{"id":12969,"date":"2024-10-02T14:47:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T14:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/spain-to-ban-disposable-vapes-and-flavours\/"},"modified":"2025-01-06T16:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T16:09:45","slug":"spain-to-ban-disposable-vapes-and-flavours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/spain-to-ban-disposable-vapes-and-flavours\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain to ban disposable vapes and flavours"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spanish government has moved to ban disposable vapes and a multitude of flavours. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Secretary of State for Health Javier Padilla has said that in the coming weeks “the draft amendment to Royal Decree 579\/2017 will be available, which will include a ban on disposable electronic cigarettes.\u201d <\/p>\n

He said the decision had been made due to disposable vapes being \u2018harmful to health and to the environment.\u2019<\/p>\n

Mr Padilla added that the proposed law will include a ban on flavoured vapes. <\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s high smoking rates<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Spain, more than a half a million people vape, according to Knowledge-Action-Change\u2019s recent Global State of Harm Reduction report<\/a>. This equates to around 1.3 percent of the adult population – only about a quarter France\u2019s vaping rate. <\/p>\n

However, Spain\u2019s smoking rate is fairly high, at almost 28 percent of the adult population – more than 11 million people. More than 57,000 people in Spain die from smoking-related disease annually.<\/p>\n

Vaping advocates argue that Spain needs flavoured vaping products, as they are far more effective as a switching tool for smokers than those that are traditional tobacco flavoured. Most adult vapers who have stopped smoking successfully say they prefer non-tobacco flavours.<\/a><\/p>\n

The latest announcement was made during a meeting on Monday at the Nueva Econom\u00eda F\u00f3rum in Madrid, held by Minister of Health M\u00f3nica Garc\u00eda. <\/p>\n

The \u2018gateway\u2019 theory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Padilla said disposable vapes are a \u201cgateway\u201d for young people to get into the far more harmful habit of smoking, although evidence shows this not to be the case.<\/a><\/p>\n

He plans to push through with new legislation on vaping, saying: “Three transformations must be made: the Public Health Strategy Law approved in June 2022, the creation of the public health surveillance network that was recently approved by the Council of Ministers and the creation of a State Public Health Agency that will be approved soon and there is a consensus for it to be issued.”<\/p>\n

The health secretary said that meanwhile, the country\u2019s Comprehensive Plan for the Prevention and Control of Smoking had also already been passed by the Council of Ministers. He said: “It achieved a good consensus and a good opinion from the autonomous communities in the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System.”<\/p>\n

Mr Padilla added: “We are going to take the next step, which is the modification of Royal Decree 579\/2017, which deals with the elements of the manufacture, presentation and marketing of tobacco products and their derivatives.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Spain is preparing to expand the number of places where smoking is prohibited. <\/p>\n

Mr Padilla said: “During the first quarter of 2025, the reform of Law 28\/2005 on tobacco, which includes smoke-free spaces, will be approved. When the text is published, we will see how each of the spaces is specifically substantiated.”<\/p>\n

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