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The tobacco industry is now facing a massive revolution in nicotine technology. Dr. Yach, a renowned anti-tobacco activist, said that this innovation, when made widely available, could cut the long-term trends of deaths by smoking by up to 3 to 4 million.
The former president of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, Dr. Derek Yach, said that the new alternative nicotine products and technologies provide a significant opportunity in the industry.
Yach, who is widely respected as an anti-tobacco activist and had played the leading role in the enactment of the …

The Coalition of Asia-Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) released the seventh episode of The Advocate Voice (TAV 7) on their Facebook page, headlined “The Battle Between Innovation and Bully Tactics.”
CAPHRA’s executive coordinator, Nancy Lucas, said that it is wrong to smear the public and academic narratives by financing research and manipulating the media.
She added that vaping needs to be completely exposed as the world’s most effective smoking cessation method instead of being demonized in such a systematic, worldwide fashion.
TAV 7 leader Farsalinos encouraged audience members to …

Statistics show staggering trillions of cigarette butts every year, making it the most littered trash on the planet. This was revealed by STOP and anti-tobacco organizations.
According to them, billions of smokers’ improper disposal of cigarette butts pile up in streets, parks, beaches, and bus stops. This doesn’t only cause dirty surroundings but also significant environmental harm.
Dustin Poppendieck, a measurement scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and his colleagues discovered that a used butt – one that is already cool to the touch – can emit up to 14 percent of the nicotine …