It's never too late to make New Year's greetings. The Fivape, Interprofessional Federation of the vape, wishes so an excellent 2017 year to the whole of the vapoteurs, their close relations and professionals of the vape. In parallel, this one proposes a speech for this new year.
THE FIVAPE COMMUNIQUE
The Fivape, the inter-professional federation of the vape, wishes an excellent 2017 year to all vapers, their relatives and professionals of the vape. We also salute the associations, scientists and institutions involved in reducing the risks of smoking. With everyone, Fivape reaffirms its commitment to continue the dialogue and deliver honest and transparent information to an issue that affects us all, that of the first cause of preventable death in the world.
For this new year, the Fivape is particularly appealing to "vapo-skeptics" who, like climate skeptics towards global warming, refuse to recognize the potential of the vape to save millions of people. lives. Let's finally admit all this reality: the vape has become the number 1 tool for stopping smoking in France [1].
Take action against disproportionate regulation
In 2017, Fivape will continue its fight for the establishment of a proportionate regulation in the service of smokers who want to give up a deadly addiction. We will do it on the ground, alongside the professionals and in court if necessary. The current transposition of the European directive 2014 / 40 / UE equates the vape to the tobacco in a scandalous way and we will never accept the setting on an equal footing of the remedy and the poison.
Vape professionals are faced with regulations whose application methods are chaotic. Inadequacy of legal texts in the face of constantly improving innovation, disproportionate financial charges vis-à-vis vaping SMEs, extremely constrained transitional periods, technical malfunctions of declaration protocols, vial capacity limited to 10 ml, brutal ban on all communication ... Despite common sense and against the interests of smokers who want to break with their smoking, the frenzied lobbying of the tobacco and drug industries are still opposed to the independent French vape.
An expert French sector proud of its daily contact with millions of vapers and smokers in the process of cessation
Despite these difficulties, France is, with the United Kingdom and the United States, one of the leaders of the vape in the world. The French sector is full of talent, it creates jobs, it stimulates innovation and research, it is committed to the quality and safety of vaping products, it opens export opportunities ... And she saves lives!
In the face of established interests, or some health professionals still skeptical, word of mouth and the testimony of users are the best answers to defamation. In order to keep the personal vaporizer alive and the hope that it is born of a tobacco-free world, the activists and the vaping community pursue pedagogical work on the substance as well as on the form, and the reasons to act in the field. are more necessary and more current than ever.
In the run-up to 2017's presidential and legislative elections, Fivape will meet the candidates. The vape industry is helping to make the tobacco epidemic the pain of another time: we will be asking politicians to show courage and demonstrate their genuine commitment to the health of their fellow citizens . The release of millions of people who have become ex-smokers must be translated into strong and responsible political action.
[1] In England, the Royal College of General Practitioners considers that since 2013, vape is the most popular tool for stopping smoking. "To vape or not to vape? The RCGP position on e-cigarettes ", December 2016.
Source : Fivape.org
