Oct 10, 2023
Health Experts Advocate Harm Reduction Strategies to Reduce Smoking Rates, Challenging Prohibition Approach Health experts believe that providing smokers with less harmful alternatives may be a more effective approach to reducing smoking rates than the World Health...
Sep 28, 2023
An observational study conducted by the Institute for Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, found that enforcement of several aspects of the regulations set in place in the Philippines are not being complied with. The...
Sep 26, 2023
Over the years, vaping has emerged as a contentious topic, sparking debates about its potential benefits and risks. As a harm reduction tool aimed at helping smokers quit traditional cigarettes, vaping has garnered both support and skepticism. The stigma attached to...
Sep 22, 2023
Dr. Lorenzo Mata, president of the advocacy group Quit for Good. MANILA, Philippines — Encouraging smokers to switch to reduced-risk products (RRPs) such as heated tobacco and vapes would lower healthcare costs and free up hospital resources for non-smoking patients,...
Sep 15, 2023
Anton P. Israel, president Nicotine Consumers Union of the Philippines Inc. (NCUP) Consumer groups asked Lazada and Shopee to purge sellers of unregistered vapes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) on their platforms by end of October 2023 as they committed to the...
Sep 13, 2023
The Philip Morris International (PMI) chief executive officer (CEO) Jacek Olczak recently announced their company – selling the world’s No.1 cigarette brand Marlboro – aims to become a majority “smoke-free” business by 2025. This means more than half of their total...
