“On November 4th 2020, the key industry players congregated stakeholders from various parts of the world to discuss burning Issues as a continuation of their series which documents the development of Tobacco Harm Reduction as well as use, availability and regulatory responses to safer nicotine products around the world. Clive Bates a renowned Tobacco Harm Reduction advocate, pointed out the ‘good, the bad and the ugly’ outcomes for THR in the same “No Smoke, No Fire” virtual summit 2020. “We need a risk proportionate regulatory regime as well as much more mindfulness on trivial laws and implausible risks. We also need a new narrative to be much more cognizant of the consequences of blundering in a clumsy relentless negativity.” he said. Considering all the above, for THR to work, Jena-Fetalino a Public Relations practitioner based in the Philippines suggested demolition of misinformation, “THR is both a victim of misinformation and disinformation and unfortunately this is at the cost of people’s lives.”
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The Global State of Tobacco harm Reduction
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