Africa: Illicit Vape Market Undermines Global Tobacco Harm Reduction Progress

In 2024, the global novel nicotine product market is projected to reach $65 billion with 120 million users worldwide. This growth, while substantial, is distributed unevenly across… Read more »

Africa: The 4th Harm Reduction Exchange

The 4th annual Harm Reduction Exchange was held in Nairobi, Kenya, and brought together over 80 scientists, Harm Reduction experts, doctors, members of the medical and legal… Read more »

Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction Roundtable Unites Stakeholders to Chart a Sustainable Path

Experts from various fields convened in Kenya’s Capital, Nairobi ahead of the 4th Harm Reduction Exchange (HRE) to discuss current research, identify gaps, and propose a… Read more »

Africa: Africa Urged to Pursue Home-Grown Tobacco Harm Reduction Regulation

Data from Statista, a data-gathering platform, projects that the prevalence of tobacco smoking among adults living on the African continent will decline from 14.5% in 2000 to 7.4%… Read more »

Africa: Real World Evidence Can Inform Public Health Decisions On Tobacco Harm Reduction

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines Real World Evidence as the clinical evidence regarding the usage and potential benefits or risks of a medical product. In other… Read more »

Africa: Health Promotion Key In Public Health Policy Guiding Tobacco Harm Reduction

There are many factors behind the emerging smoking trends whereby kids end up smoking cigarettes before they even turn 18. These can be social, cultural or even economic. 2019… Read more »

Africa: Prohibition Is a Tired, Tested and Failed Tobacco Harm Reduction Intervention-Experts

Around 1920, when new inventions and innovations were gathering momentum, the United States of America launched the Prohibition Law which banned the transportation of intoxicating… Read more »

Africa: Beyond the Pack - The Role of Education and Awareness in Reducing Tobacco Harm in Africa

While smoking rates are declining in other parts of the world, data shows that the African region and other Low-Income Countries are seeing a rise in new smokers, particularly… Read more »

Africa: Testagen Peptide: Thyroid Research and Studies on Senescence

Testagen, aptly named as a testosterone-boosting bioregulatory peptide, exhibits a notable potential to traverse both cellular and nuclear membranes, engaging directly with DNA.… Read more »

Africa: Publish or Perish Factor Driving Bad Science and Nicotine Misinformation

Several countries have embraced and adopted smoke-free and non-combustible nicotine products and they are already enjoying the benefits of their actions. Sweden, Japan, the United… Read more »

Africa: Characterization and Synthesis of B7-33: A Biochemical Analysis

Chemically speaking, B7-33 is a synthetic SARM or selective androgen receptor modulator. Preclinical research has indicated that it may have anabolic potential on skeletal muscle,… Read more »

Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction Not a One-Size Fits all Approach

As the world moves to embrace Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) interventions through adopting novel nicotine products such as electronic cigarettes, nicotine patches and others, there… Read more »

Africa: Banning Flavoured E-cigarettes Won't Reduce Smoking Rates-Experts

The public health community is working on numerous interventions to restrict and ban the uptake and use of novel nicotine products. Among their strategies include imposing stiffer… Read more »

Africa: Vaping and Smoking Interchangeably Puts Young People's Health at Risk

As conversations around Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) ensue, there seems to be little or no consensus between public health and THR advocates on the adoption of nicotine… Read more »

Africa: Countries Reap Benefits from Implementing Tobacco Harm Reduction Programs

With the world losing over 8 million people to tobacco-related deaths, there is a need for safer alternatives that deliver nicotine without exposing consumers to harm. However,… Read more »

Africa: Governments Warm Up to PMI's Heated Tobacco Products

Phillip Morris International's (PMI) flagship heated tobacco product, IQOS could be a game changer in the public health sector, amidst growing scientific evidence showing that the… Read more »

Africa: PMI Confident in Attaining Smoke-Free Status By 2030

Seven years from now, one of the world’s leading innovative Tobacco Companies, Phillip Morris International (PMI), could realize its target of eliminating combustible… Read more »

Africa: Harm Reduction Should Guide Regulations In Public Healthcare

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Africa: Nicotine Innovation Versus Regulation - Players Urged to Prioritise Child Protection

Innovation is the mainstay of every successful economy. Owing to the massive opportunities’ innovation presents on the economic front, it is no surprise that governments are… Read more »

Africa: Nicotine Ignorance Killing More People Than Smoking Itself

At the recent Global Nicotine Tobacco Forum (GTNF) in Seoul, South Korea, BAT's global head of business communications, Jonathan Atwood warned that a lack of knowledge and… Read more »

Africa: COP10 Presents Platform for Tobacco Industry and Public Health to Find Common Ground on Tobacco Harm Reduction

The upcoming Conference of Parties (COP10), to be held in Panama from November 20 to 25, 2023, is an opportunity for the Tobacco industry to learn from each other on how best to… Read more »

Africa: Should the Media Take a Neutral Stance In the Tobacco Harm Reduction Discourse?

The late South African Philanthropist and clergyman, Archbishop Desmond Tutu once said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the… Read more »

Africa: Quit Or Die - The Moral Dilemma Facing Tobacco Harm Reduction Interventions

Forty-seven years on since Professor Michael Russell’s famous quotation, people are still dying from tar despite smoking for nicotine, the World Health Organisation (WHO)… Read more »

Africa: Prestigious Science Journal Nature Publishes Paper About Pangu Weather AI Model Authored By Huawei Cloud Researchers

HUAWEI CLOUD announced that a paper about its breakthrough Pangu Weather AI model has been published by Nature, one of the world's top scientific journals. Read more »

Africa: Locking-Up Combustible Cigarettes In The Museum - Is a Smoke-Free Future On The Horizon?

In 2021, during their virtual Investor Day commemorations, Philip Morris International (PMI) announced an ambitious target to accelerate their vision toward a smoke-free future by… Read more »