CAPHRA urges governments to regulate oral nicotine products to protect youth, set product standards, and keep markets controllable through enforceable regulation MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 02, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – CAPHRA today reiterated its position that nicotine pouches should be legally available to adults under strict, enforceable regulation as part of a proportionate tobacco harm reduction strategy. CAPHRA [...]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Jan. 18, 2026 (Korea Bizwire) – The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has lodged a formal submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee inquiry into the illegal tobacco crisis in Australia, warning that current policy settings are driving the growth of an increasingly organised and [...]
MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 08, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – A damning analysis from the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), entitled “The FCTC Secretariat’s Deepening Legitimacy Problem”, exposes how the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has been captured by American philanthropist-funded NGOs, fundamentally undermining the treaty’s credibility and harming global public health [...]
GENEVA, Nov. 20, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) is celebrating the successful “Asia Day” event at the GoodCOP 2.0 held in Geneva. The event, held during the same week as the FCTC COP11 brought together consumer advocates, public health experts, medical professionals, and policymakers to highlight [...]
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug. 21, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) — The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) today warned that Indonesia’s proposed PP No. 28 Tahun 2024 risks undermining public health and entrenching cigarette dominance by restricting access to proven harm reduction alternatives. Indonesia is one of the world’s largest cigarette markets, where millions [...]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Aug. 20, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) believes that as Australia’s tobacco control strategy descends into chaos with over 125 fire bombings, a thriving A$6.3 billion illicit market, and smoking rates stagnating at 11%, leading tobacco harm reduction advocates are calling for an [...]
MANILA, Philippines, July 21, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – A newly revised Shadow Report, released by the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), calls for a fundamental shift in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) approach to global tobacco control. The report criticizes the continued neglect of harm reduction under the WHO Framework Convention on [...]