FIVAPE's media watch on vaping in France and around the world: October 2024
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31/102024 | OFDT
A proposed law wants to ban puffs because a survey (≠study) has shown that 13% of young people have already tried them at least once. This OFDT study shows that 50% have already SMOKED! Who's calling for a ban on cigarettes?
Parental control of tobacco and cannabis use. Results of the ARAMIS 2 survey
10/30/24 | VAPINGPOST
Published this morning on the website of the French Ministry of Health's public health information service (Service public d'information en santé): numerous preconceived ideas debunked, including the "myth" of the gateway and the opinion of the HCSP. Numerous scientific references: Cochrane, Pasteur, INSERM...
10/30/24 | VAPINGPOST
Indescribable hubbub in the assembly, influence of tobacco lobbies, proposed taxes, demand for monopolies... FIVAPE is doing everything it can to avoid a tax on smoking cessation and protect independents from Big Tobacco.
France's budget vote: it's not just the tax, it's worse!
10/29/24 | FRANCE BLEU
While tobacco experts denounce the measure as "anti-public health", Alliance Contre le Tabac confirms its demand: to tax vapoteurs.euses on their e-liquids at a rate of €0.15 per milliliter.
10/29/24 | FRANCE BLEU
Tax on vape = tax on quitting smoking. Consumers are getting angry.
Tax on e-cigarette liquids: Amiens retailers and consumers don't want it
28/10/24 | LE PARISIEN
To stop smoking, there are nicotine substitutes, medications, hypnosis, acupuncture or laser therapy... What about the No. 1 tool, for its performance and popularity: vape?
Mois sans tabac how to prepare for your stop?
26/10/24 | RMC BFM TV
Dr. Marion Adler, tobacco specialist, speaks out against an anti-smoking tax and questions the influence of the tobacco industry, while at the same time it has been announced that cigarette prices will not rise.
Towards an e-cigarette tax? Tobacco specialists choke
26/10/24 | BFM TV
"We shouldn't penalize vaping if we have public health objectives" - Bernard Basset, President of Association Addictions France.
Budget 2025: an MP proposes a tax on electronic cigarettes
10/26/24 | CNEWS
Electronic cigarettes are an effective aid, according to tobaccologists. Taxing vape means creating a tax on smoking cessation.
Towards a new tax on vaping in 2025?
24/10/24 | LES ÉCHOS
Article on proposed taxes on vaping, which clearly distinguishes the voice of independents from that of the tobacco industry, which hides behind vape brands.
Towards a tax tightening on electronic cigarettes
23/10/24 | LA VOIX DU NORD
Tax on vaping: "an anti-public health measure" according to tobacco specialists. The industry union FIVAPE adds that it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents.
23/10/24 | LIBÉRATION
Tobaccologists are up in arms about the idea of a tax on vape, but the Alliance Against Tobacco continues to support it: "... we're in favor of taxing this product", comparing the No. 1 stop-smoking tool to shampoo...
Vapor tax: experts battle over a still-contested cigarette substitute
23/10/24 | RMC BFM TV
Taxing vape, without touching the price of tobacco? Tobacologists are choking and wondering about the influence of lobbies...
Towards an anti-cigarette tax? Tobacco specialists choke
23/10/24 | TF1
Taxes on vape on TF1: + 40% on prices, 5,000 jobs threatened. Interviewed, Jean Moiroud recalls the experience of Italy, where 20% of vapers returned to cigarettes when a tax was introduced on vaping. [From 8'00]
Bonjour! TF1 morning show, October 23, 2024
23/10/24 | L'INDÉPENDANT
An "anti-public-health measure" for tobaccologist Dr Marion Adler, and Pr Bertrand Dautzenberg, who denounces "a measure to encourage smoking", the tax on vaping is supported by Pr Yves Martinet, chairman of the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme.
22/10/24 | MARIANNE
FIVAPE denounces a tax that punishes smoking cessation and would destroy thousands of jobs for the benefit of the tobacco industry. Health professionals appear divided on the issue. For : Pr Loïc Josseran. Against: Pr Bertrand Dautzenberg: Pr Bertrand Dautzenberg.
Overcome addiction or go back to tobacco? For or against taxing vaping: two experts debate the issue
22/10/24 | FRANCE TV INFO
Anti-vape tax: FIVAPE, the industry union, warns of the risk of store closures and fears the destruction of "5,000 jobs".
22/10/24 | NICE MATIN
Vapotage: "A punitive tax against smoking cessation". Interview with Jean Moiroud, President of FIVAPE.
Vapotage: "A punitive tax against smoking cessation".
22/10/24 | FRANCE TV INFO
On France Info, lung specialist Pr Bertrand Dautzenberg and tobaccologist Dr Marion Adler speak out against plans to overtax vape: "An anti-public health measure"...
22/10/24 | FRANCE TV INFO
To listen again to Jean Moiroud, President of FIVAPE, go to this address, zone 12:00, then play on 12:08, the special vape sequence starts after the news. Intro with Dr Marion Adler and Pr Bertrand Dautzenberg.
Listen again to Jean Moiroud, President of FIVAPE
20/10/24 | LES ÉCHOS
The industry that kills is the industry that sells smoking products. In Canada, big fine in sight against the tobacco industry.
Canada: three cigarette giants fined $23.5 billion
21/10/24 | AIDUCE
The Association Indépendante des Utilisateurs de Cigarette Électronique (Independent Association of Electronic Cigarette Users) is opposed to the principle of an additional tax on vaping.
18/10/24 | COURRIER PICARD
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
Tobacco: government plans no further price hikes in 202
18/10/24 | VAPO SHOP
Independent vape professionals mobilize against the tax
VAPE IN DANGER: THE AMENDMENT THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING!
17/10/24 | LE BIEN PUBLIC
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
Tobacco prices unlikely to rise in 2025
17/10/24 | LE JSL
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
Tobacco prices unlikely to rise in 2025
17/10/24 | L'ALSACE
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
Tobacco prices unlikely to rise in 2025
17/10/24 | LE TÉLÉGRAMME
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
No increase in tobacco prices planned for next year, but special tax treatment for vaping products
17/10/24 | ACTU.FR
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
Tobacco: the government does not plan to raise cigarette prices again in 2025
17/10/24 | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
"Vaping does not generate aerosol between puffs, and laboratory studies show that vapers retain more than 99% of the nicotine they inhale." There's no such thing as passive vaping.
Parents' vaping: how much nicotine do children passively absorb?
10/17/24 | 20 MINUTES
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
Tobacco: smokers' wallets will get a boost in 2025
17/10/24 | OUEST FRANCE
"The tax of €0.15 per milliliter of liquid... denounced by the industry union, Fivape, which believes it will benefit the tobacco industry to the detriment of independents."
Tobacco prices: the government does not foresee a further increase in 2025
17/10/24 | LE FIGARO
While heavy taxation of vape (the No. 1 aid for quitting smoking) is being considered, the government is promising tobacconists that it will not raise the price of cigarettes. They are also demanding a monopoly on nicotine.
Tobacco: the government does not plan to raise cigarette pack prices again in 2025
16/10/24 | VAPINGPOST
Precise deciphering of the amendment proposing to tax "smoking cessation aids". Vaping Post contacted all the political parties to find out their positions.
France: 15 centimes tax per millilitre in the Finance Bill
16/10/24 | MINISTRY OF HEALTH NEW ZEALAND
New statistics report in New Zealand, smoking plummets from 15.1% in 2013 to 7.7% in 2023. Staggering fall between 2018 and 2023 (13.2>7.7), since the government has been pursuing an intense RDR and provapotage policy...
16/10/24 | LE TEMPS
Vapotage Vs smoking in Switzerland. No gateway effect, but detour effect. Smoking among young people (aged 15-24) falls from 30% in 2017 to 19% in 2023.
Fewer and fewer young people smoke cigarettes in Switzerland
08/10/24 | SANTÉ PUBLIQUE FRANCE
Santé Publique France launches the 9th MOIS SANS TABAC. Every day, all year round, vape professionals, the No. 1 players in smoking cessation, welcome smokers who want to try the most popular and effective aid.
08/10/24 | SMOKE FREE SWEDEN
Sweden's smoking prevalence rate has fallen by 55% over the past decade, thanks to a progressive policy on alternative nicotine products. Compared with the rest of the EU, Sweden has 44% fewer tobacco-related deaths, and a cancer rate some 40% lower.
Going smoke free like Sweden will add years to your life, Lancet reveals
07/10/24 | VAPINGPOST
Is vaping better than smoking? A diversionary phenomenon that could be behind the increase in vapers who have never smoked before.
United Kingdom: more and more non-smokers are taking up vaping
06/10/24 | SOVAPE
SOVAPE wanted to "revive the humanism of tobacco control by establishing a dialogue between all stakeholders...". SOVAPE dissolved. Infinite sadness. Thanks
05/10/24 | RTS
Switzerland introduces a tax on vaping, but not on cigarettes. "In terms of public health, this is a mistake," explain health professionals.
E-cigarettes: new taxes muddy the waters
03/10/24 | ECIG INTELLIGENCE
A world first, since the introduction of vaping, the number of smokers in the UK has been halved. The country has avoided "moral panics" to promote this historic success.
UK poised for a world first, with vaping predicted to overtake smoking in 2025
01/10/24 | FILTER MAG
A must-read! Excellent interview with Philippe Poirson for SOVAPE, very good insight into the objectives and expectations of MERCI LA VAPE.
"Merci la Vape"-French Advocates Counter Relentless Anti-Vape Moves
01/10/24 | VAPINGPOST
STOPTOBER kicks off today in the UK, with vaping in pole position for smoker support tools on all the operation's communication media.