“New Zealand is at risk of not achieving its decade long Smokefree 2025 ambition if commentators continue to demonise the most effective quit-smoking tool we have right now,” says Nancy […]Read More
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A renowned Filipino family doctor said vapes and heated tobacco products can provide around 17 million Filipino smokers viable alternatives to cigarette smoking, the world’s leading cause of preventable death […]Read More
Asia Pacific’s leading Tobacco Harm Reduction consumer advocacy group warned against the Australian Federal Government’s decision to make it increasingly harder for the country’s 2.3 million daily smokers to quit […]Read More
Members of the Philippine House of Representatives raised concerns that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may have violated several laws when it accepted funds in support of tobacco control […]Read More
Consumer advocacy groups in the Asia-Pacific region under the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) are joining the celebration of World Vape Day on May 30, with […]Read More
Smoking rates and tobacco-related diseases and deaths have progressively decreased in countries that have adopted tobacco harm reduction (THR), according to Karl Fagerstrom, president of Fagerstrom Consulting, a Swedish consultancy […]Read More
Characterizing the levels of harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) in the aerosol of e-cigarettes is essential in determining the potential reductions in toxic exposure and associated health risks related […]Read More
Confirmation that over $1.6 million is being spent on the Vape to QuitStrong campaign is proof the government believes vaping is the most effective smoking cessation tool. It’s now urgent […]Read More
Leading medical organizations in the Philippines consider e-cigarettes as potentially harmful and do not recommend them as smoking cessation aids. This position is consistent with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “quit or die” approach—that smokers only have two choices and there is nothing in between—and the global body’s opposition to tobacco harm reduction.Read More
Asia accounts for the majority of the world’s smokers and also for the most deaths related to the smoking epidemic which remains unabated. Asian smokers, bereft of options, are sprinting—into […]Read More