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The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates
CAPHRA is an alliance between the Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates and their respective organisations in the region. We are unfunded and grassroots.
CAPHRA - Latest News [Page 4]
UK Study Again Proves Vaping Risks Considerably Lower
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 3:31 pm | CAPHRA
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2302/045ffce75ac028f7d30a.jpeg" width="720" height="221"> “Another day and another study proves vaping is considerably less harmful than smoking, yet the World Health Organisation ... More >>
Legalising Vaping In Thailand Still Firmly On Radar
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 6:56 pm | CAPHRA
“We remain confident that Thailand’s parliament will legalise and regulate vaping once the likely May General Election has been held. The issue is simply too big to ignore and the science too compelling,” says Asa Saligupta, Director of ECST (ENDS ... More >>
Legalising Vaping In Thailand Still Firmly On Radar
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 1:50 pm | CAPHRA
“We remain confident that Thailand’s parliament will legalise and regulate vaping once the likely May General Election has been held. The issue is simply too big to ignore and the science too compelling,” says Asa Saligupta, Director of ECST (ENDS ... More >>
Time To Support Filipino Vape Law, Not Relitigate It
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:34 pm | CAPHRA
“Any concerns about youth vaping are well covered in last year’s landmark vape law. The Philippines has more than enough regulations and safeguards now in place, without a Senator trying to relitigate everything,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive ... More >>
Smokefree In Good Hands With New Health Minister
Friday, 3 February 2023, 11:34 am | CAPHRA
“The appointment of Dr Ayesha Verrall as New Zealand’s Health Minister is good news for the country’s collective effort to achieve Smokefree Aotearoa 2025,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco ... More >>
Taiwan Vaping Ban Disappointing For Its Many Smokers
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 11:26 am | CAPHRA
<img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2301/634c21cb071ff0232051.jpeg" width="720" height="221"> “Raising the legal age for buying cigarettes to 20 is a good move, but effectively banning e-cigarettes is disappointing ... More >>
Disservice To Smokers To Restrict Specialist Vape Shops
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 2:22 pm | CAPHRA
‘Whilst we have absolutely no issues with restrictions around primary and secondary schools and Kura, we do have issue with adult community locations, such as universities, and other tertiary facilities,’ says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA ... More >>
Advocates Point Out Retractions To Delegates Ahead Of COP10
Friday, 20 January 2023, 6:37 pm | CAPHRA
With COP10 now in sight, CAPHRA’s nine member organisations have written to FCTC delegation heads, and health ministers and leaders, to help inform their respective country's position on e-cigarettes (ENDS) and nicotine. COP10 will be held in Panama ... More >>
Falling Youth Vaping Rates Prove Activists Wrong
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 7:30 pm | CAPHRA
“Alarm bells about a United States’ youth vaping epidemic have now been proven to be false,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). Her comments follow a new survey ... More >>
Proposals Must Not Hit Smokers Desperate To Quit
Thursday, 5 January 2023, 7:21 pm | CAPHRA
“Kiwis need to have their say on the Government’s proposed measures aimed at youth vaping, with submissions closing on 15 March,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates). ... More >>
White Paper Slams Youth Vaping Disinformation
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 9:57 am | CAPHRA
“This white paper completely discredits and disproves persistent claims that there is a youth vaping epidemic, and that vaping is a ‘gateway’ to smoking,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA (Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco ... More >>
CAPHRA Calls On Australia To Open Up Vaping Access
Thursday, 15 December 2022, 5:46 pm | CAPHRA
“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 ... More >>
Advocates For Vaping Lay Case Ahead Of COP10
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 7:35 pm | CAPHRA
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 ... More >>
Vape Authors Hit Back On WHO’s Health Claims
Friday, 11 November 2022, 7:10 pm | CAPHRA
Several leading international Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have compiled and published extensive research which slams the World Health Organization’s (WHO) official health claims about vaping. Titled ‘The Subversion of Public Health: Consumer ... More >>
Vape Authors Hit Back On WHO’s Health Claims
Friday, 11 November 2022, 5:49 pm | CAPHRA
Several leading international Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts have compiled and published extensive research which slams the World Health Organization’s (WHO) official health claims about vaping. Titled ‘The Subversion of Public Health: Consumer ... More >>
Vape Experts Release White Paper On WHO ‘guidance’
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 4:08 pm | CAPHRA
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 ... More >>
Despite Turmoil, UK Succeeds With Smoking Strategy
Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:12 pm | CAPHRA
Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA “The most comprehensive review of vaping risks to date confirms the United Kingdom is backing the right horse when it comes to smoking cessation,” says Nancy Loucas, Executive Coordinator of CAPHRA ... More >>
Postponing Malaysian Tobacco Bill Good For Vaping
Friday, 7 October 2022, 6:27 pm | CAPHRA
Legalising vape sales in Malaysia remains on the table despite the Heath Minister postponing the ‘generational endgame’ anti-smoking bill after considerable public and political pressure, says a local vaping advocacy group. Malaysia’s Minister ... More >>
Report: Australia’s Vaping Regime, A Predictable Failure
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 1:39 pm | CAPHRA
“When one of the world’s most respected Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) experts concludes that Australia’s anti-vaping regime is a ‘policy failure’, then the country’s approach to tobacco control needs urgent reviewing,” says Nancy Loucas, ... More >>
Legalisation Will Control Youth Vaping In Thailand
Friday, 23 September 2022, 4:48 pm | CAPHRA
“Legalising and regulating vaping will give Thailand greater control over youth vaping. The ongoing ban is only making it worse,” says Asa Saligupta, Director of ECST (ENDS Cigarette Smoke Thailand). Asa Saligupta, Director of ECST (ENDS Cigarette ... More >>
