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Anti-smoking rhetoric is hurting youth prevention messaging around vapes
By Brandstories
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For years, anti-tobacco lobbyists have summarily and very aggressively tarred electronic vapour products (EVPs) with the same brush they use to condemn combustible cigarettes, turning an intentional blind eye to the important role that EVPs play in tobacco harm reduction.
This is in spite of the fact that highly reputable agencies such as the Royal College of Physicians and Public Health England have published evidence that EVPs are 95% less harmful than smoking.
Chief executive of the Vapour Products Association of South Africa (VPASA) Asanda Gcoyi said: “This unscientific one-size-fits-all rhetoric by anti-smoking lobbyists has influenced certain governments around the world to pass legislation restricting the marketing and distribution of EVPs under the exact same legislation that applies to normal cigarettes.
Age verification crackdown at vape stores in bid to prevent underage sales
By Sameer Naik
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The next time you visit a vape or e-cigarette retail store in the country, make sure you have your ID.
Retailers that sell electronic cigarette (e-cig) and combustible tobacco products could ask for age verification before selling electronic vapour products (EVPs) as part of a drive to prevent underage sales.
This is just one of the guidelines vape and electronic cigarette retail stores are now reinforcing.
The vaping industry has come under intense scrutiny recently amid a wave of underage vaping.
There has been criticism that the industry has done little to prevent sales to underage customers, and that vape products are being directly marketed to teenagers.