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14.11.2025, Brussels – Several EU member states have pushed back against extreme anti-vaping and anti-nicotine measures, leading to a notable shift in the EU’s official position ahead of the upcoming WHO Framework Convention on …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
Brussels, 12.11.2025. The European Union has failed again to reach a common position ahead of the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control meeting (COP11) in Geneva, as reported by POLITICO. According to the report, Denmark …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
Geneva, 30 October 2025 – The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) projected a clear message onto the COP11 venue: consumers matter, and harm reduction through vaping and nicotine pouches must be recognised, not banned behind …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
Geneva, 30 October 2025 – The World Vapers’ Alliance held a light show protest at the COP11 venue to expose the unholy alliance between the World Health Organisation and the EU Commission. The protest …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
22.10.25 – Brussels. The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) has released its position paper on the European Commission’s proposal to revise the Tobacco Excise Directive, warning that the plan would punish millions of smokers trying …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
24 de outubro de 2025 – Novos dados oficiais mostram que o tabagismo no Brasil aumentou 25% entre 2023 e 2024, marcando o primeiro crescimento em vinte anos. A taxa passou de 9,3% para …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
A leaked EU Commission document outlining the proposed Union positions for the COP11 conference to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) reveals alarming intentions. The draft, shared with the Working Party on …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
2.10.25 – Brussels. The World Vapers’ Alliance strongly condemns today’s statements by European Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, as reported by Politico, regarding plans to equalise taxes on vaping products with cigarettes. The Commissioner’s claims …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
29 September 2025 – An AI-powered review of the European Commission’s cardiovascular health consultation uncovers a clear trend: wherever harm reduction was discussed, more than 76% of respondents backed policies making less harmful nicotine …

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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.