Harry Shapiro

WHO honors tobacco control champions across the Americas Researchers, activists, civil society organizations, and journalism organizations from Canada, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay, as well as government agencies from Brazil, have b...

WHO awards Brazil for its vaping ban in a country with 21 million smokers . Good job !
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Often said that anti-THR policies hand the market over to criminals. Except IMHO advocates for banning don’t care. They tick their own legislative boxes and hand the job over to law enforcement. And then blab on about ‘cracking down’ on organised crime. Sorted.

Madness to tax safer nicotine products same as cigarettes. Those who advocate for this are a disgrace to the furtherance of global public health

1. In the first half of 2023, China exported $1.5 bn worth of vapes to America
2. Big Tobacco contributed at least $30m to the Republican Party during the 2024 election cycle
3. Trump imposes a 54% tariff on Chinese imports
4. The CDC Office of Smoking and Health gone.
Make America Smoke Again?

Harry’s blog 127: The truth is still out there. — Nicotine Science and Policy A free self-guided introduction to tobacco harm reduction from K•A•C aims to raise awareness of the approach among a wider community of policymakers, researc...

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And probably contributes to smoking related deaths by encouraging countries to make it hard if not impossible to access safer products

When Dan Brown stops floating your boat, there is this - just out

Could nicotine pouches help reduce high tobacco use in Eastern Europe & Central Asia? Economist Giorgi Mzhavanadze joins us to discuss trends from the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report.
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Fierce Chemistry New paperback edition - One hundred years on from the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1920, this book examines the money, politics and exploitation behind drugs and raises the question nobody asks: ‘What kind ...

Should anybody be interested, the paperback of Fierce Chemistry, my history of UK drug policy is now available here

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Will Denmark's pouch gamble pay off?
Denmark has announced a number of new restrictions on pouches - but will these measures help or hinder Denmark's smokefree ambition? Carissa Düring joins us to discuss these latest regulatory changes in the latest episode of GFN News.

YouTube video by Global Forum on Nicotine OVERKILL | Mexico Writes Vape Ban into its Constitution | #GFNTVInterviews

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Vietnam's government-owned domestic tobacco industry produced 184,00 metric tons of tobacco in 2022. Vietnam globally is the sixth largest producer. Vietnam has banned vapes and HTPs. Protect the kids? No. Protect domestic industry? Yes. In case some of the 46% of males who smoke decide to switch.

This is bloody outrageous as well as a criminal offence. Any business doing this should named and shamed

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Just joined blue sky and found this group. Shameless self-promo as author of books on Hendrix, Clapton, Jack Bruce, Gary Moore, Alexis Korner and Graham Bond.