EU recommends outdoor ban on cigarettes, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco.
EU recommends outdoor ban on cigarettes, e-cigarettes and heated tobacco.
The European Commission wants Member states to ban cigarettes, e-cigarettes and heated products tobacco from outdoor areas, according to new recommendations published on Tuesday (17 September).
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Lmaooo good luck, like half the population under 30 vapes now. Those wrappers all over aren't all one "vape georg" who is more nicotine than man.
If anything, if Europe wants to save it's entertainment and restaurant industries from streaming and ghost kitchens the #1 thing they could do to instantly boost interest in local spaces is to allow vaping indoors.
Huge reason no one goes to cinemas anymore is cuz you can't vape in there as freely as you can at home.
Huge reason no one goes to cinemas anymore is cuz you can’t vape in there as freely as you can at home.
I assure you, as someone who doesn't smoke or vape, that is not the reason I don't go to cinemas.
On the contrary, being trapped in a room with dozens of smokers or vapers would further discourage me from going.You're in the minority, gramps, only place you're expected to go is the retirement home.
Source: Trust me bro.
Admittedly not EU per se, but Europe nonetheless:
https://ash.org.uk/uploads/Use-of-vapes-among-young-people-GB-2023-v2.pdf
See figs 2, 3 and 4.
Particularly the 18-year old cohort as relevant to this conversation.
38% 'ever used' and 18% actively currently using e-cigarettes.
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9932
Considering the nature of the activity, these figures are more likely to be on the low side of truth as well.
ITC study found that 24% of people aged 16-to-19 years in England reported having vaped in the past 30 days in 2022.*
*Done in UK, US and England.
https://www.bmj.com/content/386/bmj-2023-079016
In England again, a study of ~180k showed in 2023 that the proportion long-term actively vaping is now 10%, from 4% in 2021, and only 1.3% in 2013.
At 10%, that's 6.6 Million vapers in the UK.
Considering active research since the 90s has been in a desperate hunt to be the next big public health discovery, but has not yet managed to come up with any actual negative effects of vaping save the rise in BP from Nico comparable to a cup of coffee, and how surprisingly many say nicotine improved their mental health (see the ash study) myself included, I'd say it's unlikely people are going to stop any time soon either.