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700,000 people in the EU die each year as a result of smoking and every second smoker dies 14 years prematurely. Switching ...

19.7 percent of the EU population are daily smokers. 700,000 people in the EU die each year as a result of smoking ...

In 1963, the American Herbert A. Gilbert applied for a patent that is considered the forerunner of the electronic cigarette. It took 40 ...

The European e-cigarette association Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) recently decided to update its Code for Responsible Marketing in order to demonstrate the ...

IEVA would like to express its concerns regarding the Draft Amendment of the Tobacco and Smoking Products Order for regulation of e-cigarette flavours, ...

Umberto Roccatti, vice-chairman of IEVA and president of the Italian vaping association ANAFE, will cycle from Italy to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, ...

The Spanish Government has recently launched a draft bill that threatens to end the independent vaping sector in Spain and give the entire ...

The European Commission has published a call for evidence on the evaluation of the legislative framework for tobacco control. To this end, the ...

IEVA would like to express its concerns regarding the Draft Act on Tobacco-free Nicotine-containing Products and the Draft Act amending the Act (2018:2088) ...

IEVA, the only pan-European vaping association, launched today a new campaign aimed at educating smokers about the harm reduction potential of vaping compared ...

16 French doctors, researchers and medical professors have called for government support of vaping, in response to a publication by the French High ...

The European Parliament on Wednesday became the first elected chamber anywhere in the world to endorse tobacco harm reduction. Parliament adopted - by a ...

The French Vaping Association FIVAPE has today announced that it is to become a member of the Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA). IEVA ...

The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) welcomed the decision of MEPs to recognize tobacco harm reduction as a tool in beating cancer; but ...

Harm reduction has been practiced in many fields of healthcare for decades. It has helped many people to curtail their harmful habits, which ...

Eight million smokers worldwide die from a smoking-related disease every year.   Tobacco Harm Reduction is a chance for smokers to switch from ...

In June 2021, IEVA and its members participated in the public consultation organised by the European Commission on the review of the Tobacco ...

IEVA would like to express its concerns regarding the draft law N° XIIIP-3849(3) amending article 9(2) of Law n° I-1143 on the control ...

A ride of over 700 km in 4 stages to raise the alarm on vaping supply chain that risks big impact from national ...

The report is not only the product of the WHO. In fact it has been funded by an unaccountable philanthropic organisation headed ...

The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) has today launched an informational website for adult smokers and policy makers who want to learn more ...

The European Commission has reported on the application of the Tobacco Products Directive, suggesting that further restrictions on vapers might be proposed. Read ...

The European Commission has today missed an opportunity to bolster its Beating Cancer Plan and recognise the importance of vaping in reducing smoking-related ...

The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) welcomes and supports the “EU Beating Cancer Plan” presented today by the European Commission. The plan is ...

IEVA today submitted a contribution to the Dutch consultation on Restriction of Flavors. Here is the text: More than 29.000 deaths in the Netherlands per ...

Around 65 percent of adult vapers in Europe use fruit or sweet liquids. The variety of flavours is one of the most ...

Revising the current Tobacco Excise Directive presents an opportunity to apply the right incentives for current smokers to improve their health; ideally by ...

IEVA today submitted a contribution to the Danish TRIS notifications. In the context of the implementation of a national action plan against youth uptake ...

While we welcome the initiative from the European Commission in taking a view on the science of electronic cigarettes, the draft report it ...

More than 80 percent of smokers who switched to e-cigarettes have completely stopped smoking. Around 65 percent of vapers in Europe use fruit ...

Over the last weeks, there has been an increased press coverage on cases of lung illnesses in the United States presumably linked to ...

On the 26 July, the World Health Organization (WHO) published its 2019 report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic, themed ‘Offering help to quit ...

Today, 20th June, the first European Harm Reduction Summit takes place in Bucharest. The event hosted by The Association of the Vaping Industry ...