US EditionDutch Tobacco Industry Slams Plan to Raise Smoking, Vaping Age to 21
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Dutch tobacco industry slams plan to raise smoking, vaping age to 21
Dutch tobacco manufacturers sharply criticized a proposal by coalition parties D66, VVD, and CDA to raise the legal age for buying tobacco and e-cigarettes to 21, as the government pushes toward what it calls a “smoke-free generation.”The Vereniging Nederlandse Sigaretten- en Kerftabakfabrikanten, the industry association representing cigarette and roll-your-own tobacco makers in the Netherlands, called the plan “ill-considered and unwise."
The Dutch Cigarette and Shag Tobacco Manufacturers Association (VSK) finds it "ill-considered and unwise" that coalition parties D66, VVD, and CDA want to raise the legal age for tobacco and vape products to 21. "Adults are allowed to take out a mortgage, get married, buy alcohol, smoke marijuana, and serve in war zones. It's incomprehensible that someone is mature enough for all these things but can't independently choose whether to buy tobacco…
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