Vaping Events
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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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Filipino ‘Vape Bill’ celebrated at harm reduction forum
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 with the signing of ‘The Manila Declaration 2022’. Hosting its fifth annual congregation on 28 October 2022, the Asia Harm…
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Vape experts release White Paper on WHO ‘guidance’
Titled ‘The Subversion of Public Health: Consumer Perspectives’, a white paper presented at the recent Fifth Asia Harm Reduction Forum (AHRF 2022) has now been publicly released. Compiled by several leading international Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts, it was presented at the 28 October forum in the Philippines by Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific…
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Vaping advocates sign Manila Declaration
Leading Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) advocates from around the world have signed and released ‘The Manila Declaration 2022’. The declaration aims to provide information and evidence that has not been included in any guidance provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) to signatories and delegates of the Framework Convention on…
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Asia Harm Reduction Forum announces speakers
Leading Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts from around the world will present at The Fifth Asia Harm Reduction Forum (AHRF 2022) on Friday, 28 October in the Philippines. “Asia-Pacific is home to many of the world’s smokers, but it’s also home to several countries positively confronting the tobacco epidemic by adopting…
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Asia Harm Reduction Forum set for 28 October
The Fifth Asia Harm Reduction Forum (AHRF 2022) has been announced to take place on Friday, 28 October at The Manila Hotel in the Philippines. ‘Integrating Harm Reduction in Asian Policies: A Major Win for Public Health’ is the theme for this year’s forum. It will build on recent momentum, discussing…
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Vaping petition reaches 10,000 signatures
A petition urging the World Health Organisation (WHO) to respect consumer rights and end its lies against vaping has been signed by over 10,000 people. Organisers now want to hit 20,000 signatures by COP10. Launched during the 2021 Voices4Vape webinar, the Right2Switch petition calls for WHO to ‘stop lying to…
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The signing ceremony of the “Compliant Operation Commitment” held by the ECCC
On the 27th of July, the signing of “Compliant Operation Commitment” was witnessed by the Electronic Cigarette Professional Committee of China Electronics Chamber of Commerce (ECCC), and online witness by UKVIA Director General John Dunne, IEVA Co-founders Dustin Dahlmann and Cipri Boboi, SPINI Chief Press Officer Peter Davydov, and VITA…
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#GFN22: Asia Pacific presents on vaping advocacy success
At the recent Global Forum on Nicotine – #GFN22 – in Warsaw, Poland, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) made the case that regional advocacy works and is delivering remarkable results for vaping in Asia Pacific. With ‘Tobacco Harm Reduction – here for good’ the overall…
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