A study commissioned by the Vapour Products Association of South Africa (VPASA) has found that the vapour industry – including vapes, e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn...
May 26th, 2021The tobacco policies and actions of the World Health Organization are in urgent need of reform, if the United Nations’ global health agency is to help reduce tobacco...
With the Control of Tobacco and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Bill (2018) on the horizon, health organisations and tobacco control lobbyists are failing to...
November 11th, 2020Back before cannabis became legal in Canada in 2017, there was discussion about how it was going to mix with alcohol, writes Christine Sismondo in The Star. It turns out...
A Newcastle University study suggests that older people may struggle to recognise risks associated with drinking, unless ill health or screening results indicate that...
October 14th, 2020The World Health Organization estimates that the number of smokers in the world – 1.1 billion – will not materially change by 2025. This tells us that, while a...
August 26th, 2020Alcohol industry players in South Africa have pledged R150 million for harm reduction initiatives over the next year. While the alcohol ban turned out to be unnecessary,...
International research published in Drugs and Alcohol Today found that the public struggles to distinguish between the health impacts of nicotine and those of tobacco,...Harm Reduction
On 26 June, the North Gauteng High Court dismissed a challenge to the ban on the domestic sale of tobacco and related products. The court found the ban sufficiently...
November 24th, 2019
In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly opiates. Three times as many Americans as Germans experienced opioid...
