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30/11/25 | NOUVEL OBS
The Alliance Contre le Tabac (Alliance Against Tobacco) has taken direct aim at the independent vape industry.
"I started smoking with a puff": how vaping is taking over from smoking among young people.
30/11/25 | OUEST FRANCE
New bad buzz for vaping due to an incident involving an unprotected battery at the bottom of a bag. That's why it's so important to use specialist retailers to get the right advice on equipment and vaping practices: quality, efficiency and safety.
His electronic cigarette explodes on the RER, severely burning his hands
11/29/25 | DON'T KILL VAPE
TO WATCH AND SHARE. Article 23 is a sledgehammer blow to the tobacco industry-independent vape professionals who work every day to help people stop smoking. Share this film around you, send it to your elected representatives...
Meet A&L: distance selling, local employment. Don't kill the vape...
29/11/25 | CHARENTE LIBRE
"If the law passes, my 14 employees will end up unemployed". Christophe Michelot opened his first specialist vape store ten years ago. Today, his six stores display a message in the window: "Don't kill vape!"
The law that's making vaping stores cough
27/11/25 | VAPING POST
A political victory against article 23 is preferable and priority = general mobilization.
Article 23: an ill-conceived and unconstitutional text
27/11/25 | VAPING POST
A large number of amendments to article 23 have been tabled by senators. This is a good sign: the subject is very much on the agenda, and the rejection of the article by the deputies in the National Assembly sends a strong message to their fellow senators, who will have to make up their minds.
Article 23: amendments proposed by the Senate
27/11/25 | L'HUMANITÉ
Those involved in vape know Prof. Benoît Vallet well. Director General of Health, he visited the Vape Summit in 2016.
Anses: why the Director General, who opposed the Duplomb law, was not reappointed to head the agency
26/11/25 | ACTU.FR
The mobilization of vape professionals led to a first victory with the deletion of Article 23 in the National Assembly.
26/11/25 | VAPING POST
Article 23 was approved by the Finance Committee, without amendment, and therefore in its initial version. This recommendation carries considerable weight. Here are some explanations.
Article 23: the Senate Finance Committee wants to kill vape
25/11/25 | LE PROGRÈS
"Vaping is not smoking, and vice versa. We have nothing to do with the tobacco industry", insists Kevin Balland, director of Arômes & Liquides, whose main activity is online sales.
E-cigarette bill: A & L says its back is to the wall
25/11/25 | SÉNAT
ALERT: does the Ministry of Health want to kill vape? The Senate Finance Committee has decided to propose adopting Article 23 of the PLF without making any changes.
25/11/25 | MONITORING THE FUTURE
In the USA, nicotine consumption by young people has collapsed. Whatever the product, especially cigarettes, they no longer smoke. The so-called "gateway effect" does not exist. In France, too, youth smoking has collapsed (OFDT data).
24/11/25 | BFM TV
More details. Thanks to the work of the OFDT, it has been demonstrated that vape has not had a "gateway effect", and no one dares say otherwise: smoking among young people has plummeted.
"The ratio has reversed": a new generation urges parents to give up cigarettes
23/11/25 | VAPING POST
The PLF is about to be examined by the senators. The text they'll be working on is the one presented to the Council of Ministers, with Article 23 resurrected. Follow FIVAPE's news this week, total mobilization!
France: National Assembly rejects PLF 2026, Article 23 could return from the dead
23/11/25 | UNIVADIS
Despite the omerta imposed by the anti-tobacco lobbies, the medical media are publicizing the consensus of the Société Francophone de Tabacologie: e-cigarettes are an important smoking cessation tool.
A consensus of tobaccologists determines the place of e-cigarettes in smoking cessation
21/11/25 | EUREPORTER
In France, we are very focused on the Finance Bill. Meanwhile, COP11 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is taking place in Geneva in a climate that is becoming explosive between the advocates of harm reduction and the prohibitionists who want to ban all nicotine-containing products... except cigarettes.
21/11/25 | CAPITAL
The media are now paying close attention to FIVAPE's communications: they're already announcing the next mobilization in Paris on December 9!
Budget 2026: MPs reject taxation on vaping and electronic cigarettes
21/11/25 | VAPING POST
As a special law is by definition temporary, it would only apply until a Finance Bill is finally passed, probably in the first quarter of 2026.
France: the government announces a special law in the event of a budget failure
21/11/25 | VAPING POST
Contrary to concerns expressed on social networks, amendment I-3950 adopted this morning only concerns herbal smoking products and has no impact on vaping.
Amendment I-3950: vaping is not concerned
21/11/25 | LCP
Introduction to amendment no. 1277, which called for the withdrawal of article 23 of the Finance Bill, by its author Aurélien Le Coq: electronic cigarettes are an extremely effective alternative for quitting smoking and saving lives.
Vapotage: MPs vote against tax planned in draft 2026 budget
11/20/25 | SUD RADIO
Article 23 has been withdrawn by the National Assembly, but the measures, and indeed the full article, may resurface in the still lengthy course of the Finance Bill.
A tax on electronic cigarettes
20/11/25 | VAPING POST
Article 23 was deleted from the French National Assembly. This is a first victory, but the Finance Act still has a long way to go. Here are some explanations.
Article 23: MPs vote to delete the article and temporarily save French vape.
20/11/25 | LE POHER
Dr Irène FRACHON: "I'm very provapotage". The renowned lung specialist points out that smoking is involved in 80% of lung diseases.
Mois sans tabac : what are the best ways to stop smoking?
11/20/25 | RADIO CLASSIQUE
Interview with Tanguy Gréard, co-founder of Le Petit Vapoteur, on the issues raised by Article 23 of the PLF on vaping products, online sales, the status of stores, a "sledgehammer blow" to the independent sector, thousands of jobs threatened and customers returning to cigarettes.
Tanguy Gréard, co-founder of Le Petit Vapoteur
19/11/25 | MEDIAPART
Mediapart's in-depth investigation of the forces at work around Article 23 of the PLF and the battle being waged over vaping products. More than ever, Fivape's total independence from the tobacco industry and its militant commitment are essential levers for defending our professions and protecting a responsible industry. Thank you to Mediapart for your serious recognition of this reality.
Budget: MPs at the heart of a fierce battle over nicotine
19/11/25 | LE FIGARO
The tax on vaping products is the focus of attention in the media and among elected representatives, but it's the tree that hides the forest. The assimilation of vaping products to tobacco, the ban on online sales and the status of retailers must be removed from Article 23 of the Finance Bill to avoid the extermination of the independent sector in favor of the tobacco industry. It's not just a question of taxation, it's a public health issue.
Budget 2026: from 0 to 2 euros per bottle, the MPs' great discrepancy on the "vapotage" tax
19/11/25 | BFM NORD
An 8-minute feature on the issue of vaping and the consequences of the measures in Article 23 of the Finance Bill if they were applied.
19/11/25 | VAPING POSTE
Like all major democracies, France has a complex political system. To help you follow the progress of Article 23, find out where it stands and what the possibilities are, we've put together a summary. To help you understand.
France: Finance bill and assumptions on article 23
19/11/25 | VAPING POST
To combat these inequalities, La Vape du Cœur works with more than 300 health care structures, including medical-social, health, residential and outpatient establishments, as well as prison facilities.
Article 23: La Vape du Cœur on hiatus
19/11/25 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
A salutary plea that we hope will be heard, to be read and shared.- Pr Bertrand Dautzenberg, 50 years of fighting against tobacco, authority on vaping, author of the first report on vape in France, at the request of a health minister, Marisol Touraine in 2013.
Stop the nonsense of attacking vape, an effective product to accompany the end of smoking!
19/11/25 | LE QUOTIDIEN DU MÉDECIN
The Société Francophone de Tabacologie's publication of its experts' consensus on the usefulness of vaping for smoking cessation is finally finding some echo in the medical press.
18/11/25 | BFM TV
18 min podcast, important to listen to in full. While Santé publique France totally ignores vaping in its communications, even when it comes to explaining the 4 million fewer smokers over the last 10 years, field medicine reminds the agency of the realities.
Neutral package, price hikes... How France is eradicating smoking
16/11/25 | LA TRIBUNE
2 million French people have quit smoking with the help of vapotage. But in this article, Santé publique France does not feel it necessary to highlight and recognize the work done by those involved in vaping over the past 15 years.
15/11/25 | OUEST FRANCE
A banner appeared in the window of the Barrat'Vape store on rue Villedeneu in Lamballe-Armor (Côtes-d'Armor). The banner reads: "They want to treat us like a tobacconist's, which we are not".
19/11/25 | PRESSE CITRON
FIVAPE's message is loud and clear: "The Finance Bill organizes the death of the independent sector in favor of the tobacco industry".
"Vaper is not smoking": tax on electronic cigarettes creates fierce controversy
14/11/25 | L'ESSENTIEL DE L'ÉCO
Vaping products in Article 23 of the Finance Bill: a comprehensive and educational article.
Taxes: will electronic cigarettes soon be as expensive as tobacco?
14/11/25 | VAPING POST
As the Senate embarks on its examination of the text, FIVAPE has called on experts to provide a comprehensive review of the health, social, legal and economic consequences of Article 23 of the Finance Bill on vaping products.
Article 23 of the PLF 2026: general mobilization against a tax deemed "contrary to European law".
14/11/25 | SUD RADIO
Asked about the tax on vaping by the journalist, who mentions the petition launched by FIVAPE and its nearly 200,000 signatures, Stéphanie Rist replies that, as a doctor and Minister of Health, she is fully aware that vaping can be a useful tool for smoking cessation.
13/11/25 | LE PARISIEN
With 200,000 signatures, the Ne tuez pas la vape petition hit the headlines this morning following an AFP dispatch. The government still seems blinded by the issue of young people, when less than 1% of users have never smoked.
12/11/25 | LE FIGARO
The Ne tuez pas la vape petition soon reached 200,000 signatories. Added to the 7 regional mobilizations, this is causing renewed attention in the national press. Let's keep on mobilizing so that our elected representatives and the government hear us!
Budget 2026: a petition against the future vaping tax reaches 200,000 signatures
11/11/25 | LES ÉCHOS
A very uncertain "vaping tax"... Extract: 𝘓𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘦̂𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦̀𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢̀ 𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘦́𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘤 𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦.
Budget 2026: these taxes and tax loopholes are still being targeted by MPs
12/11/25 | LE MONDE
An in-depth study of long-standing events in other countries that deserves to be applauded. But the timing is questionable at a time - Mois Sans Tabac - when harm reduction must be approached with education, not sensationalism.
Influential nicotine cardiologist receives thousands of euros from vaping industry
11/11/25 | FÉDÉRATION ADDICTION
At the Société francophone de tabacologie, vapotage enjoys consensus. Fédération Addiction echoes the SFT's October 23 publication: a clear direction for public policy.
At the Société francophone de tabacologie, the consensus is in favour of vapotage
11/11/25 | VAPING POST
The Finance Bill is on its way through, so here's an update before debates resume. FIVAPE teams are on the bridge 24/7. Follow our communications.
Amendments to Article 23 of the PLF 2026: the future of French vape at stake
09/11/25 | EUROPE 1
While they have helped millions of people to quit smoking, vape professionals are appalled by Article 23 of the PLF and its measures on vaping products; "We have employees who are frightened, who come to us and ask: But what's going to happen? Are we going to have any work next year?"
Will new taxes and regulations kill off the vaping sector?
09/11/25 | OUR WORLD IN DATA
The situation is identical in France, and has been denounced for years by harm reduction associations. Lobbies are influencing public authorities and public opinion to the point of making people believe that smoking is NO LESS dangerous than vaping, to the benefit of... the tobacco industry. This misinformation must stop. In the public interest and for the sake of public health, the perpetrators must be stopped.
While vaping is not risk-free, it is less harmful than tobacco
09/11/25 | FRANCE BLEUE
Mobilizations in the regions continue to challenge local media, here in Nantes. "𝘊'𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘪 𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘥'𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘹 𝘥𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘦́𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦́. 𝘊𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘷𝘦𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦̂𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦́𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘷𝘦𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦̂𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘥'𝘩𝘶𝘪 𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳."
A tax on vaping products worries e-cigarette sellers around Nantes
08/11/25 | FÉDÉRATION ADDICTION
Fédération Addiction calls on people to sign the Don't kill vape petition! " ...𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤̧𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢̀ 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘪̂𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘰̂𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘶 𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦́𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘦́𝘴 𝘢𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘤. 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘴'𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵..." He added: "𝘓𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘶 𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘥'𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦̀𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦́𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦́𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦́𝘴."
"Don't kill vape!" a petition against the taxation of vaping
07/11/25 | TENDANCE OUEST
Article 23 of the Finance Bill on vaping products, threats to direct and indirect jobs in the industry: "𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘴-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘭 𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘌𝘴𝘢𝘵, 𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘌𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘥'𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘶𝘹 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦́𝘦𝘴 𝘥'𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘳 𝘶𝘯 𝘮𝘦́𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪 𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦́𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘰-𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭. "
Finance law. "I'm fighting for my job": the concerns of the vaping sector in Cherbourg
07/11/25 | FRANCE BLEU
Yesterday's mobilization in Strasbourg: "We're depriving smokers of the number-one means of weaning themselves off the habit," testified the professionals, themselves users of their products.
Tax on vaping products: in Strasbourg, white smoke and black anger from vape professionals.
05/11/25 | BFM ALSACE
Here in Strasbourg. Thank you to the local media for echoing all the mobilizations in France!
05/11/25 | HIT WEST
Local media in Brittany / Vannes this morning: as discussions on the 2026 Finance Bill continue, one of the bill's articles has e-cigarette professionals up in arms. They're mobilizing across France this Wednesday. In the west of France, they gathered in Vannes in the late morning to demonstrate. Around 200 of them gathered on the port.
E-cigarettes: why are professionals so fired up in Vannes?
05/11/25 | RÉPUBLICAIN LORRAIN
Mobilization in Strasbourg, local media echo: in reaction to Article 23 of the Finance Bill, which among other things provides for a tax on e-cigarette liquid bottles, vape professionals are demonstrating this Wednesday morning in Strasbourg.
Proposed tax on vaping liquids: vape professionals fulminate
05/11/25 | ICI BRETAGNE
Excellent report on the protest in Vannes for the Brittany region. Please note: following the report, a journalist claims to “unravel” the issue of vaping, but appears to have sourced her information from fake news sites run by anti-tobacco and anti-vaping political lobbies rather than from the “scientific community” (the so-called “Oxford University” study is implausible).
05/11/25 | OUEST FRANCE
Very good feedback in the local media following the mobilization of Brittany's professionals in Vannes.
"Nearly 4,000 jobs threatened": Brittany's vape professionals take a stand against the Finance Bill
05/11/25 | SUD OUEST
The media were out in force yesterday at the professionals' mobilization in Bordeaux! New article: "If we are subject to excise duties and customs, this means that, in the long term, vape will only be distributed by tobacconists".
"Don't kill vape": e-cigarette sellers rally in Bordeaux against the government's forthcoming tax
05/11/25 | TENDANCE OUEST
Tanguy Gréard, co-founder of Le Petit Vapoteur: "It's scandalous for us that they want to equate us with tobacco. Thousands of direct and indirect jobs threatened. Podcast 7 min.
Taxes on e-liquids: Lecornu urges the French to start smoking again
05/11/25 | FRANCE BLEU
Media present in Cherbourg: 300 people mobilized to defend vape, which "plays a recognized role in the fight against smoking; taxing could limit the positive impact of the device".
300 demonstrators in Cherbourg to defend the vapoteuse
05/11/25 | NEWS
Local media present in Orléans, nearly 350 people mobilized! "We are tobacco's best enemy
Vape tax in Budget 2026: "We're saving lives," say middle market traders in Orleans
05/11/25 | FRANCE 3
Local media understand and echo the anger of professionals: a stab in the back! A proposed tax on vaping products is worrying industry professionals. From all over the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, they demonstrated this Tuesday November 4 in Bordeaux to withdraw this article from the finance bill currently being studied by the French National Assembly.
"It's a stab in the back": tax on vaping products, 20,000 jobs threatened according to the industry
05/11/25 | RTS
Echo in Switzerland: the Société francophone de tabacologie (SFT) sought to identify the various consensuses on its use in the management of smokers, in particular its effectiveness in smoking cessation and its usefulness as a tool for reducing the risks of smoking-related morbidity and mortality.
Electronic cigarettes are effective for quitting smoking, according to a consensus of specialists
05/11/25 | LE TÉLÉGRAMME
The mobilization in Vannes in the local media: Around 200 retailers and manufacturers of vaporizers and vaping products from all over Brittany gathered on the Vannes harbor esplanade on Wednesday, November 5. They are complaining about an article that concerns them in the finance bill currently being debated in the French Assembly.
"Don't kill vaping": Breton vaping professionals demonstrate in Vannes against the Finance Bill
05/11/25 | LA PROVENCE
Mobilizations in local media, here Aix-en-Povence: "...𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘶 𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘤, 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘲𝘶' "𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪 𝘕°1 "
05/11/25 | FRANCE TV
From 37 min. very educational sequence on the Mag de la Santé, on the essential role of nicotine in helping to stop smoking.
05/11/25 | CNEWS
"This Wednesday, November 5, the vape sector is making its voice heard. Companies, e-liquid manufacturers, online sales sites and specialist stores are taking to the streets in several French cities in the name of one cause: protesting against Article 23 of the 2026 Finance Bill."
05/11/25 | FRANCE BLEU
"The vaporizer presents 95% fewer health risks. Because the problem is more combustion than nicotine. It's really something that needs to be clarified [...] And if it works, we need to continue," says Catherine Delorme, President of the Fédération Addiction, who is particularly opposed to a government plan to tax vaping products more heavily.
05/11/25 | LA PROVENCE
The local press announces tomorrow's mobilization in Aix-en-Provence! Meet at 10am, Place de l'Hôtel de Ville.
Regional vaping industry rallies in Aix in the face of plans for increased taxation
05/11/25 | OUEST FRANCE
Anna PIC, MP, supports the mobilization of vape professionals independent of the tobacco industry: "... it's a public health issue to ensure that these people who have given up smoking don't have to go back to tobacconists to buy their product...". - Mobilization currently underway in Bordeaux, and tomorrow in Cherbourg, Vannes, Lille, Orléans, Aix-en-Provence and Strasbourg.
Taxing vape: MP Anna Pic with Cherbourg employees against the bill
04/11/25 | VAPING POST
Many healthcare professionals and associations in contact with smokers advocate harm reduction and vaping as an aid to smoking cessation.
Associations and health professionals defending vape against Article 23
03/11/25 | RMC
Now completely "old-fashioned", young people are turning away from cigarettes, even if it means vaping. Smoking among minors is plummeting in France, with 10 times fewer teenage smokers in 20 years. A phenomenon that worries the Alliance Contre le Tabac.
03/11/25 | TENDANCE OUEST
Despite misinformation and invisibilization, smokers who decide to try to quit during Mois Sans Tabac are considering trying electronic cigarettes. Tip: go to a specialist vape store to get the right advice and support.
03/11/25 | FRANCE BLEU
By dint of demonization and confusion, doctors find themselves having to re-explain the use of nicotine to help quit smoking, whether with medication or vaping. What kills is combustion, not nicotine.
03/11/25 | BFM TV
Reminder: the sale of vaping products is prohibited to minors. Taxing vape means taxing only the 99% of people who use it to stop smoking.
"A deterrent effect among young people"? Tax on vaping divides healthcare professionals
03/11/25 | BFM TV
18-minute podcast, important to listen to in full! While Santé publique France totally ignores vape in its communications, even when it comes to explaining the 4 million fewer smokers over the last 10 years, field medicine is calling the agency back to reality. Tobaccologists who work with vape can't imagine sending their patients to a tobacconist!
Neutral package, price hikes... How France is eradicating smoking
03/11/25 | DESTINATION SANTÉ
The publication of the consensus on vaping by the doctors and tobaccologists of the Société Francophone de Tabacologie, a true learned society made up of professionals who work with smokers, is receiving more and more attention in the health media.
Vape, a proven ally in smoking cessation
03/11/25 | PUBLIC SÉNAT
Such is the misinformation about vaping that it leads doctors to claim - apparently in good faith - that vaping kills and causes cancer. But no one on the set contradicts them. Wouldn't that be the role of the Alliance Contre le Tabac? Rather than worrying about the mobilization of FIVAPE and professionals independent of the tobacco industry, who are simply defending their jobs (25,000) and their mission: to help people stop smoking (already 2 million French people at least since the arrival of vape)?
Lung cancer: How can tobacco be de-normalized?
02/11/25 | ICI DORDOGNE
"The major risk is that many people will go back to cigarettes", ICI Dordogne announces the mobilization on Tuesday November 4 in Bordeaux, and gives the floor to vape professionals who are very worried about the Finance Bill and its measures on vaping products in Article 23. If you're a professional, retailer, e-tailer or manufacturer, contact your local media!
Proposed tax on vaping products worries Dordogne e-cigarette vendors
02/11/25 | ICI CENTER - VAL DE LOIRE
To defend vape jobs, contact your local media! Full report + interview on ICI Centre - Val de Loire
01/11/25 | LA CHAINE DE LA VAP
Interview conducted at Vapexpo Lyon before the current crisis. Jean Moiroud - President and Agnès Hekpazo - Treasurer, explain the role and functioning of FIVAPE, which represents French vape professionals independent of the tobacco industry. Thanks to La Chaîne de la Vap!
Vape professionals: Fivape fights for you!
01/11/25 | E-SMOKING
Grab a coffee and settle in for eight minutes of crystal-clear explanations.
01/11/25 | SUD RADIO
Jean MOIROUD, President of FIVAPE, was on the radio this morning to defend vape and raise the issue of unfair taxes on vaping that would harm its "competitiveness" against cigarettes that kill!
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01/11/25 | VAPING POST
If the excise tax on e-cigarettes were passed under the conditions set forth in Article 23, the economic outcomes would be negative. Even the government would lose a significant amount of revenue. This is the conclusion of an impact study conducted by FIVAPE.
Vapour tax: a bad deal on all fronts
01/11/25 | FRANCE 3
25,000 jobs and hundreds of positive-impact businesses threatened all over France. Local media outlets are echoing the movement to defend vape and jobs, contact them! ci France 3 Centre - Val de Loire. Excerpt: "It's incomprehensible to associate vape with tobacco and impose the same taxes on them. Tobacco is the poison, vape is the cure."
Finance Bill 2026: vape professionals fear their sector will be put to death