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  • 3 year ban – 4 million deaths
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  • Insight & Opinion || Philanthropic Terrorism
  • THR advocates to expose anti-vape agenda

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Hong Kong Govt should legislate rather than ban e-cigarettes, survey shows

admin_fa_6025 2nd October 20185th November 2018
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HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Government should introduce legislation to regulate and allow the sale of alternative tobacco products (ATPs) such as e cigarettes, rather than banning it, according to a latest public opinion survey conducted by leading market researcher Ipsos. Smokers themselves have been asking for years for

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Academics appeal to HK govt not to ban e-cig

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UPDATE -  Hong Kong will ban e-cigarettes and other new smoking products to protect public health, the territory's Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam announced Wednesday 10 October 2018. A group of consumer advocates and noted professors have appealed to the Hong Kong Govt to resist the "harmful, unethical and unscientific policy

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HK e-cigarette ban contrary to international trend

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https://www.freeimages.com/photo/hong-kong-night-view-1227688 by Michael Pang - factasia.org pr

Prohibition policy counterproductive to harm reduction The Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam Wednesday announced the Government decision to prohibit the sale of e-cigarettes in her latest policy address. The announcement which represents a 180 degree turn on the part of the Government has drawn international criticisms. Heneage Mitchell, founder of

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Poll: Hong Kong smokers want e-cigarettes legalised

Michael March 10th July 201514th July 2017
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In a first-of-its-kind survey of adult smokers in Hong Kong, factasia.org has found that most smokers (66 percent) want to be able to choose to switch to less harmful alternatives and an overwhelming majority believes it would be wrong for the Government to prevent or delay the introduction of safer

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Twitter

Tobacco harm reduction has made more progress than is often assumed - #tobaccoharmreduction #thr #rrp https://t.co/sKzo0b0hYq
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- February 4, 2023

Comprehensive review finds teen vaping risks are greatly exaggerated @mendelsohn #vaping #tobaccoharmreduction #vapers https://t.co/911WdAbgzp via @vaping_post
h J R

- February 4, 2023

Cancer experts agree, it’s combustion in cigarettes that kills, not nicotine #vapingsaveslives #smokefreelife https://t.co/Vs9CTkB9tD
h J R

- January 31, 2023

Regulating laws help prevent underage vaping https://t.co/6gtROUIgBl
h J R

- January 28, 2023

Taiwan’s Vape Ban - A Public Health Catastrophe #vaping #ecigarettes #tobaccoharmreduction https://t.co/pbWbfcOWQ4 via @vaping_post
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- January 27, 2023

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factasia.org seeks to represent the rights of adults in Asia who choose to enjoy smoking or other related forms of consumption of nicotine. factasia.org aims to protect their interests and to provide independent and unbiased data on the issues surrounding smoking – and related issues – in Asia.

We do NOT represent the views of the tobacco industry. We believe in the right of smokers to enjoy their smoking (within reason and with appropriate – but reasonable – regulation). We represent the consumer, not the tobacco industry.

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  • 3 year ban – 4 million deaths
  • Tobacco harm reduction experts release White Paper on WHO ‘guidance’
  • Int’l experts ready for Asia Harm Reduction Forum
  • Insight & Opinion || Philanthropic Terrorism
  • THR advocates to expose anti-vape agenda

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