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FCTC’s Failure to Uphold Harm Reduction Risks Global Public Health

FCTC’s Failure to Uphold Harm Reduction Risks Global Public Health

MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 06, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has serious concerns over how The World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) defines tobacco control as including harm reduction, yet the current COP11 agenda dangerously ignores this core principle. Article 1(d) explicitly identifies harm reduction [...]