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EU countries call for vaping crackdown in push for updated tobacco laws

Health ministers from across the European Union (EU) have called for a tougher stance on vapes and nicotine pouches, urging the European Commission to speed up long-delayed revisions to the bloc’s tobacco laws. At a meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health…

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What is the European Commission smoking?

Article originally appeared on The Critic, reproduced here with permission. A leaked report from the European Commission has revealed plans to tax the pants off e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches and other life-saving substitutes for cigarettes. It is in the process of reviewing its…

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NNPA Warns French Nicotine Pouch Ban Would Undermine Public Health and Violate EU Law

The Nordic Nicotine Pouches Alliance (NNPA) has blasted the French government’s proposed blanket ban on nicotine pouches, warning that such a move would undermine harm reduction efforts, violate EU principles, and deliver a significant setback to public health. In its formal response…

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20 years on, the WHO tobacco treaty is “failing those who need it most,” says global health expert

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) - a landmark treaty intended to reduce the global toll of smoking - marked its 20th anniversary last month. But far from stamping out the scourge of smoking, the framework is…

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Banning disposables won’t stop youth vaping, say experts from UCL and KCL

The UK will soon join a growing list of countries to ban disposable vapes in a bid to curb youth vaping. But while the intentions might be good, the move will NOT stop young people vaping and is likely to have “unintended…

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Latvia brings in raft of tough new vape restrictions

Latvia has implemented tough new restrictions on vapes and other safer nicotine alternatives to smoking. From January 1, vape flavours are banned in the Baltic country, with the exception of tobacco. Pouches also have a limit on the level of nicotine they…

EU countries call for vaping crackdown in push for updated tobacco laws

What is the European Commission smoking?

NNPA Warns French Nicotine Pouch Ban Would Undermine Public Health and Violate EU Law

20 years on, the WHO tobacco treaty is “failing those who need it most,” says global health expert

Banning disposables won’t stop youth vaping, say experts from UCL and KCL

Latvia brings in raft of tough new vape restrictions

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