QFG Asks WHO to Consider the Lives of a Billion Smokers in Panama Talks
Dr. Lorenzo Mata Jr., president of Quit for Good, said the WHO should implement FCTC Article 1 (d) on harm reduction strategies to help smokers.
- Dr. Lorenzo Mata Jr., president of Quit for Good, said the WHO should implement FCTC Article 1 (d) on harm reduction strategies to help smokers.
- "Offering safer nicotine products to millions of adult smokers who want to reduce their exposure to toxic substances from smoke is common sense.
- This is what tobacco harm reduction (THR) is all about, which the WHO FCTC refuses to implement despite being part of the global treaty," Dr. Mata said.
- Dr. Ramström served as a WHO expert and as secretary general of the 4th World Conference on Smoking and Health.