{"id":6508,"date":"2025-10-02T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6508"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:30:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:30:22","slug":"science-and-citizens-ignored-as-varhelyi-pushes-harmful-vape-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/sv\/science-and-citizens-ignored-as-varhelyi-pushes-harmful-vape-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Vetenskap och medborgare ignoreras n\u00e4r V\u00e1rhelyi driver skatt p\u00e5 skadlig vape"},"content":{"rendered":"

2.10.25 \u2013 Bryssel. World Vapers' Alliance f\u00f6rd\u00f6mer starkt dagens uttalanden av EU:s h\u00e4lsokommission\u00e4r Oliv\u00e9r V\u00e1rhelyi, enligt rapporter fr\u00e5n Politico<\/a>, ang\u00e5ende planer p\u00e5 att utj\u00e4mna skatterna p\u00e5 vapingprodukter med cigaretter. Kommission\u00e4rens p\u00e5st\u00e5enden avsl\u00f6jar en djupg\u00e5ende missuppfattning om minskning av tobaksskador och hotar ett av Europas mest effektiva verktyg f\u00f6r att r\u00e4dda liv.<\/p>\n

Kommission\u00e4r V\u00e1rhelyi sade vid ett evenemang i Gastein, \u00d6sterrike, att EU kommer att h\u00f6ja skatterna p\u00e5 vape och p\u00e5sar f\u00f6r att matcha cigaretter, och pekade p\u00e5 den \u00f6kande andelen unga som vapar som bevis p\u00e5 skadlighet. Han uppgav ocks\u00e5 att vapning "\u00e4nnu" inte uppfattas som en fara, vilket ignorerar den \u00f6verv\u00e4ldigande vetenskapliga konsensus som visar att vapning \u00e4r betydligt mindre skadligt \u00e4n r\u00f6kning.<\/p>\n

En offentligt samr\u00e5d<\/a> Samr\u00e5det om dessa skattef\u00f6rslag \u00e4r \u00f6ppet till slutet av oktober, men kommission\u00e4ren har redan avf\u00e4rdat medborgarnas \u00e5sikter genom att bilda sig en uppfattning i f\u00f6rtid. Detta typiska EU-beteende f\u00f6rbiser miljontals m\u00e4nniskor som byter till s\u00e4krare alternativ, vilket g\u00f6r samr\u00e5det helt meningsl\u00f6st.<\/p>\n

Michael Landl, chef f\u00f6r World Vapers' Alliance, sa:<\/p>\n

\u201cMiljontals m\u00e4nniskor har minskat sina h\u00e4lsorisker genom att byta fr\u00e5n r\u00f6kning till vaping, ett vetenskapligt underbyggt faktum. Kommissionens plan att likst\u00e4lla vape-skatter med cigaretter mots\u00e4ger denna verklighet och kommer bara att driva m\u00e4nniskor tillbaka till r\u00f6kning. Att ignorera det p\u00e5g\u00e5ende samr\u00e5det visar att kommissionen s\u00e4tter sin egen agenda f\u00f6re medborgarnas.\u201d
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I september, 83 ledande experter inom folkh\u00e4lsa<\/a> varnade i ett brev f\u00f6r att kommissionens skatteplan ignorerar vetenskap och riskerar att v\u00e4nda framstegen. De uppmanade till r\u00e4ttvis beskattning som \u00e5terspeglar faktiska risker och ber\u00f6mde framg\u00e5ngen f\u00f6r l\u00e4nder som Storbritannien och Sverige med att anv\u00e4nda skademinskande och balanserad finanspolitik. Kommission\u00e4ren ignorerar ocks\u00e5 dem.<\/p>\n

Europeiska kommissionen m\u00e5ste ompr\u00f6va sin strategi och st\u00f6dja skademinskning, inte undergr\u00e4va den.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2.10.25 – Brussels. The World Vapers\u2019 Alliance strongly condemns today’s statements by European Health Commissioner Oliv\u00e9r V\u00e1rhelyi, as reported by Politico, regarding plans to equalise taxes on vaping products with cigarettes. The Commissioner\u2019s claims reveal a profound misunderstanding of tobacco harm reduction and threaten one of Europe\u2019s most effective tools for saving lives. 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