Medical experts and consumer advocates come together to call for strengthened harm reduction initiatives in the country at the Harm Reduction & Nicotine Summit at EDSA Shangri-la Manila last October […]Read More
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Illicit trade could account for up to 80 percent of vape and e-cigarette sales in the Philippines, undermining legitimate businesses and putting consumers at serious health risk, according to an […]Read More
Experts have urged the World Health Organization (WHO) to incorporate harm reduction into its tobacco policy ahead of an upcoming summit in November, citing it as a proven method to […]Read More
Studies show that heated tobacco products (HTPs) are key contributors to the sharp decrease in Japan’s smoking rate. According to a study published in October 2024 in the international peer-reviewed […]Read More
Modern smoking alternatives may improve public health by reducing smokers’ exposure to carcinogens, French oncologist David Khayat said. Khayat cited studies indicating that the quantity and concentration of harmful substances […]Read More
The UK Royal College of Physicians’ public health charity group dismissed as myths the assumption that vaping is a gateway to smoking and that vapes are more harmful than cigarettes. […]Read More
It was a breathtaking year of harm in retreat. We could not put it more aptly. And it is much cause for celebration. From the economic crisis to the public […]Read More
Two countries—the Philippines and New Zealand—are beginning to reflect tobacco harm reduction in their health strategies in line with the original intent of the World Health Organization-Framework Convention on Tobacco […]Read More
A full and frank international panel discussion revealed public attacks on Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) advocates are increasingly personal, derogatory and defamatory. ‘Headlined ‘the battle between innovation and bully tactics’, […]Read More
Asia Pacific’s leading tobacco harm reduction advocacy group, CAPHRA, says it is deeply disturbed by the World Health Organisation’s recently released ‘Tobacco Product Regulation Report’. It says WHO’s negative […]Read More