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WHO funding concerns mount as tobacco control conference looms

The World Health Organization's (WHO) planned high-cost conference on tobacco control in November year is expected to exacerbate its financial strains, following the United...

Regional group concerned over allegations against WHO

A regional tobacco harm reduction advocacy group raised concerns about alleged problems at the World Health Organization (WHO), citing the influence of Bloomberg Philanthropies...

WHO asked to protect a billion smokers

A regional civil society group asked the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international treaty on tobacco control which will convene its member states in November...

Group to gov’t: Back tobacco alternatives

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has urged the Philippines and other Asian governments to support the use of alternative...

Consumer advocacy alliance asks President Duterte to sign vape bill

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to sign the ratified bill on Vaporized Nicotine Products Regulation...

New research supports interference of foreign NGOs in policies

A new research by the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has confirmed that Philippine NGOs were among those that received...

Local NGOs receive foreign money to lobby for vape ban; consumer group up in arms

A new research by the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates has confirmed that several non-government organizations were among those which received...

Foreign groups hit for role in tainting Senate vaping bill

Consumer advocacy groups raised concern over the latest campaign against the Senate vaping bill, saying the campaign bears the fingerprints of anti-vaping foreign charities...

Asian consumer group slams Australia’s decision to restrict vaping

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Experts warn Asia-Pacific leaders on WHO’s ‘baseless’ vaping rules

A group of acclaimed experts sent letters to Asia Pacific’s health ministers and secretaries to express their deep concern about the World Health Organization’s...

Vaping, HTP bill goes to Senate after House nod

A bill that regulates the manufacture, use, sale, distribution and promotion of vaping and heated tobacco products passed its third reading in the House...

Asian countries asked to rebuff Bloomberg’s policy interference

Low and middle-income countries in the Asia-Pacific region should discern and rebuff the grant-for-policy schemes employed by vested interest groups to deprive smokers of...

Consumer groups to hold webinar on tobacco harm reduction

Consumer groups in the Asia-Pacific are holding a webinar on Sept. 26, 2020 to encourage countries in the region to acknowledge tobacco harm reduction...

Prohibitive policies on smoke-free nicotine products violate consumer rights

Tobacco harm reduction advocates said the prohibitive policies imposed by governments and health authorities against smoke-free nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes, heat-not-burn tobacco...
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