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EXCLUSIVE: Varheyli tweets, then deletes, false claim that nicotine causes cancer

A European Commissioner has come under fire for spreading misinformation about nicotine, just months after another senior EU official made similarly inaccurate claims about vaping. On September 30, Olivér Várhelyi, the Hungarian Commissioner responsible for health and animal welfare, wrote on X…

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Four countries leading the way in harm reduction

New evidence shows that four countries are proving safer nicotine alternatives can cut smoking rates, prevent disease and save lives. The findings come from The Safer Nicotine Revolution: Global Lessons, Healthier Futures, a new report that tracks how products such as nicotine…

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Safer nicotine products saving lives, experts say in call to WHO

International health experts are calling on governments to embrace safer nicotine alternatives as proven tools to cut smoking, prevent disease and save lives. The appeal comes in The Safer Nicotine Revolution: Global Lessons, Healthier Futures, a landmark new report published ahead of…

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OPINION: Brussels must learn, disinformation is still disinformation when it’s politically convenient

On Wednesday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, told Members of the European Parliament of how “appalled” she had become by the “disinformation that threatens global progress on everything from measles to polio”. “We need more capacity to…

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Experts warn Brussels tax hike risks reversing Sweden’s smoking decline

Health experts say Brussels is putting Sweden’s smoke-free success at risk, warning that a huge EU tax hike on nicotine pouches could dismantle the world’s leading harm reduction model. Smoke Free Sweden, a global public health initiative, submitted its response to the…

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Vape bans fuelling surge in illicit trade, new report warns

The global market for illicit vapes has ballooned to unprecedented levels, fuelled by tightening restrictions and outright bans in multiple countries, according to new analysis from Euromonitor. Illicit electronic vape sales rose seven per cent last year to around 605 billion products…

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Dutch doctors file complaint against Snapchat over illegal vape sales

Dutch doctors have filed a formal complaint against Snap - the parent company of messaging app Snapchat - accusing it of failing to prevent the sale of illegal vapes to teenagers in the Netherlands. The complaint, which was submitted to the Authority…

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“Profiteering from the misery of smokers”: Five WHO anti-vape bureaucrats making more than UK PM, French President

Five staff members working at the World Health Organisation’s tobacco control department earn more than the UK Prime Minister and the French President, new figures released by the WHO show; with the highest paid staff member (presumably Head of the Secretariat Adriana…

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Portugal calls for lower vape taxes in EU tax plan

Portugal strongly opposes the European Commission’s recent proposal to sharply increase tobacco taxes across the EU.

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