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In light of World Smokefree Day on May 31, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) is calling on g...
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“This is the most significant independent survey we’ve seen coming out of India since its 2019 vaping ban. It shows an overwhelmin...
An absolute giant of tobacco control, Lars Ramström, calls time on @WHO and @FCTCofficial with a withering critique of their dogmatic refusal to embrace tobacco harm reduction, seeing only trivial threats, but never the vast opportunities. #COP10
Countries asked to reject measures that will deprive billion smokers of better alternatives @caphraorg @WHO @FCTCofficial #vaping #ecigarettes #tobaccoharmreduction
E-cigarettes are not a gateway into smoking: global study
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With Nancy Lucas: Policies in New Zealand and Australia
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Countries asked to reject measures that will deprive billion smokers of better alternatives
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MANILA, Philippines — An Asia-Pacific civil society group asked the member countries of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global treaty on tobacco control to reject prohibitionist measures6 days ago
E-cigarettes are not a gateway into smoking: global study | About us
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The National Institute of Health Research (UK) study also found some evidence that these products compete against cigarettes and so may be speeding up the demise of smoking, but this finding is only t...1 week ago
2FIRSTS | With Nancy Lucas: Policies in New Zealand and Australia
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Nancy Loucas, the Coordinator of Public Health Policy and Enforcement at CAPHRA, discussed tobacco and e-cigarette regulations at the GTNF.1 week ago
FCTC No Longer Relevant in Tobacco Harm Reduction Efforts - Experts
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Opinion - Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have warned that the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), in its current form, is not capable of influenci...1 week ago