FIVAPE's media watch on vaping in France and around the world: June 2025
= FIVAPE questioned or quoted.
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06/30/25 | CDC / FDA
In the United States, discover the official CDC / FDA data on the effectiveness of vape from 2019 to 2024:
- vape replaces smoking among adults;
- vape makes smoking disappear among young people.
06/30/25 | LE PARISIEN
Vape is not affected by the new Espaces Sans Tabac measures. Pr. Dautzenberg contradicts with scientific references the false allegations about a hypothetical "passive vape" made by his obviously poorly researched colleagues.
Smoking bans in parks and on beaches: why electronic cigarettes escape restrictions
06/30/25 | MINISTRY OF HEALTH
The Espaces sans tabac page on the Ministry's website has been updated. Logo, messages, it's very clear: no place for SMOKING. No confusion with VAPE, which is not concerned. The public authorities are reminding us of a red line: VAPER ≠ SMOKING.
06/30/25 | INSTITUT NATIONAL DU CANCER
The French National Cancer Institute sports a new logo, a sign of "determination and audacity". Full support for INCa. It's also with DETERMINATION and AUDACITY that the people involved in vaping fight every day against the cause of 20% of all cancers.
Introducing the National Cancer Institute's new logo
06/29/25 | FRANCE INFO TV
Jean MOIROUD guest on France Info TV. REPLAY from 33 min.
Sunday, June 29, 2025, 4pm/6pm
06/29/25 | HUFFINGTON POST
The ban on smoking in public places is the subject of much debate.
Why these experts are calling for a ban on patio smoking (and why it's still stalling)
06/29/25 | ECIG MAG
Taxing vaping could exterminate independent vape for the benefit of the tobacco industry. A very detailed article on the ins and outs of a counter-productive measure for public health.
06/29/25 | LÉGIFRANCE
The decree extending smoke-free areas (except terraces) has just been published. Immediate application. VAPE IS NOT CONCERNED. The government has thus enshrined a principle laid down in 2013 by the Conseil d'État: VAPER IS NOT SMOKING.
06/29/25 | WILEY
Study supported by Cancer Research UK. Analysis of over 100,000 young people in the United States from 2014 to 2023: nicotine product consumption and nicotine dependence have reached historically low levels. Where's the gateway effect?
06/28/25 | ECIG INTELLIGENCE
France and Belgium, the countries that have banned puffs, have lost control, and black markets are exploding, with potentially dangerous products that do not comply with any regulations. Young people are particularly at risk.
Banned but not gone: France and Belgium are struggling to police disposable vapes
06/26/25 | UNIVADIS
The CNCT continues its campaign on Metatin, sowing confusion among consumers and complicating field work in stores. The association is also joining forces with tobacconists in calling for a ban on online sales!
Tobacco control: beware of metatin!
26/06/25 | VAPING POST
Discouraging smokers from using less harmful alternatives... 12 countries, including France, call for the restriction of flavors in vape at the latest European Health Council.
New attack on flavors at the European Health Council
25/06/25 | ZONE BOURSE
In the United States, the only e-cigarettes authorized by the FDA are those of the tobacco industry... Independent players have been wiped out, and the black market is exploding. France must recognize the role of independents and protect them from Big Tobacco.
How middlemen smuggle Chinese e-cigarettes into the U.S.
23/06/25 | VAPING POST
Vapotage in pharmacies, the Australian fiasco.
Australia: the fiasco of vape in pharmacies
19/06/25 | VIDAL
The return of varenicline is to be welcomed. Cytisine is still banned in France, and the SFT has denounced stock-outs on substitutes that prevent treatments from running smoothly. Otherwise, vape is immediately available in 4000 stores.
Smoking cessation: CHAMPIX availability confirmed
06/16/25 | EURACTIV
Tobacco taxation is being debated in Europe, and vape is also being targeted. Taxing the No. 1 smoking cessation aid is counter-productive for the fight against smoking and in the general interest. And contributes to the confusion between cure and poison.
Tobacco: Brussels considers a 139% tax hike on cigarettes
06/15/25 | AMELI
...there is no scientific evidence to support the claim that vaping products are a smoking cessation aid." THIS IS FALSE. This level of disinformation of the public, denying science, by the Assurance Maladie, is very worrying.
Vapotage, electronic cigarette, vapoteuse, e-cigarette and health
06/15/25 | VAPING POST
How the tobacco lobby smokes the media to pervert the opinion of political decision-makers and the public. Remember: the cigarette trade prematurely kills 75,000 French people every year.
France: one in two cigarettes comes from the black market, but all the press is wrong
06/13/25 | VAPING POST
Heavily taxing vaping is guaranteed to voluntarily reduce its growth. The authors of this leaked document have even calculated it: -17%. Who's behind these counterproductive anti-smoking measures? Anti-smoking or the tobacco industry?
Document leak: Europe wants to impose €3.60 tax on 10ml e-liquid bottles
06/13/25 | YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH
Yorkshire Cancer Research survey: 18% of puff-using vapers will return to smoking after the ban. 59% think vaping = smoking. The organization is concerned about public health.
People will switch to smoking when disposable vapes are banned, new survey reveals
06/13/25 | CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Almost 60% of Americans who have quit smoking have used vaping. Tobacco sales are plummeting. Flavors, nicotine, taxes... why are plans in France to reduce access to and effectiveness of vape instead of promoting it?
12/06/25 | VAPING POST
Daily e-cigarette use is associated with a higher probability of having quit smoking, in both men and women.
10/06/25 | VAPING POST
In Bulgaria, the state which owns 80% of the national cigarette manufacturer wants to ban electronic cigarettes, the best enemy of smoking. This measure goes against all European regulations, but will open up the subject...
Bulgaria wants a total ban on electronic cigarettes
06/06/25 | ETHRA
Scientific and public health experts support the consumers' position on tobacco taxation: "EU tax measures should encourage the switch from tobacco to safer alternatives for public health."
Scientific and public health experts support consumer position on tobacco taxation
06/06/25 | VAPING POST
Over 99% of vaping users are smokers or ex-smokers. Nicotine + flavoring = effectiveness of vaping in quitting smoking. Very worrying that the scientific evidence was not taken into account before the Minister's announcements.
Vaping: France plans to regulate flavours and nicotine from 2026
05/06/25 | OUEST FRANCE
Science has spoken: vaping is at least 95% less risky than smoking. But rather than answer the question it poses, this article prefers to frighten the population with an alarmist, anxiety-provoking tone, and lots of cherry-picking fake news.
Electronic cigarettes: is vaping safer for your health than smoking a cigarette?
04/06/25 | EURONEWS
Europe is under heavy pressure to tax vape, confusing products and players (tobacco / indie). Dustin Dahlmann, President of the Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA), has argued that introducing taxes would not help protect young people.
EU Commission faces rising pressure to tax vapes and nicotine pouches
02/06/25 | VAPING POST
The measures announced by the Minister (flavors, nicotine levels) are causing a stir among medical specialists and addicts in the field. The effectiveness of vape in helping people to stop smoking is at stake.
France: experts express alarm at proposals against electronic cigarettes
06/02/25 | CNEWS
The media are finally hearing the message from FIVAPE (quoted here): there is no Metatine - 6-methyl-nicotine in French products or in specialist retailers.
02/06/25 | VAPING POST
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