Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today World Vapers’ Alliance (WVA) launches their European marketing campaign to again vaping and beat smoking in Prague to encourage Czech politicians to help vaping as an efficient hurt discount software. As part of the camoaign, WVA delivered the Vaping Products Directive to the Minister of Health in the Czech Republic.
The world advocacy group for vapers’ rights hosted a protest artwork set up in the metropolis centre of Prague with the message Don’t Let 19 Million Lives Fall. The set up displayed a set of falling dominoes that signify lives fallen from smoke-induced diseases.
Michael Landl, director of World Vapers’ Alliance, mentioned:
“Every year, more than 700,000 people in Europe and 17,000 in the Czech Republic die from tobacco-smoking illnesses. These are catastrophic numbers if we think about how many lives could be saved by consumer-friendly vaping regulations. Therefore, we hope the Czech government further increases its commitment towards harm reduction. The Czech government also needs to push back against attacks on vaping and other less harmful alternatives on the EU level. Our #BackVapingBeatSmoking campaign serves to raise awareness that 19 million lives in Europe could be saved if we embrace vaping as a powerful tool to quit smoking in the Czech Republic and on the EU level.”
Along with the set up, WVA hosted a round-table dialogue with the Czech specialists and media representatives on the way forward for hurt discount in the Czech Republic.
Michal “Godwin” Zrdazil, the founding father of Spolek Nekuraku and WVA accomplice, commented:
“The situation around tobacco smoking in the Czech Republic is still worrying. Smoking numbers are one of the highest in Europe. But as vapers, we encourage the government to commit to tobacco harm reduction even more. Vaping has proven to be the most successful aid in helping people quit cigarette smoking and should be the cornerstone of the national harm reduction strategy against tobacco smoking.”
“The EU is once again deliberating over the European Tobacco Products Directive. Despite all evidence, this time, EU policymakers are preparing to make a grave mistake and treat vaping the same way as smoking. All we ask is that politicians listen to the science and consumers, and prevent this public health disaster from happening,” concluded Landl.
WVA’s #AgainVapingBeatSmoking marketing campaign has already been launched in France and Poland and can prolong to Italy, Portugal, and Belgium in the coming weeks. WVA can also be working a public petition to call on the European legislators to embrace vaping as a smoking cessation assist on the EU stage. The petition is obtainable at www.worldvapersalliance.com/back-vaping-beat-smoking.
- World Vapers’ Alliance’s Don’t Let 19 Million Lives Fall set up in Prague
- World Vapers’ Alliance delivers their Vaping Products Directive to the Czech Ministry of Health
