Welcome to the penultimate episode of #GFNVoices 2023, where we catch up with Carmen Escrig, Samrat Chowdhery, Yvonne Khoo, Sari Kodama and Federico Fernandez, who will share their experiences from this year's Global Forum on Nicotine conference. GFN Voices series is powered by Global Forum on Nicotine!
The World Health Organization (WHO) is always up to something when it comes to meddling with smoking harm reduction. Like any good villain, the UN agency has an interesting origin story and complex motivations. But that's where the comparisons end unless I missed a Bond movie where the antagonist’s plan was a ban on nicotine pouch flavours.
The FCTC Secretariat is working behind the scenes to impose a narrow view on human rights and tobacco within the UN system and amongst countries (the Parties to the Convention).
The KAC global scholarship programme seeks out the tobacco harm reduction leaders of tomorrow and you have until 30 November to apply for the seventh cohort. Scholarships are open to participants from all professional backgrounds, with 25 entry-level places available. The scholarship includes bespoke mentoring, grounding in policy and practice and a stipend offered to support Scholars who complete individually designed projects.
The World Health Organization should look at Sweden for inspiration when deciding how to effectively reduce smoking-related deaths, according to the Institute for Tobacco Studies (ITS).
Over the past several years, we have seen the world wake up to the question of whether vapes and e-cigarettes are a better alternative to tobacco, which is well documented as harmful to our health.
A groundbreaking new research study titled "Integrating harm reduction into tobacco control. How many lives could be saved by accelerating tobacco control policies in Kazakhstan, Pakistan, South Africa, and Bangladesh?" reveals a staggering opportunity: adopting Sweden's tobacco harm reduction (THR) strategies could save 2.6 million lives in four developing countries by 2060.
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