Dr. Alex Wodak, Australian general practitioner Scientists and tobacco harm reduction experts are urging health authorities to reconsider their stance on nicotine, calling for a more nuanced understanding of the […]Read More
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Public health experts accused anti-vaping groups of resorting to tactics more akin to a cultural war than sound science, discouraging smokers from switching to potentially less harmful alternatives. Dr. Marewa […]Read More
The proper regulation is more effective than prohibition in preventing vape use among the youth, according to an addiction psychotherapist and board member of the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association. In a […]Read More
A landmark study suggests Sweden’s dramatic reduction in smoking rates and related deaths stems from a national shift toward smokeless tobacco products. “Nicotine is addictive, but it isn’t the cause […]Read More
While the Philippines’ landmark “Vape Law” supported tobacco harm reduction as one of the pillars for tobacco control approaches identified in the World Health Organization global treaty, the WHO remains […]Read More
Several countries including the United Kingdom, Japan and Sweden have witnessed a significant decline in smoking rates after embracing innovative smoke-free products like vapes, heated tobacco and snus, according to […]Read More
Strategies that provide smokers with less harmful alternatives to cigarettes are far more likely to reduce smoking than the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recommendations to […]Read More
A regional civil society group asked the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international treaty on tobacco control which will convene its member states in November 2023 to protect, instead of alienating […]Read More
A substantial transition of smokers from traditional cigarettes to reduced risk products (RRPs) such as vapes and heated tobacco will help ease the burden on the public health system, according […]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