French Vaping Advocacy Group SOVAPE Announces Dissolution

SOVAPE, a prominent French consumer vaping organization, announced this week that it will dissolve after years of advocacy and education efforts. The group, active since 2016, organized three Vape Summits in France and co-founded the European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA) umbrella group.

The organization faced several recent setbacks, including the abrupt cancellation of its annual public opinion survey on vaping and nicotine by market research firm BVA due to a conflict with a health industry client’s contract. SOVAPE also faced accusations in news articles regarding alleged connections to the tobacco industry and attacks on scientists and health professionals who supported the group’s mission.

In an October 6 website post, SOVAPE explained that the current climate of “censorship, threats, lies, denigration and slander, to which can be added the dissemination of fake news and the denial of scientific data” has made it impossible for the organization to carry out its mission.

S’ajoutant à une longue liste d’attaques, le refus de BVA de mener le sondage annuel de SOVAPE confirme l’impossibilité pour l’association de poursuivre son action de dialogue sur la réduction des risques face au tabagisme en France. SOVAPE se dissout.https://t.co/nWU0OZYfMQ
— sovape_fr (@sovape_fr) October 6, 2024

SOVAPE will donate its remaining funds equally to the Pasteur Institute and fellow vaping groups AIDUCE and La Vape du Cœur. The organization has paid to keep its website available for ten years and maintains videos of Vape Summit proceedings on its YouTube channel.

The group expressed regret that it can no longer cultivate a dialogue to promote the risk reduction approach against the main cause of preventable diseases and premature deaths in France. While acknowledging the impossibility of continuing the fight, SOVAPE stated that its efforts have contributed to saving lives.

Sovape Post: https://www.sovape.fr/dissolution-sovape-jette-leponge/

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