Safer Products Under Further Attacks
May 21, 2026 by planetofthevapes.co.uk
Safer Products Under Further Attacks
Regulatory pressure on safer nicotine products continues to intensify across multiple countries despite growing evidence supporting tobacco harm reduction approaches. Critics argue that increasingly restrictive policies toward vaping, nicotine pouches, and other non-combustible products risk reinforcing cigarette smoking by limiting access to lower-risk alternatives. Public health researchers and harm reduction advocates continue to emphasize the importance of proportional regulation based on relative risk rather than treating all nicotine products as equally harmful. The debate reflects broader international tensions between precautionary policymaking, smoking cessation goals, and evidence-based approaches to reducing tobacco-related disease and mortality.
23.40% of the adult population are current smokers. There are approximately 2.1 million current smokers in Portugal 30.80% of men are current smokers but only 16.70% of women.
SOURCE: GSTHR
