PANAMA CITY–Medical practitioners should learn scientific facts about nicotine and tobacco harm reduction (THR) so they can share proper information with people struggling with smoking, according to public health experts. […]Read More
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The Philippine delegation’s ‘way forward’ approach advocated for state interests and the Filipino people’s welfare at the recently concluded tobacco control conference of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Senior […]Read More
Former Deputy Speaker Rodante D. Marcoleta denounced Senator Pia Cayetano’s attempts at eradicating the livelihood of 3 million Filipinos relying on the tobacco industry. “I’d rather have one thousand Dirty […]Read More
As 183 representative-countries convene in Panama for the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP) to discuss the future of novel tobacco products, harm reduction experts cautioned the World Health Organization […]Read More
The Taxpayers Protection Alliance’s Consumer Center accused the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) of ignoring science and the rights of consumers in its pursuit of […]Read More
International health policy experts called for less stringent regulations on novel nicotine products—like heated tobacco, oral nicotine and vape products—arguing they pose significantly lower risks than conventional cigarettes and could […]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
The Institute for Tobacco Studies (ITS) in Täby, Sweden has released a topical paper urging the World Health Organization (WHO) to look at the successful Swedish experiences of large-scale transition […]Read More
Quit For Good, a non-profit organization promoting harm reduction in the Philippines, welcomed the United States’ intensified campaign on preventing the youth from consuming nicotine products, but said it should […]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