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FIVAPE's media watch on vaping in France and around the world: July 2025
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07/30/25 | CRIKEY
A resurgence in smoking, a black market, crime... Australia's "war on nicotine" is a total failure in health, economic and social terms.
Australia's war on nicotine is failing. A smarter strategy is needed
07/30/25 | SCIENCE MEDIA CENTER
3 expert reactions to a study that attempts to demonstrate a gateway effect from vape to tobacco among young people.
07/28/25 | COLIN MENDELSOHN
At 6 months, 28.4% of people in the vaping group had quit smoking, compared with only 9.6% in the substitutes group. By Dr Colin Mendelsohn
New study: Vaping three times more effective than NRT for disadvantaged smokers
07/28/25 | EUROBAROMETER
Smoking prevalence in Europe. Official sources. In the general interest, France must not hinder the growth of vaping, the No. 1 tool for helping people to stop smoking.
07/26/25 | SANTÉ PUBLIQUE FRANCE + OFDT
We retrieved Santé Publique France data on risk perception from 2014 to 2017, which we linked to SOVAPE and FIVAPE surveys from 2019 to 2025. In parallel, the evolution of smoking prevalence.
07/26/25 | VAPING POST
FIVAPE invites all partners in the French vape industry to support an ecosystem that is positive for public health, innovates and creates thousands of businesses and jobs.
France: FIVAPE opens its doors to professionals who want to support electronic cigarettes
07/25/25 | ASH
In the UK: 10% of vapoteurs / 13% of smokers
In France: 8% of vapoteurs / 31% of smokers
In the UK, there is a very precise follow-up on vape Vs smoking, here a report of more than 50 pages!
Use of vapes (e-cigarettes) among adults in Great Britain
07/23/25 | VAPING POST
Where does 6-methyl-nicotine come from and why has it resurfaced? Comprehensive article.
France: on the trail of metatin
07/21/25 | TOBACCO ANALYSIS
A clinical trial is causing a stir in the scientific community. To test low-nicotine cigarettes (a concept championed by anti-smoking lobbies), researchers forced pregnant women to smoke to form a control group.
More Reasons Why the Clinical Trial of Low Nicotine Cigarettes for Pregnant Smokers Was Unethical
07/21/25 | VAPING POST
FIVAPE is mobilizing the industry, independent of the tobacco lobbies. More than ever, unity, vigilance and clarity will be decisive in the months ahead.
FIVAPE: World No-Tobacco Day: a bitter taste, but a stronger determination
07/21/25 | FRANCE 3
Puff ban? Ill-prepared. Black market.
07/19/25 | ASH
ASH Smokefree GB Youth 2025 survey of vaping among 11-17 year olds in Great Britain.
Use of vapes (e-cigarettes) among young people in Great Britain
07/18/25 | BFM RMC
Taxes on vaping "It's nonsense, they want people to go back to smoking... it's still the most widely used tool for smoking cessation". Dr Marion Adler, a field doctor, ulcerated by the EU proposal.
EU wants to tax e-cigarette liquid: "They want people to go back to tobacco?"
07/18/25 | VAPING POST
We're not going to let that happen.
European Commission issues official directive to tax electronic cigarettes
07/17/25 | VAPING POST
This new, very solid study shows once again that vape is the best enemy of smoking, three times more effective than substitutes! Any hindrance to its development runs counter to public health and the general interest.
New study confirms that vaping is effective for quitting smoking
07/17/25 | VAPING POST
An excellent, highly educational deciphering of the undeniable weaknesses of a study linking vape to COPD caused by previous smoking.
Smoking and COPD: a new meta-analysis sounds the alarm, without good reason
07/17/25 | SCIENCE MEDIA CENTER
Convincing studies had already shown that vape is twice as effective as nicotine substitutes. A new study conducted in Australia, a country that is very hostile to vape, shows that it is even more effective for the poorest populations, who are also the most affected by smoking. Two experts' opinions
16/07/25 | FEMME ACTUELLE
An expert deciphers the innovations that help people quit smoking. But "forgetting" the main innovation, the one that has helped millions of smokers in recent years: vape.
Tobacco: an expert explains the latest innovations to help you stop smoking
07/13/25 | ADDICT'AIDE
"The available data do not support the existence of a clear and substantial population-wide gateway effect." Reducing the growth and effectiveness of vape to "protect young people" is an unfounded pretext = Big Tobacco's interest.
07/13/25 | WILEY
Study supported by Cancer Research UK: Vape use among US high school students has fallen drastically since 2019. Contrary to fears, there is no sustained increase in nicotine addiction in the general population.
12/07/25 | XXXXXXXXXX
Nostalgia. In 2016, during the first Mois Sans Tabac, Santé Publique France talked to smokers about vape...
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12/07/25 | BM MAGAZINE
Big Tobacco's infiltration of vaping advocacy undermines the efforts of independent players and a sincere approach to harm reduction.
Big Tobacco's infiltration of vaping advocacy undermining harm reduction efforts at critical moment
12/07/25 | VAPING POST
Out-of-touch revelations. What will become of the fight against smoking if Europe relies on taxes to make ends meet?
Europe: Brussels wants to tax tobacco and vaping to finance the European Union
09/07/25 | VAPING POST
In New Zealand, vape is strongly promoted as a way of helping people to stop smoking, with only 7% of smokers now using it on a daily basis (25% in France). Even if the risks are infinitely lower, this study calls into question the total cessation of vape.
New Zealand: stopping vaping and smoking cessation, similar battles
09/07/25 | CONTEXT
The more the tobacco industry "defends" harm reduction, the more anti-smokers oppose it. For several years now, this "mechanism" has been hampering the growth of vaping, the No. 1 aid for quitting smoking. And it helps maintain cigarette sales (the tobacco industry's core business).
09/07/25 | LE FIGARO
When it comes to vaping products, 85% of the market is held by the tobacco industry's INDEPENDENT sector. It is the responsibility of public authorities not to hinder the mission of these No. 1 stop-smoking professionals in France.
Tobacco control: a bold proposal to replace cigarette sales outlets
09/07/25 | PRIME
YOU DON'T KNOW NICOTINE is now available on Prime with French subtitles.
09/07/25 | VAPING POST
For the first time, this study compares the fertility of fathers who smoke and those who vapourize.
Vaping vs. smoking: initial results on male fertility in in vitro fertilization (IVF)
08/07/25 | LIBÉRATION
Comprehensive update on the comeback of varenicline. The tobaccologist interviewed insists on the need to offer smokers every possible way out: medication, substitutes, behavioral therapies and, of course, vape.
Three questions on the return of Champix, the champion anti-smoking drug.
07/07/25 | WHO
Vape is not tobacco. The WHO does not mention it in this press release. Taxing the No. 1 smoking cessation aid (popularity X effectiveness) would be absurd.
06/07/25 | EURONEWS
New law in Greece. Selling alcohol or tobacco to minors, from now on it will be a €10,000 fine, or even prison...
Greece passes law to jail people for selling alcohol or tobacco to children
04/07/25 | ETHRA
The cost of quitting smoking and living smoke-free could potentially become much higher, according to a leaked impact assessment report on the revision of the Tobacco Excise Directive.
Tobacco Excise Directive Impact Assessment
03/07/25 | VAPING POST
In a new report, the WHO calls for a ban or restrictions on the growth of electronic cigarettes, the No. 1 tool for quitting smoking. The pretext? Young people. And yet, nowhere in the world is the gateway effect observed.
New WHO report: still just as much against e-cigarettes
03/07/25 | OFFICIAL JOURNAL
Prof. Didier LEPELLETIER, Chairman of the Haut Conseil de la Santé Publique (HCSP), has been appointed Director General of Health.
03/07/25 | NOVO NETWORK
Aaron BIEBERT's 2020 film YOU DON'T KNOW NICOTINE is more relevant than ever. It's now available on AppleTV. Check out the teaser!