Vapers Digest 5th September
Friday’s News at a glance:
Experts Oppose EU Tax – Responce to EU Tax Letter – Harm Reduction Is Saving Lives – AFN25 Hails Breakthrough Success – Contentious Study Gave Pregnant Women Low-Nicotine Cigarettes – Doctors Want FDA to Share Up-to-Date Info on Lower-Risk, Smoke-Free Products, Survey Finds – The Five Stupidest Arguments from the City of Baltimore vs ZYN Lawsuit – Dutch doctors file complaint against Snapchat over illegal vape sales – Major decline in U.S. smoking as vaping rises, new national data shows – Knoxville or Knoxville? – Macau Considers Full Ban on E-Cigarette Possession – Philippines could save $687 million if 10% of smokers switch—DLSU study – State bans on flavored e-cigarettes could inadvertently increase traditional cigarette use among young adults – Top 5 flaws in France’s defence of disputed nicotine pouch ban – Ban the Fear, Not the Freedom: Massachusetts Bill Misses the Mark on Nicotine – Is the Media Stuck in the Past on Tobacco and Vaping? | GFN Voices 2025
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Experts Oppose EU Tax
83 leading international experts in public health, nicotine dependence, and tobacco control have come together to send a letter to the President of the European Commission and European Commissioners opposing its proposed tax plans for reduced harm products such as vapes.
Responce to EU Tax Letter
83 leading public health experts have united to condemn the European Commission’s approach to the upcoming Tobacco Excise Directive revision. Their open letter argues that the current taxation plans ignore scientific evidence and threaten to undermine progress against smoking across Europe. The World Vapers’ Alliance has responded, calling for the Commission to reverse its course of action.
Harm Reduction Is Saving Lives
Global Action to End Smoking celebrates that tobacco harm reduction is working and saving lives in Sweden. In its latest release, the organisation formerly known as The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World states that if other countries followed suit then we could move faster toward a world without the death and disease caused by smoking.
AFN25 Hails Breakthrough Success
The inaugural Asia Forum on Nicotine (AFN25), hosted by the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), was a resounding success, according to the event’s organisers. It drew global experts, advocates, and consumers to champion evidence-based tobacco harm reduction (THR) strategies tailored to the Asia-Pacific region’s staggering 781 million tobacco users – 63% of the global total.
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