#VapingSwitch shares evidence-based research and developments on alternative nicotine products for a #SmokeFreeEurope
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"If we could take half of the billion smokers and switch them off a deadly cigarette to a #vape it would change health care systems around the world." @DrMtyndall
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Broad #vape access to help adults switch from cigarettes without youth vaping❓
NZ shows what balanced policies can do for #harmreduction ✅
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High taxes and #vaping flavour bans would inevitably:
👉drive consumers back to cigarettes
👉fuel black markets
👉undermine public health gains from #safernicotine products
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Free #vape schemes drive smoking rates to record lows:
👉“I used Swap to Stop in February this year and have not smoked a cigarette since. It takes a little getting used to but does work 100 per cent, I would not have given up without the vape.”
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🔴#Vape Flavor Bans Increase Cigarette Sales in Canada, Too.
Getting policymakers to embrace the evidence seems like a herculean task, but experts continue to push for a modern, science-based framework that protects access to #safernicotine alternatives.
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👉#Vaping Helps Smokers Quit — Even When They Don't Plan To:
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Sweden, Greece and Czechia - where #harmreduction policies have led to significant declines in smoking rates - have been opposing EC #vaping tax plans.
Will they be able to continue to lead towards a #smokefree Europe?
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A clear-eyed, unemotional, and results-driven approach to reducing the human health, social, economic, and environmental consequences of tobacco and nicotine use.
An exceptional analysis from @Clive_Bates:
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👉New Canadian study finds cigarette sales rose after #vape #FlavourRestrictions
👉Research suggests smokers substitute cigarettes when flavoured vapes are removed
👉Similar effects previously observed in the United States
❓Findings raise questions for policymakers considering flavour bans
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🟢 Electronic cigarettes increase the chances of quitting smoking for people with tobacco use disorder, according to the Spanish Society of Dual Pathology 👇
Interesante estudio de la Sociedad Española de Patología Dual: El cigarrillo electrónico aumenta las opciones de dejar de fumar en personas con trastorno por uso de tabaco.
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🚭 A new scientific consensus by 15 international experts confirms: switching from smoking to vaping is significantly less harmful than continuing to smoke. Evidence supports e-cigarettes as a harm-reduction option for adult smokers. 💭
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"The health effects of vaping and e-cigarettes: consensus recommendations" by Erika Kouzoukas and colleagues (2026) via @ijdrugpolicy...what kind of harms are you seeing from vapes and e-cigarettes?
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#Vaping #DrugPolicy
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🇳🇿Youth vaping down smoking near zero. This is what smart regulation looks like. New Zealand shows that you can protect youth and still support adults who switch to less harmful alternatives. Read Amanda’s blog for the full story. worldvapersalliance.com/yout… @vapers_alliance
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The "Quit Like Sweden" debate in Parliament made it clear: you can’t tax and ban your way to a smoke-free country. You need affordable, satisfying alternatives. It’s not rocket science; it’s harm reduction. 🚀 clearingtheair.eu/en/sweden-…
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Prohibitionists never learn.
Scotland: Disposable vapes were outlawed last year, but the ban has coincided with a surge in illegal sales. "Illicit trade was there before the ban but from what we can see – it’s ten times stronger after it."
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Mr. Várhelyi, they're called 'safer alternatives' for a reason - #HarmReduction acknowledges reduced risk vs cigarettes, not 0 risk. The scientific community supporting #THR isn't denying any #vaping concerns; instead, it studies them and prioritises evidence-based policy.
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Leading scientists and public health experts are raising serious concerns after EU Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi claimed he is “100% convinced” that smokeless alternatives, including #vaping, are as harmful as combustible cigarettes.
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"We estimate that (ecig) flavor restrictions increased cigarette sales by 9.6%." Not the first study to find this substitution effect that likely harms public health. Are those advocating ecig flavor bans okay with this? Davis, Friedman & Pesko (2025). ideas.repec.org//p/umc/wpape…
"But it is not too late for you to act. Become educated about the cure for cigarettes and give #vaping, heated tobacco, and/or #nicotinepouches a try. Demand that political leaders grant you access to regulated, accessible, enjoyable, and safe nicotine products. Live better and healthier lives." @DrMtyndall
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"Conclusions: Treating smoke-free nicotine products as equivalent to cigarettes in regulatory practice imposes avoidable population-health and economic costs.
Aligning authorization and communication with comparative-risk evidence represents a high-impact opportunity for reducing smoking-related harm."
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"When #ecigarettes started getting a lot of attention in ~2014, I was initially hostile to them, having only heard negative things about them. I believed that e-cigarettes were a gateway to cigarette smoking because they might be attractive to youth and create dependence on nicotine.
This is the story of how I changed my mind with my own research."
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