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Is this the real reason for the EU ban on Ecigs? EU MEP complains Ecigs lead to less tax for governments.

Since the beginning of the electronic cigarette industry, smokers have warned us that governments would not allow e-cigarettes to strip them of billions of pounds of tax revenue. I’ve always been a little sceptical – surely governments woul…

Posted in campaign, electronic cigarette tax, EuEcigBan, europe, smoking taxes, tobacco taxes on May 15, 2013 | There are currently No Comments

EU MEPS: Who Supports Vaping, Who is Unsure, and Who Wants a Ban

If all the smokers in Britain stopped smoking cigarettes and started smoking e-cigarettes we would save 5 million deaths in people who are alive today. It’s a massive potential public health prize. Professor John Britton, chair of the Tobacco Adv…

Posted in campaign, europe on February 12, 2013 | There are currently No Comments

French Campaign to Save E-Cigs Gets Going – And a Gift for UK Vapers!

Only days after I suggested we needed a Europe wide campaign to fight an EU ban on safer alternatives to smoking, two French bloggers have joined the campaign to save ecigs, urging French vapers to write to their MEPs. A EU directive threatens t…

Posted in campaign, ecigeurope, europe, tobacco directive on February 11, 2013 | There are currently No Comments

EU Proposes Spending Your Money on Tobacco Subsidy While Stubbing Out Safer Alternatives to Smoking After Manufacturers Allegedly Refuse to Pay Bribes

EU could spend hundreds of millions on new tobacco subsidy At the same time plans to ban alternatives to smoking which could be 99% safer than smoking after companies allegedly refuse to pay bribes to corrupt EU official The EU could bring back subsidi…

Posted in europe on February 4, 2013 | There are currently No Comments

ASH Director Explains How to Stop EU Ban on E-Cigarettes

I don’t normally do a blog post about a blog post, but this one is so important it needs highlighting. Clive Bates, who we interviewed here, is the former director of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) UK, and an experienced campaigner in the fie…

Posted in campaign, eu ecigarette ban, eu tobacco directive, europe, vaping EU on January 8, 2013 | There are currently No Comments

Breaking News: EU Poised to Ban Electronic Cigarettes

Update: Sign the EU Vaping Petition According to a leaked memo highlighted in the tobacco analysis blog, and predicted in the past by this blog, the EU is likely to recommend a ban on electronic cigarettes shortly. The EU plans to ban the marketing of …

Posted in campaign, e cigarette, EU, europe, snus on September 21, 2012 | There are currently No Comments

Why the EU will ban electronic cigarettes

Snus is considered by many scientists to be vastly more healthier than cigarettes. The only country where Snus is legal, Sweden, has the lowest lung cancer rates in Europe. In the UK, the Royal College of Physicians estimates “that regular snus usage…

Posted in campaign, europe on December 5, 2011 | There are currently No Comments

How to use anti-ecig EU money to promote electronic cigarettes

The EU is spending some serious advertising money on their new anti-smoking Facebook page, Unstoppable. Here are couple of ads they are using. Not surprisingly, the exposure is helping them to get a lot of fans – fast. Users are not just using the wall to talk about quitting, though. Instead, people using the e-cigarette [...]

Posted in europe, Uncategorized on June 28, 2011 | There are currently No Comments

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