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Published: 15 June 2026

On 15 June ETHRA submitted to the EU's Call for Evidence on the Tobacco products and tobacco advertising – revision of EU rules. We also included a critique of the Public Consultation questionnaire, which is the next step in the revision, and a letter regarding misleading statements by the European Commission.

See our submission here

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Published: 02 November 2025

October 2025. ETHRA submitted to the public consultation on the Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE on the structure and rates of excise duty applied to tobacco and tobacco related products (recast).

Read more: Tobacco Taxation - Proposal for a Council Directive

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Published: 15 September 2025

September 2025. ETHRA submitted to the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan Call for Evidence. 

Our submission is on behalf of the European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA).

ETHRA is the voice of 27 million EU consumers of safer nicotine products (SNPs). The safer nicotine products we use include vapes, nicotine pouches, snus, and heated tobacco products. ETHRA is a consortium of 24 grassroots consumer associations in 17 European countries, supported by experts in tobacco control and nicotine research. We are a voluntary operation with no industry funding or conflicts of interest. Our transparency registration number is 354946837243-73.

Read more: EU Cardiovascular Health Plan Call for Evidence

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Published: 11 December 2024

December 2024. ETHRA submitted to Spain's public consultation on a Draft Royal Decree amending Royal Decree 579/2017. Proposals in the Draft Royal Decree would ban flavous in vaping products and nicotine pouches. It would also limit nicotine content for pouches to not more than 0.99 mg of nicotine per sachet, which is a de facto ban. See our submission below. 

Read more: Spain Submission to Draft Royal Decree amending Royal Decree 579/2017