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Despite being shut out of a key international tobacco control conference, advocates for safer nicotine products have successfully aired a global round-the-clock livestream, dubbed sCOPe.
Undeterred by the lockout, Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts and consumers on the YouTube simulcast remained steadfast and challenged the effectiveness of COP9 – the 9th Conference of Parties for the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
A co-operative effort by THR consumer organisations globally, sCOPe is totally independent, positively informing the public and media, as well as millions of ex-smokers now using harm reduced products such as nicotine vapes.
sCOPe was simulcast on YouTube HERE and on Facebook from 8-12 November 2021. The sCOP3 Livestream Library can be accessed by clicking on the sCOPe logo, or by clicking this link to download the PDF.
sCOPe organiser, Nancy Loucas:
“Combustible tobacco kills, nicotine doesn’t, yet the WHO is sadly throwing huge resources at the wrong target. By not following the scientific and human evidence, the WHO’s advisers and funders are hindering global smoking cessation rates, not helping.”
Peter Dator, president of consumer group Vapers PH and sCOPe panellist:
“We should stop discriminating against those who need alternatives in order to quit smoking. Not everyone can quit cold turkey. We are with you in the fight against smoking especially among the youth.”
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