The Africa tobacco harm reduction forum (ATHRF) is a bi- annual convening that brings together key stakeholders involved in efforts to curb conventional cigarette smoking in Africa. The platform draws together actors from governments, civil society, International organizations, legislators, media, academia and national campaigners to take stock of the current state of play on cigarette […]
Clive Bates This paper turned up in my weekly search of PubMed. Invalidity of an Oft-Cited Estimate of the Relative Harms of Electronic Cigarettes. Eissenberg T, Bhatnagar A, Chapman S, Jordt SE, Shihadeh A, Soule EK. Am J Public Health. 2020 Feb;110(2):161-162. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2019.305424. The commentary claims to show the “invalidity” of the statements made […]
Cigarette smoking is a very hard addiction to break. It was reported that 80% of smokers who attempted to quit smoking on their own failed within the first month and only about 3-5% remained abstinent at 6 months (Riccardo et al, 2011). The addictive part of smoking cigarettes is not at all the issue, but […]
Global Forum for Nicotine 2020 (GFN20) is the world’s leading event for discussion about safer nicotine products, set to take place in Warsaw during June. This year’s theme for #GFN20 is ‘Nicotine: science, ethics and human rights’, and the conference will examine advances in the science of nicotine, the ethical and moral arguments and the […]
The Right to Life, Right to Health and Right to Information are International Fundamental Human Rights. The Right to Health is founded upon the right to life. Article 25 of the United Nations’ 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and […]
Over the summer, US media reported that two National Health Service hospitals in England were allowing Ecigwizard, a vape retailer, to open stores inside their facilities. What some critics quoted in these reports missed was that these stores were established in order to encourage patients who struggle to quit smoking to switch to vaping. The […]
By Farayola Rachael Oluwatoyosi & Babatunde Abdulhammed Opeyemi November 18, 2019 Smoking is an act of combusting and inhaling substances commonly attributed to tobacco smoking in the form of cigarette, cigar, etc. It poses a great threat to mankind’s existence. This act has sent several people to the ‘underworld’ than HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. […]
As of October 28, 2019, 49 states have reported more than 1600 possible cases of severe pulmonary disease related to vaping—the inhalation of a heated, aerosolized solution—to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). To date, 34 deaths have been attributed to e-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury (EVALI). This has resulted in […]
@GoingSmokefree – Welcome to our #Twitterchat. Our topic for today is, ’Is #Snus a viable alternative for smokers in Africa?’ Our guest today is @AtakanBefrits. #SaferAlternatives @GoingSmokefree: Thanks for joining us today @AtakanBefrits. Kindly introduce yourself to our audience, for those who may not be familiar with you #SaferAlternatives Response: @AtakanBefrits – Ok, Atakan Befrits, […]
Melody Okereke October 5, 2019 Most countries all over the world have prohibited smoking in public places and the common advice is, “smoking is dangerous to your health… smokers are liable to die young.” However, researches indicate that the majority of deaths due to smoking result from respiratory diseases such as lung cancer, chronic obstructive […]