French E-cigarette Organization SOVAPE Announced Its Dissolution: It Stopped Operating Due To Pressure And Attacks

French e-cigarette organization SOVAPE announced its dissolution: it stopped operating due to pressure and attacks

French e-cigarette organization SOVAPE announced its dissolution due to external pressure and accusations, and donated its remaining funds to the Institute and other e-cigarette organizations.

According to Vaping 360, the French e-cigarette organization SOVAPE announced this week that it would disband.

It is reported that SOVAPE has been active in the e-cigarette field since 2016 and is known for hosting three French e-cigarette summits between 2016 and 2019. The organization is also a co-founder of the European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA) Alliance.

Since 2019, SOVAPE has commissioned the well-known market research company BVA to conduct a survey on the French public's views on e-cigarettes and nicotine. However, this year (2024) BVA notified SOVAPE that its contract with a health industry client prohibits BVA from cooperating with nicotine-related organizations and BVA will no longer participate.

The sudden cancellation of the survey, coupled with recent news reports accusing SOVAPE and other consumer organizations of having links to the tobacco industry and attacks on scientists and health professionals who support SOVAPE, led SOVAPE to announce on its website on October 6 that "censorship, threats, lies, defamation, and the spread of false news and denial of scientific data have created an atmosphere that makes this mission unsustainable." The association announced its dissolution.

SOVAPE has decided to donate the balance of its funds in equal amounts to the Pasteur Institute and other e-cigarette organizations AIDUCE and La Vape du Cœur. In addition, SOVAPE has paid to ensure that its website is available for the next 10 years and has retained relevant videos of the e-cigarette summit on its YouTube channel.

"We regret that we can no longer have a dialogue to promote ways to reduce the risk of disease prevention and premature death. We do not regret trying, but we must admit that we can no longer continue this fight that is so important to us, but our efforts have contributed to saving lives!"