A leading Tobacco Harm Reduction advocacy has urged global tobacco control policymakers to abandon outdated prohibitionist approaches and embrace harm reduction strategies grounded in science. Ahead of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s (FCTC) COP11 meeting later this year, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) emphasized that meaningful progress requires inclusion,…

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) today highlighted the findings of a landmark study published in Addiction, which demonstrates the superiority of New Zealand’s pragmatic vaping regulations compared to Australia’s restrictive, medicalised approach. The study, conducted by researchers from Australia and New Zealand, compared trends in daily smoking and vaping in…

A leading tobacco harm reduction advocacy is urging the Philippine government to include consumer perspectives in its preparations for the upcoming World Health Organisation’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In a follow-up letter to the Department of Health, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction…

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) is thrilled to announce that New Zealand has achieved its Smokefree 2025 goal well ahead of schedule, with smoking rates plummeting to unprecedented lows. Recent data from the New Zealand Health Survey reveals that smoking rates have fallen dramatically, particularly among youth. The decline has…