CAPHRA Asia Pacific

A black-market drug problem needs a law enforcement response, not a war on nicotine. #CAPHRA #NicotinePolicy bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Adults who smoke should not lose access to lower-risk options because criminals are selling illicit products. #HarmReduction #CAPHRA bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

The right response is enforcement, testing, surveillance, and public warnings. Not panic policy. #CAPHRA #HealthPolicy bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Criminal adulteration is the problem. Regulated nicotine is not. #CAPHRA #PublicHealth bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Restrict safer alternatives, and you risk pushing people back to cigarettes. #SmokingKills #THR bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Bad policy punishes safer nicotine. Smart policy targets criminal supply chains. #THR #NicotinePolicy bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Etomidate has no place in vape products. Go after traffickers, not adults trying to quit smoking. #HarmReduction #CAPHRA bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Do not confuse black-market poison with tobacco harm reduction. #CAPHRA #PublicHealth bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Drug-laced “zombie vapes” are a criminal issue. They are not a reason to criminalise safer nicotine products. #CAPHRA #THR bit.ly/4bxbpSQ

Good THR policy publishes a standing evidence statement.
What the evidence supports today, what is uncertain, and what new findings would trigger change. That is how you avoid policy by belief and keep public trust. #EvidenceReview #PolicyGovernance caphraorg.net/wp-content/p...

New Zealand is often cited because it combines clear obligations on suppliers and retailers with government led compliance tools. #NewZealand #Smokefree #PolicyDesign caphraorg.net/wp-content/p...

If a product is demonstrably less harmful than smoking, regulation should reflect that. At the same time, make it hard for minors to access and easy for regulators to act caphraorg.net/wp-content/p...

Evidence syntheses indicate nicotine e cigarettes can improve cessation outcomes compared with nicotine replacement therapy for adults who smoke. Policy should reward quitting and switching, not marketing and hype. #QuitSmoking #PublicHealthPolicy #RiskReduction caphraorg.net/wp-content/p...

A resilient THR framework runs two tracks at once. Pick only one track and you get backlash, loopholes, and policy collapse. #YouthProtection #Regulation #HealthSystems
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Harm reduction is risk management. It is about moving people away from combustion and high risk oral tobacco. The goal is less harm, fewer funerals, fewer chronic diseases. Nicotine use is not the outcome. Smoking decline is the outcome. #HarmReduction #HealthPolicy caphraorg.net/wp-content/p...

Tobacco harm reduction policy has one job: cut deaths and disease from combustible tobacco. That means accelerating adult quitting and switching, while preventing youth uptake and containing unintended consequences. #TobaccoHarmReduction caphraorg.net/wp-content/p...

Can global tobacco policy succeed if it ignores real-world success?
1.3 billion smokers need:
Effective alternatives
Accurate risk information
Access to regulated products
The future of tobacco control is harm reduction — not denial.
#FCTC #FutureOfPublicHealth
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You ignore:
Independent science
Clinical evidence
Consumer outcomes
National success stories
Good policy tests evidence.
It doesn’t silence it.
#EvidenceMatters #HealthGovernance
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Which works better: prohibition or practical regulation?
Countries embracing regulated THR (e.g. NZ, Philippines):
Faster smoking declines
Higher switching rates
Smokers don’t respond to bans. They respond to better options.
#Regulation #THRPolicy
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Are vapes attracting non-smokers? The UK data says otherwise.
15+ million vapers
73% are ex-smokers
Most users switched to reduce harm — not start nicotine.
Public perception should reflect real users.
#UK #VapingFacts #QuitSmoking
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Which country has the lowest smoking-related disease in Europe? Sweden.
Why?
Long-term use of oral nicotine alternatives
World-leading low lung cancer rates
Sweden proves a simple principle:
When smokers switch, disease falls.
#Sweden #THR #HealthOutcomes
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Japan’s heat-not-burn transition:
Over 70% of continuing smokers switched by 2020
Smoking prevalence cut by 50% since 2003
No bans. No ideology. Just consumer-driven harm reduction.
#Japan #HarmReductionWorks #PublicHealthInnovation
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Demand doesn’t disappear. It shifts:
Growth in illicit markets
Continued smoking
Lost opportunities to quit
Prohibition protects black markets.
Regulation protects public health.
#HarmReduction #IllicitTrade #HealthPolicy
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Real-world success should inform global policy.
#Smokefree #NewZealand #THRSuccess
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Countries integrating harm reduction are accelerating progress. If a strategy stalls, it’s time to evolve — not double down.
#FCTC #GlobalHealth #THR
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Does tobacco harm reduction work? Yes — the data is clear.
Real-world outcomes matter. When smokers are given effective alternatives, more of them quit.
Policy should follow evidence — not ideology.
#TobaccoHarmReduction #PublicHealth #EvidenceBasedPolicy
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“Punitive taxes push Australians towards criminals, not quitting.” — Nancy Loucas
The effective strategy:
• Educate adults on harm reduction
• Regulate vapes affordably
• Support switching from smoking
Education works. Prohibition fails.
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CAPHRA’s submission to the Senate warns:
Prohibition fuels illicit trade. Regulation shrinks it.
When legal alternatives are accessible and affordable, black markets lose customers.
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Countries that allow regulated, affordable vaping see faster smoking declines.
New Zealand is the clear example: supportive regulation + public education = rapid adult smoking reduction.
Evidence beats prohibition.
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO26...

Why prescription-only policies backfire
When safer nicotine products are hard to access, people don’t quit — they go illicit.
Prescription-only vape rules are now driving black-market supply, not reducing use.
Access policy shapes behaviour.
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO26...