“The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), a think tank, has produced a quick overview covering the initial reactions to the European Commission’s Beating Cancer plan. Initial feedback from nicotine consumer organisations was far from positive as the plan looked to tax vape products like cigarettes, to extend bans on vaping in public areas, and to ban flavours. Initially, The European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA) called the plan “perverse”, the World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) said “the European Commission is allowing ideology to get in the way of science”, and The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) said it needed “to consider all means available to reduce the burden of cancer related risk”. The Consumer Choice Centre, “a global consumer advocacy group, declares itself to be ‘deeply concerned’ by the Commission’s decision to equate conventional smoking with vaping and introduce restrictions that ‘don’t stand up to scrutiny and disregard consumer choice’. The statement notes that, ‘despite consistent calls from activist groups, including the CCC, and scientific evidence at hand, the Commission has chosen to pursue the path of paternalism as opposed to innovation and freedom’.””
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