That headline isn’t a rhetorical question: it was what we were genuinely thinking after we watched a YouTube replay of a conference call organised by the European Cancer League.
Europeans will go to the polls this week to elect members of the European Parliament. From 6 to 9 June, eligible voters in 27 EU Member States will cast their ballots, determining who represents them in the world’s only transnational Parliament.
Member countries of the European Union (EU) have been subject to rules on vaping since May 2016, but member countries are free to set their own rules on their sale and use. In the last few years, new regulations on vapes in individual countries have been moving at pace.
Ireland aims to become the first country in the European Union to ban smoking among under-21s.
Changes to the make-up of the European Parliament may favour a more lenient approach to vaping as a key tool to help smokers quit, an MEP has said.
Almost 20,000 people have signed an online petition against a crackdown on vapes in Europe that would put “millions of lives” at risk.
Taking place across four days, 27 countries and in 24 different languages, they are the largest multinational elections in the world. The European elections happen every five years.
The European Union (EU) is a club of 27 countries from across Europe, whose governments all work together. The EU has the power to make laws that apply to all of its member states at once.
