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QFG Asks WHO to Consider the Lives of a Billion Smokers in Panama Talks

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Monday, January 29, 2024
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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.

Key Points: 
  • 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.

Global Tobacco Control Efforts Have Slowed

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
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EDMONTON, AB and BALTIMORE, Nov. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - A global barometer of tobacco control reveals that implementation of several high-impact tobacco control policy measures required by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) decelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, following 12 years of steady progress.

Key Points: 
  • EDMONTON, AB and BALTIMORE, Nov. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ - A global barometer of tobacco control reveals that implementation of several high-impact tobacco control policy measures required by the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) decelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, following 12 years of steady progress.
  • "We are very concerned with the deceleration in the adoption of high-impact tobacco control policies," said Joanna Cohen of the Institute for Global Tobacco Control at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
  • "This slowdown is a wake-up call and we urge all countries to adopt strong measures to get tobacco control back on track and reignite global efforts to reduce tobacco use," said Les Hagen of ASH Canada .
  • "The enactment of high-impact tobacco control policies was delayed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we cannot allow the tobacco industry to take further advantage of the situation.

Health Canada makes it legal for flavoured nicotine products from Imperial Tobacco to be sold to children

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 14, 2023 /CNW/ - Health Canada has approved the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches by Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. in such a way that the products can be legally sold to children of any age.

Key Points: 
  • OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 14, 2023 /CNW/ - Health Canada has approved the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches by Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. in such a way that the products can be legally sold to children of any age.
  • On July 18, 2023, a sister company of Imperial Tobacco was given approval to sell flavoured nicotine pouches under the Natural Health Product Regulations, with the products containing nicotine but not tobacco.
  • It is completely legal for stores to sell these flavoured nicotine pouches to children of any age.
  • How can it possibly be legal to sell to children flavoured nicotine products from a tobacco company?"

Quit for Good Signs Global Statement of Support for Tobacco Harm Reduction

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Quit For Good is a non-profit organization promoting harm reduction to mitigate the damage caused by cigarette smoke on human health.

Key Points: 
  • Quit For Good is a non-profit organization promoting harm reduction to mitigate the damage caused by cigarette smoke on human health.
  • It is one of the 14 scientific organizations in four continents who support the consensus statement of SCOHRE that the WHO FCTC should not ignore the evidence in support of THR any more.
  • It is also one of the two organizations based in the Philippines that signed the statement, the other being the Harm Reduction Alliance of the Philippines (HARAP).
  • He said providing safer nicotine products to reduce harm for smokers is common sense as smokers are already offered nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to quit or reduce harm.

ECST: Blocking Smokers Access to Better Alternatives Transgress Human Rights

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Thursday, November 2, 2023
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"Adult smokers should be given assistance and information to quit smoking, such as access to safer alternatives," Saligupta said.

Key Points: 
  • "Adult smokers should be given assistance and information to quit smoking, such as access to safer alternatives," Saligupta said.
  • The open letter says that encouraging harm reduction helps people take positive steps to protect their health while respecting their freedoms and rights.
  • Saligupta said no less than the UN Human Rights Office recognizes the harm reduction approach to drug use as an "obligation" under the Right to Health.
  • Depriving them of this opportunity is not just a violation of human rights but also a failure to help adult smokers enjoy better lives," said Saligupta.

WHO Strategies Against Smoking Currently Insufficient--ITS Paper

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Monday, October 23, 2023
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He has, for example, served as a WHO expert and as secretary general of the 4th World Conference on Smoking and Health.

Key Points: 
  • He has, for example, served as a WHO expert and as secretary general of the 4th World Conference on Smoking and Health.
  • "However, increasing number of scientists and national governments believe that these new products represent an opportunity that can accelerate the demise of smoking.
  • To the extent that they can act as a substitute and displace smoking thereby improving public health," the paper says.
  • We have known for decades that people smoke for nicotine but die from the tar," the paper says.

Bluehole Publishes a Feature Story on Global Advocacy for Tobacco Harm Reduction Prior to WHO FCTC COP9

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021
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Chinas leading vaping media, Bluehole New Consumption, today published a feature story on global advocacy for tobacco harm reduction prior to WHO FCTC COP9, while atomization offers promising prospects in healthcare and other fields.

Key Points: 
  • Chinas leading vaping media, Bluehole New Consumption, today published a feature story on global advocacy for tobacco harm reduction prior to WHO FCTC COP9, while atomization offers promising prospects in healthcare and other fields.
  • Instead, the WHO FCTC exhorts its Parties to impose high taxes and bans on all tobacco products, no matter combustible or non-combustible products.
  • Moreover, WHO FCTC COP9 raised more global concerns over biased regulatory guidance, which will undermine vapings potential to benefit public health, suggesting a step backward for global public health.
  • This letter argues that e-cigarettes are a driver of smoking cessation and tobacco harm reduction presents significant public health opportunities.