{"id":464,"date":"2024-07-08T13:26:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T13:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/?page_id=464"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:21:10","slug":"strengthening-laws-against-youth-access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/strengthening-laws-against-youth-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening Laws Against Youth Access"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"464\" class=\"elementor elementor-464\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ba90b5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ba90b5d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fda4f57\" data-id=\"fda4f57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c79f6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5c79f6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b8f1441 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b8f1441\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bae861\" data-id=\"1bae861\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf7eb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddf7eb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #26a6dd;\">ENPA positions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prohibit sales to underage (implement the same age limit as for cigarettes) and propose moderate in-store marketing,<\/b><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Encourage retail licensing schemes where viable,<\/b><\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Prioritize supervision of retail trade,<\/b><\/li><li><b>Introduce and enforce proportionate penalties for retailers who sell to underage (including the removal of their license),<\/b><\/li><li><b>Introduce and enforce penalties for other adults who provide nicotine to underage.<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address concerns about youth access, ENPA advocates for targeted legislation that ensures access to nicotine pouches for adults while preventing minors\u2019 access. Clear guidelines and adequate resources must be provided to competent authorities for effective supervision and enforcement.<\/span><br \/><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The European Union must find the ideal balance between shielding young people from nicotine dependency and providing reduced-risk alternatives for adult smokers. <\/span><b>The primary line of defense against nicotine addiction lies in strict and consistent enforcement of minimum age limits for the purchase, possession, and consumption of all nicotine-containing products.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The effectiveness of enhanced health warnings and limitations of descriptors on nicotine products is notably reduced if minors can purchase these items directly from stores within EU Member States.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENPA positions: Prohibit sales to underage (implement the same age limit as for cigarettes) and propose moderate in-store marketing, Encourage retail licensing schemes where viable, Prioritize supervision of retail trade, Introduce and enforce proportionate penalties for retailers who sell to underage (including the removal of their license), Introduce and enforce penalties for other adults who &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/strengthening-laws-against-youth-access\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Strengthening Laws Against Youth Access<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpa.eu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}