Regulations and Policies
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The Deadlock of Harm Reduction in Asia: The Game Between Culture and Science
Core insight: The Asian region generally tends to strictly prohibit tobacco harm reduction (THR) policies, and the fundamental obstacle is…
COP11: The Ultimate Duel between Harm Reduction and Prohibition
Core Insights The 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) of the World Health Organization (WHO) is evolving into a fundamental…
EU stance softens: Global tobacco control faces changing situation
Core Insights: The subtle but crucial softening of the EU's stance on new nicotine products on the eve of COP11…
Latest Regulations and Policies
Maldives Generational Smoking Ban: A Public Health Experiment That May Backfire
Core Insights The radical policy implemented by Maldives, which combines the world's first "tobacco generation ban" with a comprehensive ban…
Canada’s Nicotine Bag Regulation Imbalance: Public Health Goals and Policy Paradox
Core Insights The nicotine bag ban policy in Canada is creating a regulatory paradox where "harm reduction tools are harder…
Unexpected backlash of UK e-cigarette ban: Black market rise and public health setback
Core insight: The shift towards prohibitive nicotine policies in the UK and some European countries is having counterproductive strategic consequences.…
Global tobacco control shift: WHO authority shaken
Core insight: The ideological iron curtain of global tobacco control is cracking. The single policy model led by the World…
The Paradox of Smoking Control: Why is New Zealand’s Success Punished?
Core Insights The global tobacco control strategy is facing serious division, with ideology-driven injunctions overwhelming pragmatic public health outcomes aimed…
Global tobacco control at a crossroads: a battle between ideology and evidence
Core insight: Global tobacco control is at a critical turning point. The traditional prohibitionism ideology represented by the World Health…