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Livestream to scrutinize WHO tobacco conference

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Global advocates for safer nicotine products are broadcasting around-the-clock this week during a secretive international tobacco control conference. Dubbed sCOPe, the YouTube simulcast will focus on COP9, the 9th Conference of Parties for the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). Despite being shut out of COP9, vapers have

Tobacco harm reduction key as Asia home to over half smoking-related deaths – report

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Consumer advocates and tobacco harm reduction (THR) experts called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and governments in Asia and the Far East (A&FE) to allow smokers to choose safer alternatives, following the latest report that more than half of global smoking-related deaths occur in the region. They made the

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26 Sep

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

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Countries asked to reject measures that will deprive billion smokers of better alternatives @caphraorg @WHO @FCTCofficial #vaping #ecigarettes #tobaccoharmreduction

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22 Sep

E-cigarettes are not a gateway into smoking: global study
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21 Sep

With Nancy Lucas: Policies in New Zealand and Australia

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“We are calling on all member states who will be attending the 10th FCTC Conference of Parties on November 20-25 in Panama City to reject prohibitionist proposals contained in COP 10 Provisional Agenda items 6.1 to 6.4 that will just further contribute to millions more of unnecessary deaths from smoking,” the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) said in a report. #vaping #ecigarettes #tobaccoharmreduction #COP10 WHO FCTC ... See MoreSee Less

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 measures

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“The decline in smoking prevalence in Australia has been slower than in the UK, and slower than in both the UK and the USA among young people and in lower socioeconomic groups. The decline in cigarette sales has also accelerated faster in the UK than in Australia. The increase in heated tobacco product sales in Japan was accompanied by a significant decrease in cigarette sales.”#ecigarettes #vaping #tobaccoharmreduction www.uottawa.ca/about-us/media/news/e-cigarettes-are-gateway-smoking-global-study ... See MoreSee Less

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...

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Nancy pointed out that there are obvious differences in e-cigarette policies between Australia and New Zealand. Compared to Australia's conservative approach, New Zealand demonstrates a more open and progressive strategy. Interestingly, despite implementing a stricter medical model, Australia's smoking rates have remained stagnant or even risen, while New Zealand has successfully reduced smoking rates. This to some extent reflects the effectiveness of the policies implemented. ... See MoreSee Less

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.

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"Looking at the FCTC, it is inappropriate to be used as a framework to look at alternatives to combustible cigarettes. In the FCTC, there is Article 1 D, which speaks about Harm Reduction in relation to the challenges presented by Tobacco products. If you fast-track to now, you cannot apply the FCTC as it is to the risk-reduced products. What any well-meaning nation needs to do is to look at a framework for regulating the RRPs appropriately. Regulation of nicotine products must be based on evidence and science." #vaping #tobaccoharmreduction #ecigarettes ... See MoreSee Less

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...

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Today marks four years since India banned less toxic alternatives to smoking through an ordinance, which was later ratified by Parliament as The Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019. The ban has caused immense damage to India's tobacco control efforts, led to harassment and criminalization of millions of users of these products and is depriving millions more of an opportunity to avoid the deadly consequences of smoking.As a consumer non-profit representing Indians who have successfully quit smoking with the help of these products and also our 120 million smokers who deserve access to risk reduction, the Association of Vapers India has prepared a shadow report that reviews India's progress and have sent same to WHO's FCTC ahead of the COP10 being held in Panama in November. The Executive Summary can be found here bit.ly/45QUKV6 , and the full Shadow Report here bit.ly/45SKxH ... See MoreSee Less

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