{"id":20308,"date":"2025-01-23T13:39:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/?p=20308"},"modified":"2025-01-23T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:39:34","slug":"vapers-face-e2000-fine-on-38-spanish-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clearingtheair.eu\/en\/post\/vapers-face-e2000-fine-on-38-spanish-beaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Vapers face \u20ac2,000 fine on 38 Spanish beaches\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vaping on 38 beaches across Barcelona and the Balearic islands now carries a whopping \u20ac2,000 fine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent rule change means vaping is banned on 10 beaches in Barcelona and 28 in the Spanish-owned Balearic islands <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, smoking is illegal on 700 of the country\u2019s beaches and on the terraces of public restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, the Spanish government announced it will ban disposable vapes and all flavours except tobacco as part of a major overhaul of its smoking and vaping laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tough new measures are part of an \u2018Anti-Tobacco Plan,\u2019 which the government says aims to limit products that cause a risk to young people\u2019s health and are a \u2018gateway\u2019 to smoking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expanding bans on vaping<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The plan contains measures to expand the number of places where smoking is banned and put vapers on the same footing as conventional smokers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a recommendation that smoking should not be allowed in vehicles<\/a> carrying children or pregnant women.<\/p>\n\n\n\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, and is only about a quarter of France\u2019s vaping rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Spain\u2019s smoking rate is fairly high, at almost 28 percent of the adult population \u2013 more than 11 million people. More than 57,000 people in Spain die from smoking-related disease annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public consultation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Spain\u2019s proposal to ban disposable and flavoured vapes was put out to a short public consultation in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan <\/strong>also aims to regulate the labelling of vapes that do not contain nicotine. These vapes would be required to carry a label listing all ingredients, and health warnings indicating that their consumption is harmful to health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their packaging would need to include a leaflet with information on contraindications (situations where the product should not be used) and possible negative side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decree also would mandate that vapes must be unbreakable and leak-free, and deliver a constant dose of nicotine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concerns over black market<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

However, there is concern among anti-smoking campaigners and vape advocates that the proposed legislation will lead to a surge in unregulated black market products, and potentially higher smoking rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A ban on flavours in Spain is also likely to influence the direction of European Union (EU) vape policy when an updated Tobacco Products Directive<\/a> is debated and voted on later this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If more EU countries adopt flavour bans, EU regulators – who have expressed their desire to stamp vaping out – will be even keener for rules that synchronise regulations across the bloc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Slovenia have already adopted flavor restrictions. Spain, if it passes the decree, would become the largest EU country with a flavour ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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