This October the CCC team has been hard at work, fighting for consumer choice all across the world. Here are some of the highlights from the past month we’d like to share with you
 “One Size Fits All” Does Not Fit All Our North American affairs manager, David, recently authored a new policy note, where he makes the case against the “one size fits all” approach, which is often used by various governments. He highlights multiple instances where this approach failed consumers and explains reasons as to why. |
 Impact of the flavour bans in the USA Yael recently presented to a virtual Vape Live event hosted by Vapouround Magazine.He talked about the United States Vaping Index, the impact of flavour bans in the USA, and touched upon all the work the CCC does in this field. |
 EU-mandated common chargers will harm innovation Recently, the EU unveiled its plan to harmonise charging ports across all electronic devices. Although their intentions are, as ever, noble, mandating one specific technology isn’t the way to go. In this blog post, Anna argues that the EU should practice technology neutrality and leave it up to the companies and consumers to make the ultimate choice of which charging port they want to use. |
 Catch up on the latest episodes of the ConsEUmer podcast This month, for the first time, the ConsEUmer podcast was co-hosted by our communications manager, Fabio. Bill and Fabio discussed some of the current issues concerning the European Union, such as Brussels vs. Uber, rising inflation in Europe, and common chargers. Sounds interesting, right? |
 Digital economy minister fighting to legalise vaping in Thailand The digital economy minister of Thailand, Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn, wants to legalise vaping to address the high number of smokers in Thai society. Vaping has been proven to be 95% less harmful than smoking and it is important that people looking to quit smoking have access to safer alternatives. In this blogpost, Yael commends the minister’s efforts and hopes that Thailand will embrace the science of harm reduction. |
 Save the date for our upcoming webinar on illicit trade The webinar will be held on November 10 and will focus on the current challenges posed by illicit trade and existing opportunities for intervention. Our speakers will examine restrictions on marketing and branding to see how those affect illicit trade. If you want to know why illicit trade is flourishing, what the main drivers of it are, and what can be done to tackle it, then you are at the right place! |
| That’s a wrap for October! Be sure to follow us on our social media channels for all of the latest updates in our global fight for #consumerchoice! We’ll see you next month! |