Vaping Events
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ECST: Blocking smokers access to better alternatives transgress human rights
Denying adult consumers access to smoke-free products is a violation of human rights, public health advocacy groups said in a letter to the United Nations (UN). Asa Saligupta, director of ENDS Cigarette Smoke Thailand (ECST), one of the signatories in the open letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk…
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Common sense strategies that help smokers quit superior to WHO’s failed strategies
Strategies that provide smokers with less harmful alternatives to cigarettes are far more likely to reduce smoking than the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recommendations to prohibit them while cigarettes remain widely available, public health experts said in a global forum. “To remain at the forefront…
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The VapeCon 2023 South Africa Overview, Closed Pod System with Large Capacity is Getting more Popular
The VapeCon 2023 South Africa has come to an end. Based on the performance during the exhibition, disposables vape is getting less popular then usual, while closed pod system is favored by industry insiders. According to the information of the organizer, more than 100 exhibitors showed up at the exhibition, including traditional vape, closed pod…
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50+ Vape Brands Including SMOK, ELFBAR, ANYX Will Attend Vape First Expo Morocco
From 14th to 15th July, Vape First Expo Morocco will be grandly opened in Casablanca. It has attracted more than 50 world-renowned vape brands such as SMOK, ELFBAR and ANYX to attend. Morocco is located at the intersection of Africa, Europe and the Middle East. It is an important gateway connecting Africa and…
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Media need to play fair COP on anti-tobacco work
“There are some in the media who are doing their best to discredit the work we do. They should instead be investigating who’s behind the constant attacks on us and vaping,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). Her comments follow another media…
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COP10 delegations must include consumers – CAPHRA
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 held in Panama in November. It is hosted by the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia…
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The most recognised awards evening in the vaping calendar is back!
The vape industry’s biggest and most glamourous awards show is returning for the eighth year running… …and with a host of new categories and titles up for grabs, there are more chances than ever before for brands to get their hands on a trophy. Masterminded and organised by the world’s…
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Falling youth vaping rates prove activists wrong
“Alarm bells about a United States’ youth vaping epidemic have now been proven to be false,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). Her comments follow a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food & Drug Administration (FDA) which suggests that…
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CAPHRA calls on Australia to open up vaping access
“A little over one percent of those who are able to write nicotine scripts do so. And less than one third of those who are authorised prescribers are publicly available for adult smokers who wish to switch to nicotine vaping,” wrote CAPHRA in its submission on Australia’s failing medicalisation model…
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Advocates for vaping lay case ahead of COP10
CAPHRA’s nine member organisations have written to FCTC delegation heads from around the world, and health ministers and leaders, urging them to review the evidence which supports a Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) approach ahead of COP10. With governments sending delegates to COP10 in November 2023, CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific…
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