The World Vapers’ Alliance is today launching a major global campaign – ‘
Back Vaping. Beat Smoking‘– with the goal of shaping international public health policies and saving 200 million lives worldwide.
“The weight of research and real-world evidence shows that progressive vaping policies can help millions of smokers to quit. Yet vaping remains under threat as decision-makers face pressure from anti-vaping organisations. Our campaign will make sure the evidence and the voices of vapers are heard, so that Governments will take the opportunity to save 200 million lives”, said Michael Landl, Director of the World Vapers’ Alliance.
2021 is a critical year for public health policies globally. Two major milestones will determine if Governments grab the opportunity to save 200 million lives, or decide to limit smokers’ access to life-changing quit tools. The global ‘COP9′ conference will set the direction for anti-smoking and vaping policies worldwide. And the EU�
The World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) organized the event to give a voice to vapers in the Dutch political capital, the Hague, against State Secretary Blokhuis’ draft law to ban vape flavours.
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An international consumer group has called for a “rethink” of approaches to vaping, saying regulations that facilitate it as a means to help people quit smoking could save thousands of lives.
The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) made this call in a report it published with the World Vaping Alliance (WVA) titled “From Smoking to Vaping – Lives Saved”.
The report analysed data on smoking and vaping from 61 countries and assessed how many smokers could potentially switch to vaping if the regulations encouraged vaping as a means to quit smoking.
The researchers looked to the United Kingdom to establish a “switching rate” because of the rate at which smoking decreased while vaping increased in the UK.