Global Forum on Nicotine 2023 dan Upaya Mengurangi Dampak Buruk Rokok
Sudah menjadi rahasia umum bahwa, rokok merupakan salah stau ancaman terbesar bagi kesehatan publik banyak negara-negara di dunia, termasuk juga di Indonesia. Rokok konvensional yang dibakar telah terbukti dapat menyebabkan berbagai penyakit kronis, seperti kanker dan serangan jantung. Penyakit kronis yang disebabkan oleh konsumsi rokok ini bukan hanya memberikan dampak yang negatif terhadap individu yang […]
What next after GEG? Ban on sugar, fatty food, flights to curb danger, Wan Saiful questions
KUALA LUMPUR – As Putrajaya pursues its controversial move to ban cigarettes for those born from 2007, a Bersatu leader has questioned Putrajaya if it will also ban flights, sugar and fatty food as it poses danger to health. Former information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan said sugar poses significant health problems and flights carry […]
GEG enforcement may cost govt RM305mil a year, says researcher
KUALA LUMPUR: The total enforcement cost for the Generational End Game (GEG) bill may reach up to RM305 million a year, says a researcher. Bait al-Amanah research director Benedict Weerasena said the estimate covers the cost of the track-and-trace system, public awareness campaigns and hiring of additional enforcement officers. “Equipment, vehicles and training, administrative costs […]
Pentingnya Upaya Harm Reduction Melalui Inovasi dan Informasi yang Tepat
Sudah menjadi rahasia umum bahwa, rokok merupakan salah satu musuh besar kesehatan publik yang ada di dunia. Di dalam sebatang rokok, terkandung berbagai komponen yang, bila dikonsumsi secara rutin dalam waktu tertentu, bisa menyebabkan berbagai penyakit kronis, seperti kanker dan serangan jantung. Tidak hanya itu, rokok juga mengandung nikotin yang membuat penggunanya menjadi kecanduan, dan […]
Harm reduction, not policing, will boost public health in Alabama
By: Elizabeth Hicks & Stephen Kent In a landmark move earlier this year, Alabama state lawmakers passed first-of-its-kind legislation effectively outlawing the use of cigarettes and vaping products in vehicles when a child 14 years of age or younger is present. That law is now in effect statewide. While the intent behind this legislation is […]
Pentingnya Peran Pelaku Industri Vape untuk Mencegah Penyalahgunaan Produk
Rokok elektrik, yang dikenal juga dengan istilah vape, saat ini merupakan salah satu produk yang semakin banyak dikonsumsi oleh berbagai kalangan. Saat ini, khususnya kita yang tinggal di daerah perkotaan, bisa dengan mudah menemukan berbagai pengguna vape, dan juga pertokoan yang menjual berbagai produk rokok elektrik dengan segala variasinya. Ada berbagai alasan mengapa vape atau […]
Checking in on Michael Bloomberg’s multi-million dollar global crusade against harm reduction
For years, we’ve covered the extent of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s multi-million dollar campaigns to try to shape the lives of ordinary consumers. What began as an erstwhile nanny state campaign on Big Gulps in New York City has ballooned into a massively funded operation that uses grants and NGO funding on […]
The government must end spreading myths around vaping to prevent the spread of false information
KUALA LUMPUR, 25th May 2023 – The Consumer Choice Center (CCC) demands that the government must stop issuing myths or false statements about vaping being more dangerous than cigarettes in order to avoid misunderstandings and the spread of inaccurate information to consumers and the public. Representative of the Malaysian Consumer Choice Center, Tarmizi Anuwar said: […]
GOVERNMENT ARROGANCE DEFIES SCIENTIFIC FACTS
It may surprise those who need to become more familiar with how politics works in Hungary. Still, it is just business as usual for those familiar with the government’s stand on policy issues. Whenever opposition members of parliament raise a sensible policy issue, the Hungarian government finds a way to either discredit the MP, shove […]
Pentingnya Peneliti Indonesia Meneliti Kebijakan Harm Reduction di Negara Lain
Rokok elektrik, atau yang dikenal juga dengan nama vape, saat ini merupakan produk yang digunakan oleh banyak orang di seluruh dunia, termasuk juga di Indonesia. Kita, khususnya yang tinggal di wilayah perkotaan, tentu sudah tidak asing lagi melihat penggunaan rokok elektrik di berbagai tempat. Indonesia sendiri memiliki jumlah populasi pengguna vape yang tidak kecil. Tercatat […]
The UK to Handout a Million Vape Starter Kits to Smokers Seeking to Quit
The Ministry of Health will be giving out the kits as part of a new anti-smoking drive which includes plans for a crackdown on illicit vape sales. While official UK public health groups such as Public Health England (PHE) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) keep assuring that there is no teen vaping epidemic while arguing […]
Unity gov’t needs to swiftly legislate sale of only ‘registered’ vapes to prevent drug abuse
THE Malaysian Substance Abuse Council (MASAC) has called on the Government to put in place a special budget for further studies towards creating a special law to mandate that only vapes approved by the Government can be sold by traders. The come about as the presence of various vape brands that do not go through […]
