Articles tagged with Harm reduction

Regulations
Ayesha Verrall Smokefree 2025 Action Plan New Zealand

New Zealand Smokefree 2025 Action Plan ‘shouldn’t overshadow’ harm reduction progress

New Zealand Smokefree 2025 Action Plan ‘shouldn’t overshadow’ harm reduction progress

New Zealand’s Smokefree 2025 Action Plan, which will outlaw smoking for the next generation, has angered many tobacco harm reduction advocates. But Patrik Strömer of the Association of Swedish Snus Manufacturers believes Kiwi tobacco policy isn’t all bad. ...

Regulations
flavour ban vape zyn nicotine pouches

Flavour ban ‘uncertainty’ clouds BECA tobacco harm reduction win

Flavour ban ‘uncertainty’ clouds BECA tobacco harm reduction win

A special committee of MEPs has adopted language acknowledging tobacco harm reduction as part of a sweeping set of recommendations to guide the EU’s fight against cancer. But concerns about a widened flavour b...

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UK WHO FCTC COP9

FCTC COP9: All eyes on UK as pressure mounts over WHO harm reduction stance

FCTC COP9: All eyes on UK as pressure mounts over WHO harm reduction stance

Amid a growing chorus calling for the WHO to drop its opposition to tobacco harm reduction, many are pinning their hopes on a post-Brexit UK to challenge the status quo at the upcoming FCTC COP9 meetings. F...

Opinions
anti-smoking McCarthyism

‘Anti-smoking McCarthyism’ behind Sweden’s lack of tobacco harm reduction leadership

‘Anti-smoking McCarthyism’ behind Sweden’s lack of tobacco harm reduction leadership

Fears of being vilified via anti-smoking McCarthyism from “abstinence-only ideologues” have kept Sweden and other governments from fully supporting tobacco harm reduction policies and products like snus and ni...

Opinions
martin cullip.non-combustible

Is the vision of a non-combustible tobacco industry within reach?

Is the vision of a non-combustible tobacco industry within reach?

Leading tobacco companies are moving away from cigarettes toward safer, non-combustible products. But ironically, anti-smoking crusaders continue to block efforts to provide consumers with safer alternatives, ...

Opinions
David Sweanor

David Sweanor: Swedish Match deserves as much credit as Volvo for saving lives

David Sweanor: Swedish Match deserves as much credit as Volvo for saving lives

Swedish Match has never gotten the credit it deserves for offering products that help save lives, says tobacco control pioneer David Sweanor. And he’s not sure the company’s complete exit from combustible toba...

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tobacco control ken warner

Tobacco control experts lament ‘unbalanced’ debate on harm reduction

Tobacco control experts lament ‘unbalanced’ debate on harm reduction

Kenneth E. Warner is among a group of prominent tobacco control experts who warn that focusing too much on nicotine’s potential risks for youth has resulted in an “unbalanced” debate that overlooks the potent...

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Världshälsoorganisationen, WHO, World Health Organization

WHO deferral on tobacco harm reduction ‘tragic’ for smokers

WHO deferral on tobacco harm reduction ‘tragic’ for smokers

The World Health Organization, WHO, has indicated it won’t include harm reduction in its tobacco strategy until at least 2023, a move that will likely have dire consequences for millions of smokers. “How ma...

Opinions
Smokers in Africa

Smokers in Africa: Nicotine pouches offer an alternative to ‘quit or die’

Smokers in Africa: Nicotine pouches offer an alternative to ‘quit or die’

Helping smokers in Africa quit is an uphill battle and smokers on the continent have said nicotine pouches can help. But knee-jerk reactions by policymakers have removed this important lifeline, hurting people...