In a submission made to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Nancy Loucas, a prominent consumer advocate and Executive Coordinator of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), has accused the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of human rights violations and discrimination.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged governments to treat e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours. That could spell trouble for some big tobacco companies, which have bet on a shift to cigarette alternatives. British American Tobacco has said it wants 50 percent of its revenues to come from 'non-combustible' products by 2035.
The tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) was to be the conference where countries finally got to grips with emerging alternative tobacco products, leading many involved with harm reduction to worry that severe restrictions would be recommended.
Introduction: Despite the high burden of tobacco use in India, users do not have access to adequate help. This pilot trial aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a text messaging intervention for tobacco cessation, generate preliminary estimates of its impact, and fine-tune procedures for a definitive trial.
Objectives: To examine the effectiveness of a media literacy-based smoking prevention program based on Ajzen's theory of planned behavior in female adolescents.
CONSUMER groups have urged the World Health Organization to include smokers, vapers and the tobacco industry in its quest to end the global smoking problem. "The WHO tends to just attack the industry, which is a black-and-white thing for them," said Martin Cullip, an international fellow at The Taxpayers Protection Alliance's (TPA) Consumer Center. "But they don't look at the complexities behind what they're doing. And in attacking industry, they're forgetting the people underneath who are affected."
THE Philippine National Police (PNP) expressed on Monday, March 18, 2024, concern over the volume of minors being apprehended in relation to the use of either traditional or electronic cigarettes (vapes).
The Ministry of Finance has maintained its proposal to impose a 50% Most-Favored Nation (MFN) tariff on electronic atomizer, the device used to heat up liquid solution used for vaping.
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