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The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) says it strongly opposes the recent bill adopted by the Polish Council of Ministers, which aims to impose an excise duty on nicotine pouches and other nicotine products, including vapes. The WVA called the legislation proposed by the Minister of Finance a “misguided policy”, adding that it threatens to undermine public health efforts by making less harmful alternatives to smoking more expensive and less accessible.
Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance, commented on the legislative action: “By increasing the price of safer nicotine alternatives, the Polish government is effectively pushing people back towards deadly cigarettes. This short-sighted tax grab will have dire consequences for public health.”
The WVA says that the Polish government’s own admission that these regulations will “limit the availability of previously untaxed substitutes for traditional tobacco products” reveals a blatant disregard for harm reduction principles.
This approach contradicts overwhelming evidence supporting the role of alternative nicotine products in helping smokers quit, the organisation adds.
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