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COP11: 11 Reasons Why the WHO’s Tobacco Treaty Is Failing Harm Reduction

The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) aims to protect health by reducing the harms of smoking. The Conference of Parties (COP) should set global tobacco policies based on evidence and harm reduction. …
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Does the EU Commission think you are a rat?

Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi used the FILTERED Conference to address the EU cardiovascular plan and signalled that the EU Commission plans to increase taxation and regulation on less harmful nicotine products, such as vaping and …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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THR Weekly Round-Up: Belgium Crackdown, Brazil’s Smoking Surge, and EU Di …

This week’s tobacco harm reduction landscape brings a mix of policy concern, global health data, and critical reflections on Europe’s priorities. WVA’s Policy Manager Alberto Gómez Hernández recently shared a strong perspective on Belgium’s …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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EU-Gesundheitspolitik: Brüssel verliert sich im Kleinklein

Europa steht vor großen Herausforderungen: schleppendes Wirtschaftswachstum, sinkende Produktivität, eine Energiekrise und geopolitische Unsicherheiten. Doch statt Reformen zur Stärkung der europäischen Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu verfolgen, erlebt die EU-Kommission eine Phase, in der sie sich lieber …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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THR Weekly Round-Up: The EU Pushes Vape Bans – Why Consumers Must Spe …

EU Proposes Harsh New Positions for COP11 The harm reduction movement is once again facing major challenges, this time from the heart of the European Union. A leaked draft from the European Commission reveals …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Weekly round up: The Global Debate on Tobacco Harm Reduction Heats Up

The global conversation on tobacco harm reduction is moving fast, and this week brought both encouraging signals and worrying setbacks. From the EU to the Caribbean and Africa, new insights show how public opinion …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Weekly THR Round-Up: EU Claims, Barbados Op-ed and New Podcast Episode

The fight for tobacco harm reduction (THR) continues—and this week, we’ve seen both concerning policy moves and promising progress from around the world. In a disappointing but not entirely surprising development, the European Commission …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Brussels’ official policy: Harm reduction pushed aside in favour of outda …

The European Commission has crossed a line: it’s now official policy to claim that new nicotine products carry health risks “comparable to smoking”. Commissioner Varhelyi confirmed this in a written answer to a question …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Is Big Tobacco’s Influence Swaying the FDA’s Vape and Pouch Approvals?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is tasked with regulating tobacco and nicotine products, including vapes and oral nicotine pouches. A recent Reuters article highlights how the FDA …
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Vaping can save 200 million lives and flavours play a key role in helping smokers quit. However, policymakers want to limit or ban flavours, putting our effort to end smoking-related deaths in jeopardy.
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Small Countries, Big Voices: How Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados, and Othe …

As the world prepares for COP11 in Geneva this November, most eyes are on the usual global heavyweights. But this year, the most important voices in the room might come from smaller nations—countries like …
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