Tag: EU
Europe’s Tobacco Crossroads: Will France Lead or Lag Behind?
France, like many of its European neighbors, has publicly declared its aspiration to achieve a smoke-free future. Yet its current approach to tobacco control...
Punishing Progress: The EU Seems Set to Tax Away Its Best...
As smoking continues to claim over 700,000 lives each year in the European Union, public health experts and tobacco harm reduction (THR) advocates have...
The EC’s Push for Stricter Nicotine Regulations Sprearheaded by Misinformation From...
Earlier this month, Dutch Health Minister, Vincent Karremans, criticized the European Commission for delaying new legislation on nicotine products, describing the decision as harmful...
The EU Ignores Harm Reduction Success as It Moves to Restrict...
As the European Commission is in the process of revising its tobacco control framework, with key directives such as the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD),...
The EU’s War on Vaping: How Over-Regulation Threatens Public Health
Despite scientific consensus that vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking, EU policymakers have been pushing excessive regulations and higher taxes, discouraging...
A Short Lived Victory For THR in The EU As Previously...
Last week, the European Parliament rejected a resolution presented by the European Commission (EC), proposing restricting vaping alongside smoking in outdoor spaces. At the...
Recent THR Advocacy Efforts: CAPHRA Demands Seat at COP11 While EU...
Consumers of safer nicotine alternatives feel increasingly marginalized as their needs are being ignored by the very agencies which are meant to be safeguarding...
More Senseless Vape Restrictions Crafted by the European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is recommending extending smoking bans to additional outdoor areas such as children's play areas, outdoor pools, amusement parks, and terraces....
