The European Parliament on Wednesday became the first elected chamber anywhere in the world to endorse tobacco harm reduction. Parliament adopted - by a margin of 652 votes to 15 - a report on Cancer prevention and Treatment which notes that “electronic cigarettes could allow some smokers to progressively quit [...]

The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) would like to express its concerns regarding the Slovenian government’s decision to submit the Draft Act amending the Act on Restriction of the Use of Tobacco and Related Products, notified to the European Commission on the 10th of November 2023, under the reference 2023/0636/SI. [...]

The British government announced a ban on disposable e-cigarettes on Monday. The aim is to discourage young people from using e-cigarettes. A restriction on the flavours of e-cigarettes was also proposed. Nevertheless, the British government intends to stick to its harm reduction strategy to encourage adult smokers to switch to [...]

The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews has once again found high certainty evidence that e-cigarettes lead to better chances of quitting smoking than traditional Nicotine Replacement Products (NRP). Since the last update in 2022, ten new studies have been added to the review. Currently, 88 studies with more than 27,235 [...]

IEVA - the Independent European Vape Alliance - would like to express its concern regarding Lithuania’s Draft Law No XIVP-2791(2) amending Article 9(2) of Law No I-1143 on the control of tobacco, tobacco products and related products. According to the statement of grounds submitted by the Lithuanian authorities, the law [...]

Launch marked with a historic Declaration to effect responsible and positive change on a global scale A new Global Vape Alliance has been announced today at InterTabac Trade Fair in Dortmund alongside a groundbreaking declaration to foster collaboration, promote responsible practices, and champion the cause of harm reduction in the [...]

A survey published today by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) in cooperation with YouGov shows that a large number of smokers are not aware of the harm reduction facts about e-cigarettes. The result: Four in ten smokers wrongly believe that vaping is as or more harmful as smoking. ASH [...]

IEVA would like to express its concerns regarding the Dutch ministerial decree Amending the Tobacco and Smoking Products Order, presented by the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports. According to the statement of grounds submitted by the Ministry, the decree intends to “extend existing tobacco product rules to heated [...]

700,000 people in the EU die each year as a result of smoking and every second smoker dies 14 years prematurely. [1] Switching to vaping has helped millions of smokers worldwide to significantly reduce the harm to their health. The principle of harm reduction works, and millions more smokers could [...]

In 1963, the American Herbert A. Gilbert applied for a patent that is considered the forerunner of the electronic cigarette. It took 40 years for the Chinese pharmacist Hon-Lik to further develop this patent in 2003 and enable the production of the first marketable e-cigarette. So next year would be [...]