GENEVA: Seventy-two specialists in nicotine science, policy and practice have written to WHO and its stakeholders asking that they "adopt a more positive approach to new technologies and innovations that have the potential to bring the epidemic of smoking-caused disease to a more rapid conclusion". The letter coincided with the start
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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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[gallery link="file" ids="1538,1539,1540,1541,1542,1545"] GENEVA, Switzerland - Consumer advocates gathered in Geneva to pressure FCTC COP8 delegates to accept that Harm Reduction and access to less harmful alternatives to conventional tobacco products is a basic human right and a proven, effective way to tackle and mitigate the death and disease caused
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LONDON: The FCTC’s COP8 summit in Geneva presents a great opportunity for UK delegates to promote the UK’s dramatic success with e-cigarettes. The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) is calling on UK delegates to communicate to global public health representatives the clear and unequivocal message that e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine
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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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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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The Food & Drug Administration announced recently an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for flavors used in tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. The FDA then allowed public comments where commentaries, opinions, proposals and data could be submitted. Dr Konstantinos Farsalinos, a research fellow at the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center in Athens, is
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The contradiction inherent in Australia’s decision to prop up smoking at the expense of new nicotine products was aired on national TV when 60 Minutes looked at the argument between local and international regulation. [for the vaping segment, click here] The Therapeutic Goods Administration recently decided against allowing the use
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Donald Trump may seem like an improbable ally of harm reduction, but his US administration has done vapers a favour by delaying impending enforcement of a rule finalised last year that imposed strict supervision over e-cigarettes. The government has pressed ‘pause’ on the “deeming rule”, so called after a US
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MAKATI CITY – Appropriate regulation of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or “vapes”) can help prevent serious sickness in and the premature death of millions of cigarette smokers in the Philippines, according to a leading expert on tobacco harm reduction and e-cigarettes. Dr. Farsalinos urged the Philippine government to create a regulatory
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