What is Tobacco Harm Reduction? – the latest GSTHR Briefing Paper explains how this public health strategy could save millions of lives
The latest GSTHR Briefing Paper explains why tobacco harm reduction using safer nicotine products is a potentially life-saving approach for the 1.1 billion people across the world who smoke combustible cigarettes.
82 million vapers worldwide in 2021: the new GSTHR estimate shows a significant global rise in vaping
New GSTHR research shows that the total number of people who vaped in 2021 was a 20% increase on the figure for 2020 (68 million), showing that the popularity of vaping is growing rapidly around the world.
The WHO has “a moral imperative” to adopt harm reduction for tobacco, experts say ahead of FCTC COP9
The latest GSTHR report, Fighting The Last War: The WHO and International Tobacco Control, contends that the FCTC is a global public health failure as the number of smokers around the world remains 1.1billion, a figure that has not changed in 20 years.
WHO reports tobacco use falling - but the numbers show tobacco control failing, say experts
The latest GSTHR report, Fighting The Last War: The WHO and International Tobacco Control, shows that the WHO remaining opposed to the use of safer nicotine products, despite significant independent evidence of their efficacy for smoking cessation.
Ahead of major global meeting on tackling smoking, experts set to challenge WHO position on safer nicotine
Today the GSTHR launches its first Briefing Papers, a series of publications set to offer analyses, commentaries or explainers on topics related to tobacco harm reduction and its role in combating the death and disease caused by smoking.
WHO distracts from decades of failed efforts to reduce smoking with misguided war on safer alternatives
By encouraging nation states to enact bans or overly restrictive policies on safer nicotine products, the WHO is creating a situation where millions more cigarettes will be sold and millions will continue to die prematurely, says Knowledge•Action•Change.
New GSTHR briefing - Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Burning Issue for Asia
The latest GSTHR report, Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Burning Issue for Asia, reveals the terrible toll of the tobacco crisis in Asia and argues for the urgent scaling-up of harm reduction alternatives.
The launch of Burning Issues: GSTHR 2020
The second biennial GSTHR report, Burning Issues: The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2020, shows that global tobacco control’s hostility to tobacco harm reduction is risking the health and lives of millions with LMIC worst hit.