Nicotine is addictive and not risk-free, but – contrary to what many believe – experts agree that nicotine itself is not the primary cause of smoking-related...Harm Reduction
Smoking is responsible for nearly twice as many cancer cases in lower income groups compared to higher income groups in England, according to new estimates by Cancer...Harm Reduction
Tobacco giant Philip Morris International will stop selling cigarettes in Britain within the next 10 years. Chief executive Jacek Olczak told The Mail on Sunday that...
June 23rd, 2021A seasoned litigator against major tobacco companies and a tobacco stocks investment manager have warned regulators and law makers that the ‘demonisation of big...
May 12th, 2021Society’s desire for a new approach to addressing smoking is clear. Better choices exist for people who would otherwise continue to smoke, writes Jacek Olczak, the...
March 17th, 2021Research provides evidence that large numbers of smokers are switching to devices that deliver nicotine from tobacco through heat – rather than burn – thereby...
Four in five South African adults agree that governments should consider the role smoke-free products can play in tobacco harm reduction, according to an international...
February 10th, 2021With more than one billion smokers in the world and 11 million in South Africa, smoking-related diseases are a pressing problem. Scientifically substantiated smoke-free...
November 4th, 2020Tobacco control strategies in South Africa could be complemented by a harm reduction approach to reduce smoking rates faster, writes Marcelo Nico, MD of Philip Morris...
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...
