FIVAPE's media watch on vaping in France and around the world: May 2025
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2/06/25 | 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
2/06/25 | 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.
2/06/25 | VAPING POST
Faced with threats from all sides, including the latest statements from the Minister, FIVAPE is working hard to defend the industry and the general interest. Help us, it's urgent, join FIVAPE.
Fivape's concrete proposals for an intelligent framework for vaping
2/06/25 | TF1
Vape professionals and doctors in the field, in direct contact with smokers, are defending this helpful tool, while the government and anti-tobacco groups are considering reducing its effectiveness (nicotine levels, flavors).
E-cigarettes in the government's sights: a measure that has tobacco specialists coughing.
2/06/25 | EUREPORTER
Despite compelling scientific evidence and its anti-smoking objectives, Spain has embarked on a highly repressive policy against vaping.
Spain's misguided vaping crackdown reflects dangerous trend as EU eyes new rules
1/06/25 | PRESS PORTAL
"Vaping does not attract non-smokers at any significant level, but rather serves as a tool for adult smokers looking for alternatives." Press release from IEVA - Independent European Vape Alliance
1/06/25 | AIDUCE
Restriction of flavors, lowering of maximum nicotine levels, AIDUCE says "No to unfounded plans against vaping". Press release following Minister Catherine Vautrin's announcements.
No to unfounded plans against vaping
1/06/25 | LA VAPE DU CŒUR
Volunteers in the field: removing flavors and lowering nicotine levels in e-liquids is a counter-productive measure that would seriously compromise the effectiveness of vaping as a smoking cessation tool. Com. + ref science.
Vape regulation 2026: a really bad idea
1/06/25 | VAPING POST
It's abnormal that the French, smokers in particular, but also those around them and even health professionals, should be so misinformed about the relative risks between vaping and smoking, when vaping actually helps you stop smoking.
FIVAPE/OPINIONWAY survey: French people still ill-informed about electronic cigarettes
05/31/25 | FRANCE 2
Vape has enabled millions of French people to stop smoking. But it is presented as a scourge in a report on France 2's JT de 20h on Friday May 30, 2025, the eve of World No-Tobacco Day. Not a word about cigarettes, the tobacco industry can rejoice. [from 11 min.]
8 p.m. news, Friday, May 30, 2025
05/31/25 | FRANCE INFO
10 min. with Dr. Marion, who has time to give her point of view on the Minister's announcements. On e-cigarettes, based on her experience with her patients, "lowering nicotine levels is a bad idea".
05/31/25 | GOVERNMENT
Nicotine and flavorings are essential factors in vaping to help people stop smoking. Apparently, the minister is very ill-informed, despite the absolutely conclusive scientific knowledge.
05/31/25 | FÉDÉRATION ADDICTION
The addiction professionals represented by the Federation are deeply concerned by proposals to tighten the framework applicable to vape: lowering the maximum nicotine content in e-liquids.
Vape regulation: addiction professionals warn of the risks of an overly restrictive framework
05/30/25 | FRANCE INFO
Public places, aromas, young people, 6 methyl... On France Info, FIVAPE member Sébastien Joncheray defends the missions and ethics of the French tobacco industry-independent vape sector with ardor and precision: our aim is to help smokers.
05/30/25 | VAPING POST
After the panic over 6-methyl-nicotine, the French Minister of Health has announced measures against two key factors in the effectiveness of vaping as a stop-smoking aid: flavoring and nicotine.
France: Health Minister wants to ban flavourings and reduce nicotine in electronic cigarettes
05/30/25 | BFMTV
Lowering the permitted nicotine level? "The aim is to reduce the addiction phenomenon and promote withdrawal," says Catherine Vautrin. But nicotine is precisely what helps people stop smoking...
Banned fragrances, nicotine levels... The government wants to further regulate electronic cigarettes
05/30/25 | LE MONDE
Catherine Vautrin, French Minister of Health, has announced her intention to "lower the authorized nicotine level" and "reduce the number of flavors". According to scientific studies, these measures would greatly reduce the effectiveness of vape as a smoking cessation aid.
Cigarettes will be banned from beaches, parks and schools from July 1, announces the government
05/27/25 | BFMTV RMC
The denormalization of smoking is not working, with a clear decline over 5 years. FIVAPE calls on the anti-smoking campaign to remobilize public resources against smoking, instead of stigmatizing and denigrating vaping as in recent years.
Article - Weekly epidemiological bulletin
05/27/25 | BFMTV RMC
Smoking is falling sharply among young people, which is excellent news.
"Tobacco is no longer the norm": cigarettes less and less popular among young people
05/27/25 | SANTÉ PUBLIQUE FRANCE
A very positive initiative from Santé publique France / Tabac Info Service. Smokers can count on vape professionals to accompany and support them if they want to try vape to quit smoking.
May 31 - World No-Tobacco Day: encouraging every attempt
05/27/25 | VAPING POST
Following on from the clarification published by FIVAPE, a comprehensive article on 6-methyl-nicotine, which has caused a sensation in the media in recent days.
Metatin: what do we really know about this new nicotine in certain e-cigarettes?
05/27/25 | FRANCE INFO
Debate on the new panic launched by the CNCT over 6-methyl-nicotine, which is once again undermining conventional vaping. Guests: Jean Moiroud, president of FIVAPE, Pr Laurent Karila and Pr Yves Martinet. Replay from 1'03.
Replay of Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Le 11h/13h
05/27/25 | BFMTV
On BFMTV, Dr Marion Adler puts the "panic" created by the CNCT over metatin into perspective. She reassures us that nicotine should not be demonized, and reminds us of the best practices for quitting smoking with vape: nicotine + aromas.
05/27/25 | 20 MINUTES
Banning vape? Bad reasons:
1 - Passive vapotage doesn't exist.
2 - Vape doesn't "cause" nicotine dependency, 99% of users were smokers already addicted to cigarettes.
Schools, hospitals, bus shelters... When will smoke-free areas become widespread in France?
05/26/25 | SOCIÉTÉ FRANCOPHONE DE TABACOLOGIE
The SFT denounces the fact that Varenicline is no longer available, Buprobion is not reimbursed, Cytisine is prohibited and there are problems with stock-outs of nicotine substitutes, preventing tabacologists from treating their patients properly. Faced with the "suffering of smokers" and the sharp deterioration in the availability of aid tools in recent years, the SFT's tobacco specialists feel helpless.
Press release from the SFT on May 26, 2025, World No-Tobacco Day
05/24/25 | VAPING POST
For 15 years, vape proponents have been building a controlled and secure industry. In less than 3 months, an ill-prepared law supposedly designed to protect young people has led to teenagers becoming dealers, and an explosion in the black market for unregulated products.
Puffs in France: barely banned, already available on the black market
05/24/25 | RADIO FRANCE
An important reminder from Dr Marion Adler: nicotine helps you stop smoking, it's not bad for your heart or lungs, and it's not carcinogenic. What is toxic is cigarette smoke!
"There's no age limit for quitting smoking", says a tobaccologist in the Paris region
05/24/25 | TF1
The young people are all sent back to the black market, with some becoming traffickers (!) in uncontrolled products. The puff ban, which is legitimate for ecological reasons, was poorly prepared, and not sufficiently discussed with professionals, despite their willingness to do so.
05/22/25 | OUEST FRANCE
According to OFDT, Brittany is also the region that vapots the most. Wherever vaping is on the rise, smoking is on the decline.
Fewer smokers than at any time since 1990: smoking falls in Brittany
05/22/25 | BFM TV
Vaping on the rise, smoking on the decline. OFDT publishes detailed data on vapers in France.
Gender, region, daily use... Who are the French who vapot while cigarette consumption is declining?
05/20/25 | SANTÉ PUBLIQUE FRANCE
On World No-Tobacco Day, Santé Publique France publishes a new OFDT study. Smoking down, vaping up, but probably not exploited to its full potential, the smoking rate in France remains above 30% (31.7).
Smoking and vaping among 18-75 year-olds in 2023
05/19/25 | VAPING POST
Given the health scourge of smoking, taxing a solution that helps people stop smoking is a heresy for public health. FIVAPE's position on proposed taxes is firm and unequivocal. Join us in strengthening our voice.
In Europe, taxation of e-cigarettes is a divisive issue
05/18/25 | VAPING POST
Does vaping really double the risk of serious lung disease, as the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme claims?
More risk of COPD among e-cigarette users?
05/18/25 | RTL INFO
EVALI bis? These accidents are impossible with conventional vaping products. But in the Netherlands, the ban on flavoring, taxes and vape bashing have caused the black market to explode = no control over products.
"I threw them all away": after a near-death experience with electronic cigarettes, Robin testifies
05/17/25 | FEDERATION OF DIABETICS
In the field, patient associations and learned societies are taking concrete action against the scourge of smoking, a major factor in complications and excess mortality among diabetics. Press conference on May 19.
05/17/25 | FÉDÉRATION ADDICTION
Fédération Addiction is organizing a webinar on May 27 from 12pm to 2pm. The aim of this meeting is to present the new "Guide to quitting smoking" and to better understand the challenges of vapotage in smoking cessation. Audience, program and registration.
Presentation of the new "Guide to Quitting Smoking
05/17/25 | EUROVAPE
Important press release from Association IEVA on vape Vs smoking misinformation: "The results of Glantz's meta-analysis are misleading and scientifically unreliable".
New Peer-Reviewed Study Challenges Flawed Anti-Vaping Research
05/15/25 | VAPING POST
FAKE SCIENCE ALERT: is vaping as dangerous as smoking? "If the guidelines had been followed, all the conclusions of this review would probably have a (very) low confidence level".
Vapers are just as likely to develop cardiovascular disease as smokers
08/05/25 | FRANCE TV INFO
That was 10 years ago.
Can electronic cigarettes help you stop smoking?
08/05/25 | YORKSHIRE CANCER RESEARCH
Trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research. Free vaping kits significantly increased the number of people who successfully quit smoking in Calderdale
Free vape kits boost smoking quits in Calderdale
08/05/25 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Study of an exceptionally large cohort (5.2 M births / 3 M women). Nicotine substitutes (i.e. nicotine) during pregnancy do not increase the risk of congenital malformations.
Are smoking cessation treatments safe in early pregnancy?
07/05/25 | LE GOSSIP
Congratulations to Renaud on his two years without tobacco! It would be foolish to take the risk of him relapsing because his friends and family are "annoyed" by his vaping. It's a help that keeps him away from cigarettes!
Renaud: his new habit upsets his wife Cerise
06/05/25 | LA CHAINE DE LA VAPE
Immense gratitude to La Vape du Cœur and its teams, who work in the field with doctors and health professionals in hundreds of medical-social establishments. Support the association with financial donations or products.
La Vape du Cœur Committed to solidarity-based vape!
05/05/25 | FRANCE INFO
New rules, French Polynesia: If you sell cigarettes or puffs to a minor, you'll no longer be allowed to sell them. Reminder: in France, up to €750 fine for selling cigarettes to a minor, up to €100,000 for selling puffs, even to adults.
Ban on puffs and stricter rules on tobacco: The Minister of Health details his bill