WVA is Back on the Road
The World Vapers’ Alliance’s #BackVapingBeatSmoking campaign is back on the road as it tours European hotspots
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by Dave Cross
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The campaign comes together as the Europe-wide tobacco legislation, Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), is being reviewed by the European legislators. The World Vapers’ Alliance says it has previously participated in the EU Commission's public call for evidence to speak out against flavour bans and excessive regulation. Now the organisation claims it will amplify voices of the European vaping community in the attempts to acknowledge vaping as an effective harm reduction tool with a potential to save the lives of 19 million smokers in Europe.
“We are back on the road but yet carry the same message: by backing vaping we can beat smoking and save 19 million lives with sensible regulation. The EU call for evidence has seen a record number of 24 thousand responses which shows that consumers want to embrace tobacco harm reduction and it happens that vaping has been proven the most successful so far.
“We will host community events and protests in France, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal and Belgium to draw attention to one of the most crucial pieces of legislation that is on the table for the future of vaping. It is time for politicians to listen to consumers. So, we will make them listen,” said WVA’s director, Michael Landl.
The WVA has also launched a petition to avoid harmful vaping regulation such as flavour bans, or high taxation on vaping products. The signatures will be delivered to the Members of the European Parliament at the end of the tour in November.
- Learn more about the #BackVapingBeatSmoking campaign by visiting www.worldvapersalliance.com/back-vaping-beat-smoking.
- More information about the community tour can be found here: https://worldvapersalliance.com/backvapingbeatsmoking-community-tour/
References:
- The World Vapers' Alliance - www.worldvapersalliance.com
Dave Cross
Journalist at POTVDave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous start-ups to develop content for their websites.
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