On September 20th, 2023, the Global Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (GTNF) entered its second day, and 2FIRSTS engaged in a conversation with Nancy Loucas, the Public Health Policy and Executive… Read More »With Nancy Loucas: Policies in New Zealand and Australia
In light of World Smokefree Day on May 31, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) is calling on governments and regulatory bodies to take action in… Read More »CAPHRA demands action on disposable vape regulation
The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) Position on Disposable Vaping products is based on the need for pragmatic, risk-proportionate regulations that protect public health while ensuring… Read More »Position Statement: Disposable Vapes
New Zealand’s Government has taken a progressive and welcomed stance on vaping, which is now a shining light in comparison to Australia’s newly announced “war on vaping” which doubles down… Read More »Kiwis lead the way towards reducing harm from tobacco
The member organisations of CAPHRA have written to their respective country FCTC delegations attending COP10 asking that each includes at least one consumer of safer nicotine products. COP10 will be… Read More »COP10 delegations must include consumers – CAPHRA
“This white paper completely discredits and disproves persistent claims that there is a youth vaping epidemic, and that vaping is a ‘gateway’ to smoking,” says Nancy Loucas, CAPHRA’s executive coordinator.… Read More »White paper slams youth vaping disinformation
Just three months after the passage of the ‘Vaporized Nicotine and Non-Nicotine Products Regulation Act’, colloquially known as the ‘Vape Bill’, world-renowned experts continue the push for harm reduction alternatives… Read More »Filipino ‘Vape Bill’ celebrated at harm reduction forum
Now with Parliament’s health select committee, the bill limits the number of retailers able to sell smoked tobacco products, prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone born in 2009… Read More »NZ govt’s smokefree proposals must be enforced, say vapers
Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA, says the only thing WHO gets right is spelling out what the acronymENDS stands for: Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems. The rest, she says, can… Read More »WHO’s vaping Q&A an ‘absolute scandal’ – CAPHRA
Interest, insight, and intrigue around ‘World Vape Day’ on 30 May and ‘World No Tobacco Day’ on 31 May are set to be boosted with sCOPe’s two-day global broadcast. sCOPe22… Read More »Livestream set for ‘World Vape Day’ and ‘World No Tobacco Day’