Every year 1.3 million lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), according to a new study, funded by Cancer Research UK.
World COPD Day is an annual event held on the third Wednesday of November. It’s an initiative organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) in collaboration with healthcare professionals and organizations worldwide.
Nairobi, 19th October 2023. Stakeholders in the health sector have been challenged to consider harm reduction as a key guide in driving public health strategies in Africa.
Africa is a continent of vibrant cultures, diverse traditions, and unique challenges. Among these challenges is the persistently high rate of smoking prevalence. It is an issue that touches the lives of millions, and its impact reverberates through communities, families, and individual health.
A public health expert at the ongoing Third Edition of The Harm Reduction Exchange 2023 Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, has highlighted a 'vested interest' by World Health Organization (WHO) and governments as one of the impediments to interventions aimed at reducing harm from tobacco.
Welcome to the penultimate episode of #GFNVoices 2023, where we catch up with Carmen Escrig, Samrat Chowdhery, Yvonne Khoo, Sari Kodama and Federico Fernandez, who will share their experiences from this year's Global Forum on Nicotine conference. GFN Voices series is powered by Global Forum on Nicotine!
The World Health Organization (WHO) is always up to something when it comes to meddling with smoking harm reduction. Like any good villain, the UN agency has an interesting origin story and complex motivations. But that's where the comparisons end unless I missed a Bond movie where the antagonist’s plan was a ban on nicotine pouch flavours.
The FCTC Secretariat is working behind the scenes to impose a narrow view on human rights and tobacco within the UN system and amongst countries (the Parties to the Convention).
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