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Smoking is Bad for Your Health, Is Vaping the Better Option? Here are the Facts

By Learnmore Nyoni According to the American Lung Association, smoking is the leading cause of preventable diseases and deaths globally, claiming no

Tobacco harm reduction policies must be entrenched in science and evidence

By Daphne Machiri Tobacco use has become a huge and growing public health burden worldwide, with the threat to global

International Health Experts Urge Malawi to Advocate for Public Health at FCTC Forums

BLANTYRE, Malawi – International health experts have called upon Malawi’s delegates attending the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) forums to

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Harm Reduction Luminary Clive Bates Discusses Nicotine’s Nuances, Accessibility in Tobacco Alternatives

In an online session organised by Integra Africa, with support from Phillip Morris on Tuesday, Clive Bates, a prominent authority

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Africa Must Prioritise Harm Reduction

Experts have tasked African countries to accord priority to tobacco harm reduction by ensuring that regulation of tobacco use on

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Getting Tough On Vaping Drives People Into Smoking Combustible Tobacco

Despite the massive crackdown on smoking in the form of bans and taxes, coupled with well-coordinated misinformation around emerging Tobacco

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Journalists urged to advocate for harm reduction, smoke free products

A LEADING healthcare advocate and former  president of the World Medical Association Kgosi Letlape has called on tobacco harm reduction

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Leading Healthcare Advocate Urges Evidence-Based Tobacco Harm Reduction Policies

Online— Leading healthcare advocate and former President of the World Medical Association, Dr Kgosi Letlape, delivered a passionate address advocating

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Africa in need of a tobacco control policy built on scientific risk assessment

The Campaign for Safer Alternatives (CASA), an organisation based in Kenya, working with various stakeholders, including policymakers, on key issues

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Smoking: Africa must prioritise Harm Reduction – experts

With about eight million people dying annually due to smoking-related illnesses and outright quitting being difficult for most smokers, experts

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Africa needs tobacco harm reduction sensitisation

Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have called for more effort in sensitising Africans to the benefits of the harm reduction

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Não é sobre religião nem crença, é sobre ciência

Não é sobre religião nem crença, é sobre ciência – Foi uma das intervenções mais contundentes do 2º Intercâmbio sobre

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Tobacco control

Issues surrounding health of tobacco smokers and people around them has long been a serious cause of worry. At the second

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Adopt new products to curb tobacco-related deaths, African government told

AFRICAN governments have been implored to adopt new strategies to reduce public health threats caused by tobacco as eight million

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Science-Led Regulations – The panacea to tobacco Harm Reduction in Africa

Tobacco control in Africa remains a major factor in the Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) equation. While there are no specific laws

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Navigating Obstacles To Tobacco Harm Reduction Efforts In Africa

SMOKING prevalence is relatively low on the African continent despite projections by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that the total number

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Kenya urged to adopt nicotine alternatives

Kenya has been urged to accelerate the availability of alternatives to tobacco products, which can potentially lower the health risks

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Cigar smokers can switch to lower risk products

Cigarette smokers have a plethora of products available to them that reduce the harm caused by smoking, writes BONISILE MAKHUBU. These

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Tobacco: Why Africa must prioritise harm reduction – Expert

By Ngozi Nwoke Worried by the growing evidence of tobacco use and given its impact on public health, experts from various fields

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Media has a Role in Accelerating Harm Reduction Adoption

African Scientists and Experts Call for the adoption of a Harm Reduction in approach in Public Health Strategies and Tobacco

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