FIVAPE's media watch on vaping in France and around the world: January 2025
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28/01/25 | IMAZ PRESS
Illustration of the ravages of misinformation. Région Réunion vilifies a doctor - head of the CHU's addictology department - who dares to defend vaping by denouncing senseless taxes on a smoking cessation aid.
Insolite: a doctor promotes vaping
28/01/25 | IMAZ PRESS
By imposing a heavy tax on vaping via the "octroi de mer", the Réunion region is causing an uproar in the medical community. A "gross error" for Dr. David Mété, head of the CHU's addictology department.
Addictologist David Mété unhappy with increase in dock dues on vaping products
01/28/25 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Can electronic cigarettes help people stop smoking and can they be used safely for this purpose? Summary of Cochrane's ongoing meta-analysis, updated January 2025
27/01/25 | VAPING POST
Final straight for the law banning puffs. To protect its business, the tobacco industry has succeeded in getting the text to state that the ban does not apply to cartridges.
26/01/25 | ROBERTO SUSSMAN SUBSTACK
The incredible story of vape prohibition in Mexico, written into the constitution, aided by Bloomberg Philanthropies and CTFK. Cigarettes remain perfectly legal to the benefit of Big Tobacco, while mafia cartels take over the (black) vape market.
Vapes prohibition in Mexico: the full story
01/25/25 | JAMA NETWORK
STUDY supported by Cancer Research UK. Between 2023 and 2024, the most widely used smoking cessation aid was the e-cig, accounting for 40% of all quit attempts. These results confirm that, as well as being popular, vape offers one of the most effective methods of quitting smoking.
Prevalence of Popular Smoking Cessation Aids in England and Associations With Quit Success
01/23/25 | VAPING POST
Sophisticated influence tactics: the scarecrow. With this deliberately provocative action, the tobacco industry stimulates the denigration of harm reduction.
France: a tobacco company's huge advertisement on a church in the heart of Paris
22/01/25 | VAPING POST
In Luxembourg, puffs have not been banned, but a global process seems to be aiming for the total eradication of vaping. (Real) cigarettes, on the other hand, remain half-price in Luxembourg versus France.
Luxembourg: no puff ban, but worse to come
21/01/25 | LE FIGARO
Cigarette prices rise again. Smoking is bad for your health, but it's also bad for your wallet. Vaping allows you to stop smoking and stop breaking the bank.
Cigarette pack prices to rise for several brands on February 1
21/01/25 | TECHNIKART
E-cigarettes: do we continue to apply the precautionary principle when it turns into non-assistance to smokers in danger? - Dr William Lowenstein
Dr. William Lowenstein "France is addicted to prohibition."
21/01/25 | VN EXPRESS
In Vietnam, vaping products are now totally banned. And the country plans to reinforce this prohibition with fines. Yet over 40% of men smoke. No ban on cigarettes.
Vietnam proposes $40-80 fine for e-cigarette, heated tobacco use
01/19/25 | PREVENTION OBSERVATORY
"After angioplasty, quitting smoking with e-cigarettes helps reduce the risk of complications." Vape and cardiovascular health, very clear and documented article by Dr Martin Juneau, Montreal Heart Institute.
After angioplasty, quitting smoking with an electronic cigarette reduces the risk of complications
17/01/25 | VAPING POST
The OFDT, a public body, has shown, looking back over 10 years, that the bridging effect between vaping and smoking among young people DOES NOT EXIST.
France: Smoking continues to fall while vaping increases
01/17/25 | LE FIGARO
Vaping is not a "new addiction": it existed before, but with cigarettes that kill. Thank you Marion Adler and Françoise Gaudel for your excellent advice to ex-smokers who, after the help you've given them, would like to quit afterwards.
E-cigarettes: four tips for kicking this new addiction
16/01/25 | VAPING POST
Ireland adopts the principle of a license to sell vaping products, a measure welcomed by the professionals who took part in discussions on the bill.
Ireland: licenses for vape shops on the way
15/01/25 | TOBACCO ANALYSIS
"A largely ignored study shows that switching from smoking to electronic cigarettes reduces carcinogenic exposures to the same extent as complete abstinence from nicotine" - Michael Siegel
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco and Alcohol News Analysis and Commentary
01/15/25 | OFDT
Since the arrival of vaping in 2014, the smoking rate among young people has been divided by 2 and experimentation has fallen by 33%. Thank you OFDT for setting the record straight on this ''gateway effect'' that doesn't exist.
Drugs and addictions, key figures
15/01/25 | EURASIANET
After Kyrgyzstan at the end of 2024, Uzbekistan is considering a total ban on vaping under the influence of Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, which has just been expelled from Pakistan for corruption and embezzlement. But no ban on cigarettes.
Uzbekistan launching effort to ban electronic cigarettes
01/14/25 | FÉDÉRATION ADDICTION
In partnership with La Vape Du Coeur, the Fédération Addiction is offering a solid 3-day training course on vape for professionals in the medico-social, health and social sectors. Registration form.
The benefits of vape for addiction professionals
01/14/25 | OUEST FRANCE
Tobacco ruins your health and your wallet. Vape is an effective way of giving up smoking and saving enormous amounts of money. It's a pity not to mention it in this article.
How much does the average smoker spend on tobacco in a year? That's a lot!
01/13/25 | COPWATCH
Corruption, embezzlement... Pakistan has banned organizations financed by Bloomberg, including the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK). The billionaire, who largely finances the WHO - and its anti-vape campaigns - is also being targeted in India and the Philippines.
Pakistan Kicks Out Bloomberg for Corruption
12/01/25 | VAPING POST
In the courts, the tobacco industry and anti-smoking associations have built up a body of case law that now exposes the entire vape sector to legal action. FIVAPE has published a guide to best practice to help you protect yourself. Available on request.
France: Illegal advertising for vaping, a disturbing court decision
11/01/25 | WHY DOCTOR
The smoking rate in France is higher than the European average. Among the solutions available, the journalist unfortunately overlooks vape, which is nonetheless the most effective tool.
Smoking: who are Europe's heaviest smokers?
08/01/25 | THE CONVERSATION
How do I stop vaping? Varenicline and cytisine are not available in France. What's left is to vape and manage your nicotine levels. The authors also point out that smoking to stop vaping is not a good idea!
Want to quit vaping this year? Here's what the evidence shows so far about effective strategies
08/01/25 | COURRIER INTERNATIONAL
This incredible, insane story is making the rounds. A mother buys cigarettes for her son to "help" him stop vaping.
How a mother helped her son start smoking
08/01/25 | VAPING POST
Belgium is the first European country to ban puffs. In France, the law is still going through parliament.
Belgium becomes the first European country to ban puffs
10/01/25 | VAPING POST
Surreal.
This mother buys cigarettes for her son, to get him to stop vaping
06/01/25 | VAPING POST
Smoking KILLS, that's for sure. Along with varenicline and cytisine (drugs not currently available in France), vape is the most effective smoking cessation aid, according to the Cochrane meta-analysis.)
Smoking a cigarette is like dying 20 minutes earlier
04/01/25 | 20 MINUTES
Contrary to what is said in this article, for the past 15 years in France, the most effective anti-smoking solution has been vape. Contrary to what is also said, vape is not another form of smoking, it does not contain tobacco.
Cigarettes: What if France banned smoking outside like Milan?
02/01/25 | VAPING POST
2024 was a busy year for vape. 2025 is also shaping up to be a busy year... taxes, flavors, denigration, vape is the No. 1 tool for helping people stop smoking. Let's defend it, protect it from the tobacco industry, mobilize, join FIVAPE!
02/01/25 | TOBACCO ANALYSIS
In 2024, the WHO declared that electronic cigarettes were designed to kill... That's not true, vape was designed to save people.
Most Egregious Statement About Electronic Cigarettes for 2024
02/01/25 | TOBACCO ANALYSIS
There's no tobacco in vape, it's not "another tobacco product." This misleading claim suggests that vaping is still smoking, and discourages too many smokers who might try vape as a way out of smoking.
The Top 12 Most Irresponsible Statements About Vaping by Health Groups in 2024
01/01/25 | LA VOIX DU NORD
Disastrous for the environment, like all disposable products, puffs will also soon be banned in France. Reminder: all vaping products have been banned from sale to minors since 2016.
In Belgium, puffs - disposable electronic cigarettes - will be banned from January 1.