The Expert Advisory Group of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates has written to Asia Pacific’s Health Ministers and Secretaries expressing their… Read More »Experts warn leaders on WHO’s baseless vaping guidance
Consumer advocates and tobacco harm reduction (THR) experts called on the World Health Organization (WHO) and governments in Asia and the Far East (A&FE) to… Read More »Tobacco harm reduction key as Asia home to over half smoking-related deaths – report
Consumer groups in the Asia-Pacific region warned that a blanket ban on e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) in low- and middle-income countries, as proposed… Read More »Ban on safer nicotine products in LMICs to inflame smoking epidemic – Asian consumers
International public health policy experts called for a deeper investigation on the receipt of funds by the Philippine Food and Drug Administration from the anti-tobacco… Read More »Bloomberg donation to Philippines FDA may have violated US laws, say experts
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The Senate asked the Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to follow the enabling laws in drafting the guidelines for the regulation of heated tobacco… Read More »Philippine Senate asks FDA to follow enabling laws in drafting vapes, HTP guidelines