MANILA, Philippines — Health advocates from around the world pressed the World Health Organization (WHO) to embrace harm reduction as a central pillar of global tobacco control, urging delegates to the upcoming Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) talks in November to recognize the role of safer alternatives to cigarettes.
At a September 3 forum in Makati, experts and consumer groups signed a joint statement calling on the WHO to “fully integrate harm reduction into tobacco control,” arguing that the agency’s current approach ignores scientific evidence and consumer realities.
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