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How it all began


World Vape Day (WVD) started as a true grassroots celebration. The very first “World Vaping Day” took place on 22 March 2012, organised by the U.S. consumer group CASAA and echoed by advocates in 15 countries who wanted to share their quit-smoking success stories online.

In 2015 the date was fixed as 30 May, deliberately one day before the World Health Organization’s World No Tobacco Day, to highlight vaping’s role as a harm-reduction answer rather than an enemy of public health.

Over the years coordination has passed between global consumer networks; since 2020, the International Network of Nicotine Consumers Organisations and the World Vapers’ Alliance have steered the campaign, turning it into a genuinely worldwide social-media phenomenon.

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Why it matters

Smoking still kills eight million people every year, yet millions of former smokers have already proved that switching to far less harmful nicotine vapour works.

WVD exists to give those voices a stage, to demand that legislators look at evidence rather than scare-stories, and to celebrate the science showing vaping is dramatically safer than combustion.

Its positioning the day before World No Tobacco Day is a statement: harm-reduction is not opposition to quitting, it enables quitting. ​

2025: 20 Years of Innovation

This year is a special one, it marks two decades since modern e-cigarettes were invented. Chinese pharmacist Hon Lik patented the first commercial e-cigarette in 2003, and by 2005 the technology had reached Europe and North America, igniting a wave of consumer-driven innovation that continues today.

In those twenty years the results speak for themselves:

  • Smoking rates plummet where harm-reduction is embraced. Sweden’s adult smoking prevalence is about to drop below 5 %, effectively smoke-free, while the UK heads the same way.
  • Most vapers were smokers first (≈ 93 %). The myth of a “gateway” to smoking is contradicted by real-world data.
  • Flavour choice and accessible devices matter. Where flavours are banned, cigarette sales rise; where disposables remain available, quitting rates climb.
  • Scientific consensus is clear. Authorities from the Royal College of Physicians to repeated Cochrane Reviews find e-cigarettes far less harmful than cigarettes and more effective for quitting than nicotine-replacement therapy.

Why Your Voice Matters

Every view, like, and share turns data into momentum. When you pair these infographics with your own quit-story, you show policymakers and smokers alike that the numbers have faces, and futures, attached to them. Use the graphics, add your experience, and post with #WorldVapeDay and #VapingWorks. Together we can replace myths with evidence and make harm-reduction the norm, not the exception.

Ready? Grab a graphic, tell your tale, and help the facts travel farther.