Philip Morris argued in Parliament this week that co-opting scientific approaches, as well as adopting harm reduction strategies within the contentious TobaccoBill, could help South Africa reduce tobacco-related deaths.
The inaugural AsiaForum on Nicotine (AFN25), scheduled for August 27, 2025, represents a watershed moment for tobacco harm reduction advocacy in Asia ... .
Despite mounting evidence of tobacco harm reduction's effectiveness, the WHO FCTC continues to exclude consumer advocacy groups from COP meetings, operating as what critics describe as a "closed bubble of cultivated groupthink" ....
Singapore's smoking rates have remained stubbornly stagnant at around 10-16% for over a decade despite implementing comprehensive WHO MPOWER measures ....