An advantage of Brexit is that the UK no longer needs to comply with the European Union’s harsh Tobacco Products Directive (TPD).
Martin Cullip, an International Fellow at The Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s Consumer Center, highlights that this should be regarded as an opportunity to dismiss this nonsensical approach.
By opting out of the EU’s strategy for tobacco control, Sweden has successfully reached its smoke free goal, wrote Cullip in an article on CAPX. And the UK should use any freedoms afforded by Brexit to follow suit, he added.
The UK has been a leader in endorsing the use of safer alternatives to reduce tobacco harm, and local smoking rates are reflecting this. Earlier this year, e-cigarettes were officially recognized as smoking cessation tools by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and included in their newly released tobacco guidelines. While, Public Health England (PHE), also an agency of the UK Ministry of Health, is renowned for having consistently recommended switching from smoking to vaping in order to reduce harm.
Brexit has of course provided the country with the opportunity to reshape its tobacco harm reduction policy to be more comprehensive, proactive and progressive.
Diane Caruana – Vaping Post – 2022-10-12.
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