European Free VapingInitiative

A call to action: Save vaping!Hold onto our civil rights!

A call to action: Save vaping!

Hold onto our civil rights!

On the 26th of February the European Parliament allowed the Article on electronic cigarettes of the Tobacco Products Directive to pass. This controversial, rushed and unacceptable legislation born of ignorance endangers the future of vaping on national levels as well as on European level, putting the health of millions of European citizens at risk.

The list of the problems with this new regulation that cry out loud for remedy is practically endless:

It leaves about the 25% of current and future electronic cigarette users behind, completely ignoring their needs.

It imposes arbitrary limits on consumer choice, based on misinterpreted scientific evidence.

It enforces safety measures that protect from nothing but instead create new problems.

It bans solutions that are results of natural product evolution and answers to valid consumer needs, pushing an industry segment back to its stone age.

It introduces such manufacturer and vendor regulations that practically halt further product developments.

It opens loopholes for the national governments to circumvent the fact that electronic cigarettes are not medicinal products, a fact backed by the European Parliament, court verdicts, science and common sense.

It allows member states to violate basic principles of the European Union.

And so on...

Our goal is to express the will of the many, who are already vaping, plan to vape, have a loved one who is vaping or someone who simply respects the values of private sphere and personal rights. We will keep fighting until electronic cigarettes are finally to be discussed at the level they deserve, and until a regulation is born that says no to fears rooted in ignorance, and does not bypass scientific evidence nor the real needs of the people using electronic cigarettes.

Vapers made an adult, responsible and private decision when they chose this young but very effective alternative that made possible for them to leave or ease up a deadly habit that claims hundreds of thousands of lives of EU citizens each and every year. The fact that vaping poses no harm to the vicinity of the vaper makes this hobby a private matter of no public interest, therefore any kind of attempt towards the regulation of electronic cigarettes and related products is interpreted as serious offense against our personal rights and private sphere.