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CAPHRA announces the Asia-Pacific Declaration call for Safer Nicotine Access. This formal call is to health ministers and public health officials across the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions to legalise safer nicotine alternatives for adults who smoke.
While it will be formally presented at the AFN conference, the declaration is also accepting online signatures, which will be verified. The declaration may be signed here: afn.asia/declaration
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
Quitting smoking is important for health, but telling someone to “just quit” doesn't address nicotine dependence, withdrawal, stress or the reasons smoking became part of their routine.
And when someone doesn't quit, the conversation shouldn't end.
For adults who continue to smoke, moving away from combustible tobacco may offer another route to reducing harm.
Explore the evidence: tobaccoharmreduction.net/art…
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
Hey look! It's me talking! :)
The WHO has stopped pretending to care about evidence.
Its solution? Higher taxes, more bans, and policies that hand billions to organised crime.
We spoke to @vapers_alliance about the WHO's ideological agenda, Australia's tobacco black market catastrophe, and why prohibition kills while harm reduction saves lives.
🎥 youtu.be/3rQ3eW0yK28?si=f5Wo…
The session slides from #AFN26 are now available via the conference website. afn.asia/slides
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The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates has announced a Declaration call for safer nicotine access at the Asia Forum on Nicotine planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/… @caphraorg #vape #vapingnews #AFN26 #safernicotine #smokefree
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
Bans and de facto bans create black markets, actually
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
📢 Tickets for WNC Berlin 2027 are on sale! 2–4 March, Hotel Bristol, Berlin. After its inaugural congress in Brussels, the World Nicotine Congress returns.
🔔 Buy your Delegate Badge now → wnc.global/wnc-berlin-2027/r…
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
Good article on last week’s Asia Forum on Nicotine in Manila. I shared New Zealand’s experience — our rapid drop in smoking 🚬 after regulating vaping; Japan’s experience was also shared — similar rapid drop in smoking due to regulation of heated tobacco products. Good discussions. Lots of different challenges across our Asia, Pacific and African regions.
Did You Know there is an entire page of information on THR in Asia Pacific? There is. You can access it here: apthrmedia.org/
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
As the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office considers its proposed tobacco-control action plan, one question matters: will restrictions reduce harm, or close off lower-risk alternatives for adults who smoke?
Nicotine e-cigarettes can help adults quit smoking, while the role of nicotine pouches in quit attempts warrants further research. Policymakers must also address underage uptake, product safety and the risk of driving demand into illicit markets.
Our latest article examines why tobacco-control policies must be judged by their real-world outcomes, not simply by the products they restrict.
Read the article: asiaharmreductionalliance.ne…
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
In a bizarre example of circular lobbying, the European Commission is paying the Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that push its own nicotine agenda planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/… @vapers_alliance #Vape #Vapingnews #EuropeanCommision #Nicotine #Smokefree
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Things are happening in Asia Pacific, this is an overview of events.
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Thank you once again to everyone who attended #AFN26. One last request - please complete the evaluation form so we know what we did well, where we could improve and what you would like to see in the next Asia Forum on Nicotine in 2027. Thank You! bit.ly/3TyCkrr
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
I've written a Substack about the new Merchants of Doubt in tobacco/nicotine policy. "Worse Than Big Tobacco - The Researchers Helping to Protect Cigarette Sales" martinthr.substack.com/p/wor…
CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) retweeted
This 👇🏾 would apply to the @WHO @FCTCofficial and a large majority of Tobacco Control academics researching how to convince governments to pass and strengthen prohibitionary laws to stop people using non-tobacco non-combustible nicotine products, and how to further stigmatise and criminalise people who smoke tobacco.
