Hundreds of Spanish vapers and small business owners held a demonstration outside the Ministry of Health on Friday to protest against the Spanish Government’s intended legislation to ban flavours in vaping products.
Ahora que está cerrada la consulta sobre la prohibición de los sabores en España, se podría perdonar a los activistas por pensar que poco más pueden hacer para cambiar las cosas. Eso no es cierto.
With the consultation on a flavour ban in Spain now closed, activists might be forgiven for thinking that there’s little more they can do to change things. That’s not true.
The co-founder of media site Bloomberg and former mayor of New York City is using his money and influence to curb vaping – but he’s doing far more harm than good.
It’s not considered good practice to make new laws at 4am on no sleep: but that’s how the Tobacco Products Directive – which regulates vapes across the EU – was agreed more than a decade ago.
Advocacy is a subject that is deliberately mystified by those with power and influence,in reality, it’s not that complicated, as long as you have the right guide.