Tag: FCTC

Good COP 2.0 Pushes Back Against WHO’s Quiet War on Harm Reduction

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By Munyaradzi Blessing Doma The 11th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) recently took place in Geneva, Switzerland, and resembled the familiar closed-door meeting where science was neglected and the voices of consumers left out yet again. A lot of these experts, including some of those who helped set the stage for the FCTC in its early days, felt that the meeting had drifted very far from its original purpose. They characterised it as an event powered by predestined stories…

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Health Experts Warn WHO Against Full Tobacco Ban and Call for Balanced Regulation

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By Munyaradzi Blessing Doma For decades, global public health experts have agreed on one thing: banning a dangerous substance rarely eliminates its use. It often pushes the trade underground, where governments lose visibility and control. Regulation, however, gives policymakers room to monitor, manage and gradually reduce harm. This tension now sits at the center of a growing global debate. As the World Health Organization (WHO) considers tightening international controls on tobacco production under the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), major tobacco-producing economies fear that sweeping restrictions could trigger economic…

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