>\u201cJe kunt de bestemming niet verheerlijken en de weg ernaartoe verbieden. Elk land met nog steeds hoge rookcijfers zou Zweden als voorbeeld moeten nemen, niet Brussel.\u201d<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Landl voegde toe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De World Vapers&#039; Alliance roept de Commissie op om haar tabaksbeleid af te stemmen op de gegevens die het eigen Parlement nu heeft gepubliceerd, en om de aanstaande herziening van de Tabaksproductenrichtlijn te baseren op wat werkt in plaats van op een verbod.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUSSELS, 3 June 2026. The European Parliament has, for the first time, formally acknowledged that Sweden has reached the smoke-free target. 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