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Miscellaneous

French Minister AGNÈS BUZYN does not believe vaping is a legitimate tobacco substitute

During an interview on RTL, the French health minister said that smokers should look towards nicotine substitutes and not vaping if they want to quit smoking. According to her, prescriptions for nicotine substitutes have the advantage of being reimbursed through France’s social security since 2018. Furthermore, the long-term health effects of vaping remain unknown. Agnès […]En savoir plus

Laws & Regulations

French health minister still opposed to vaping

Up until now, health minister Agnès Buzyn had never made an official statement considering her stance on electronic cigarettes. Today, however, she is speaking out, to the dismay of vaping fans throughout France. According to her spokesperson, the government is not ready to recognize the benefits of vaping. Agnès Buzyn recently responded to senator Yves Daudigny, […]En savoir plus

Tobacco Trends

France: explosion in the number of tobacco-addiction treatments

Nicotine addiction treatments had tremendous success between the months of March and September 2018. According to the national health insurance service, Assurance Maladie, prescriptions are up by 75%. This recent craze for tobacco substitutes can in part be explained by the “Prevention priority” program launched by Agnes Buzyn, France’s health minister. Since January 2018, the […]En savoir plus

Tobacco

Tobacco prices raised in France: an effective policy

On Tuesday, the French Social Security administration presented their new financing programme. They plan to increase cigarette prices, twice in the next year. This solution seems to be reducing the smoking rate, a positive development for most, except tobacconists. According to the 2019 Social Security financing programme, cigarette packets will be raised by 50 cents in […]En savoir plus