Smoke Free Sweden: Health Experts Criticize Misinformation Epidemic Threatening Public Health in Central Asia
“RAMPANT and reckless” misinformation about alternative nicotine products being spread throughout Central Asia is endangering lives, say leading international public health experts.
- “RAMPANT and reckless” misinformation about alternative nicotine products being spread throughout Central Asia is endangering lives, say leading international public health experts.
- Sweden’s official smoking rate is 5.6%, on the threshold of being declared officially ‘smoke free’.
- Leader of Smoke Free Sweden movement and former adviser to three WHO Directors-General Dr Delon Human said:
“Anti-vaping, or anti-nicotine pouch fear mongering campaigns, are effectively pro-smoking campaigns5, and they are on the rise in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and wider Central Asia, the resulting knee-jerk prohibitions undermine public health. - Smoke Free Sweden is led by Health Diplomats, a global network of public health experts committed to developing and delivering solutions to global health-related problems.