Sign our petition and help us save vape flavours!
The Irish Government has proposed a ban on flavoured vapes which will push thousands back to cigarettes. Flavoured vapes have helped over 160,000 Irish smokers quit.
Show the Government that there is opposition to their proposals in numbers by signing our petition.
Flavoured vaping is working in Ireland
94% of ex smokers used flavours to quit.
Read some of their stories.
Nigel Blessington, Co Wicklow
I have not had a cigarette or a chest infection since I switched over to vaping eight years ago
Michael Gorey, Co Wexford
I am feeling much healthier now and I am also saving a lot of money as the cost of vaping is much less than cigarettes
Ken, Dublin
I am now 8 years FREE of cigarettes – would 100% recommend vaping over any other quitting aid
Andrew Waterford
Without vaping I would probably still be smoking
Kitty Donegal
6 years off cigarettes now thanks to vaping… I’ll never go back
Alan, Dublin
I quit cigs in 2015 using vaping and have never looked back.
Flavoured vaping should not be under threat in Ireland
Politicians are trying to ban flavoured vapes. Here’s what they need to know:
Irish vapers say "keep flavours to quit smoking"
Flavoured vapes help 94% of ex-smokers to quit, according to Red C survey.
Vapes are not a gateway
Research of 37,000 young people found vaping is not a gateway to cigarette smoking. (University College London)
1 in 4 successful quitters use vaping
More smokers successfully quit using vapes than with with nicotine patches, gums or sprays. (Healthy Ireland 2023)
Flavoured vapes can help us achieve a tobacco-free Ireland
Vapers are cigarette ‘quitters not starters’
The Facts from Respect Vapers:
Smoking is the problem, vaping is a viable solution and should be an effective element in Ireland’s Tobacco Free Ireland campaign.
56%
Of vapers have quit smoking completely. (NDAS 2021)
Therapies
Vaping products are 70% more effective for smokers quitting than patches, sprays and gums. (Cochrane Library)
99%
Of vapers are ex or current smokers. (Healthy Ireland 2021)
Comparison
Vaping is not smoking. It does not involve burning tobacco. (Cochrane Review)
Less Harmful
Vaping is 95% less harmful – 423 studies by 50 doctors/experts. (Public Health England 2015)
Under 18s
The sale of vaping products to under 18s has now been banned in Ireland. These laws must be strongly enforced.
We need your help
Respect Vapers gives a voice to Ireland’s 200,000 vapers and highlights how vaping is transforming people’s lives.
The only way the crusade against vaping will end is if Irish vapers stand up and speak out to let politicians know how vaping has improved their health.
Restricting vaping will keep people smoking. Ireland deserves a better choice.
Your Stories
I have not had a cigarette or a chest infection since I switched over to vaping eight years ago
Thanks to vaping, I will never smoke again
I was able to give up cigarettes by changing over to vaping–it has been life changing for me
I am feeling much healthier now and I am also saving a lot of money as the cost of vaping is much less than cigarettes
I started vaping about three or four years ago. I had tried everything else in my attempt to quit, but always failed miserably
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