Thanks WHO ? “Thank you vape! ". On the occasion of tobacco-free day, the FIVAPE (interprofessional federation of vaping) is launching a petition with the hashtag #Mercilavape. A real opportunity to mobilize users in the face of threats to vaping.
NO TO THE BREAKAGE OF VAPING! #MERCILAVAPE!
It's never too late to mobilize for freedom and harm reduction from the scourge of smoking. On the occasion of No Tobacco Day, the FIVAPE mobilizes in cooperation with the Aiduce, the Vape of the Heart et Sovape for a petition that we invite to sign and which says:
NO to removing flavors
To condemn ex-smokers solely to the tobacco aroma is absurd, it is precisely the diversity of aromas that facilitates smoking cessation. The proof: 95% of vapers use at least one other aroma. Flavors must remain available within a regulated and controlled framework. The manufacture of e-liquids and their marketing by professionals ensure the best guarantees of control for the safety of users.
NO to taxes
Overtaxing a device that helps people quit smoking is unfair. Neither nicotine substitutes, nor drugs, nor hypnosis, nor auriculotherapy, nor quack remedies are overtaxed. Taxes should not be a barrier to the use of vaping. VAT on vaping should be reduced to 5,5%, like nicotine substitutes. Its access to the most disadvantaged, those most affected by smoking, would thus be facilitated.
STOP the denigration
8 out of 10 French people do not know that vaping is much less risky than smoking. This perception contrary to scientific knowledge keeps smokers in smoking. The denigration must stop. It discourages vapers and smokers who would find their anti-smoking solution there.
STOP misinformation
The public has the right to fair, clear and appropriate information about vaping. The implementation of a pragmatic public health policy against smoking goes hand in hand with responsible information. Faced with the scourge of smoking which prematurely kills 75 people each year in France, vaping is not a problem, it is a solution. To quit smoking, everyone must remain free to choose their path, and if they want to, be able to choose vaping without hindrance.
Are you against the removal of flavors, you are against taxes, you want an end to the denigration and misinformation about vaping? Well sign the petition now #Mercilavape and spread it as much as possible!
