Vaping Unplugged Podcast

Hello world! Welcome to Vaping Unplugged Podcast with the World Vapers' Alliance. In today’s episode, we discussed vaping in Malaysia with our special guest Khairil Azizi, the Malaysian Vapers’ Alliance president. Vaping got legalised in Malaysia! What ensured the shift of direction from the health authorities? Will they endorse vaping? What are the most common myths and exciting activities that y...

In this episode of "Vaping Unplugged," we bring you an insightful conversation with our special guest, Professor Bernd Mayer. Join us as we dive deep into the truth about vaping and debunk the arguments put forth by anti-vaping campaigners. As a renowned Professor of Pharmacology, Professor Mayer sheds light on the scientific evidence surrounding vaping and its potential benefits. Tune in to gain...

In today's episode we have Jagannath Sarangapani as our special guest. He is a vaping activist and member of the Association of Vapers India (AVI). Towards the end of 2019, the Indian government implemented a prohibition on vaping products. This decision, initially announced by the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, and later approved by parliament, not only prohibits the sale, manufacturing, a...

Welcome to the Vaping Unplugged Podcast with the World Vapers' Alliance — Everything you need to know about vaping and tobacco harm reduction advocacy. In this episode, we are joined by Carissa Düring, Director at Considerate Pouchers, an independent platform set to represent pouchers around the world with comprehensive approach to end smoking. Our Communications Manager Julia Kril sat down with C...

Welcome to the Vaping Unplugged Podcast with the World Vapers' Alliance — Everything you need to know about vaping and tobacco harm reduction advocacy. In this episode, WVA's Project Manager Lika Janelidze sits down with Kurt Yeo to discuss the most common vaping myths in South Africa and shed more light at the accurate facts. Kurt Yeo is a co-founder of Vaping Saved My Life, a South-Africa based...

Welcome to the Vaping Unplugged Podcast with the World Vapers' Alliance — Everything you need to know about vaping and tobacco harm reduction advocacy. In this episode, we are joined by Ethan Nadelmann, a harm reduction expect and a drug policy reformer. Ethan Nadelmann dedicated his career to challenging misconceptions and shifting the narrative about drug policy, harm reduction, and public healt...

Sweden is about to become the first country in the world to achieve a daily smoking rate below 5% 17 years ahead of the EU’s target. This benchmark qualifies Sweden as a smoke-free country. In this episode of Vaping Unplugged Podcast, we are joined by Stefan Mathisson, founder and editor of Vejpkollen - a news portal and blog on vaping in Sweden and around the world, to talk about the history of t...

Welcome to the Vaping Unplugged Podcast with the World Vapers' Alliance — Everything you need to know about vaping and tobacco harm reduction advocacy. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Roberto Sussman, senior researcher at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and a founder and director at Pro-Vapeo Mexico A.C., a non-profit organization that repres...

Welcome to the Vaping Unplugged Podcast with the World Vapers' Alliance — Everything you need to know about vaping and tobacco harm reduction advocacy. In this episode, out Project Manager Lika Janelidze sat down with WVA's Campaign Manager Mariam Gogolishvili to talk all things vaping in the South East Asia. During her winter vacay, Mariam travelled across the region where she first hand experien...

Welcome to the Vaping Unplugged Podcast with the World Vapers' Alliance — Everything you need to know about vaping and tobacco harm reduction advocacy. Last week, our team gathered in Lisbon to sit down and discuss the most popular vaping myths that are widely spread across media, social media, and among policymakers. You will find some of the most common but also unexpected myth that we gathered...

In this episode of the Vaping Unplugged, we are talking about the latest announcement by the United Kingdom’s “swap to stop” scheme proposal aimed to encourage smokers quit traditional cigarettes by switching to free vapes. We are joined by Martin Cullip, international fellow at TaxPayers Alliance and tobacco harm reduction expert based in the UK. This episode is hosted by Michael Landl, director...

Welcome to Vaping Unplugged — Everything you want to know about vaping and harm reduction advocacy. In this episode, we are joined by Elizabeth Hicks, US Affairs Analyst at the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), a global consumer rights advocacy group. Together with Liz, we are discussing CCC’s work in the United States on fighting numerous flavour bans across the US states, latest proposals form the F...