Restore harm reduction to the FCTC.
Tax by risk. Regulate by evidence. Include all voices.
Health for all means harm reduction for all — including nicotine. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
The right to health includes the right to *reduce risk*.
Denying safer nicotine products denies that right to millions across Asia.
This is not just a policy issue, it IS a human rights issue. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
Consumers silenced. Science distorted. Lives lost. This is what prohibition of safer nicotine products looks like in Asia Pacific. Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025 #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
The UN Right to Health promises the highest attainable standard. Prohibition denies it. Let’s demand proportionate regulation at Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025 #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
Many governments in Asia profit from cigarette sales , while banning safer alternatives. Regulators and revenue collectors shouldn’t be the same people.
That’s not tobacco control, it’s policy hypocrisy. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
The WHO embraces harm reduction for everything but tobacco. This hypocrisy is killing Asia Pacific. Demand change at Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025 #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
Asia Pacific leads the world in tobacco deaths. Denying harm reduction isn’t “protection”—it’s policy failure. Hear the truth at Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025 #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
Countries like Japan & New Zealand prove harm reduction works. Yet much of Asia Pacific is trapped in bans. Let’s shift the narrative at Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025 #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
If governments in Asia legalise and regulate lower-risk nicotine products, scale cessation, and price/market combustibles out of reach, preventing hundreds of thousands to ~two million deaths every year is a realistic, evidence-consistent target. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
Prohibition doesn’t eliminate demand — it hands it to criminals.
From Australia to India, vape bans are fuelling illicit trade and gang violence.
Regulation works. Prohibition fails. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
Restore harm reduction to the FCTC.
Tax by risk. Regulate by evidence. Include all voices.
Health for all means harm reduction for all — including nicotine. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
Consumers belong at the policy table.
Excluding them breeds mistrust — and costs lives. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
The UN Right to Health promises the highest attainable standard. Prohibition denies it. Let’s demand proportionate regulation at Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025 #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
The right to health includes the right to *reduce risk*.
Denying safer nicotine products denies that right to millions across Asia.
This is not just a policy issue, it IS a human rights issue. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
Prohibition doesn’t eliminate demand — it hands it to criminals.
From Australia to India, vape bans are fuelling illicit trade and gang violence.
Regulation works. Prohibition fails. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
Asia Pacific leads the world in tobacco deaths. Denying harm reduction isn’t “protection”—it’s policy failure. Hear the truth at Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025 #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
Many governments in Asia profit from cigarette sales , while banning safer alternatives. Regulators and revenue collectors shouldn’t be the same people.
That’s not tobacco control, it’s policy hypocrisy. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
Article 1(d) of the FCTC defines *harm reduction* as part of tobacco control.
Yet WHO now tries to label it a “tobacco industry construct” to be demonised
When public-health institutions silence science and consumers, trust dies too. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
High MPOWER scores ≠ lower smoking rates.
Evidence shows pragmatic harm-reduction policies — not prohibition — drive real progress. Japan, New Zealand, and the Philippines prove it. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
WHO awards countries for banning safer products, while state-owned tobacco profits soar. Consumers pay the price. Call out this hypocrisy at Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025. #COP11FCTC, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
Where non-combustibles were allowed and regulated, smoking declined faster—e.g., Japan’s post-2015 surge in heated-tobacco use coincided with accelerated, unprecedented cigarette sales declines; multiple studies document this association. #COP11FCTC #THRworks #HealthForAll
In Southwest Asia, oral products such as gutka, pan, and zarda are common — and deadly. They need risk reduced options that deliver the same satisfaction with a fraction of the harm. #FCTCOP11 #THRworks #HealthForAll
Illicit markets thrive under prohibition, but smokers die. Harm reduction saves lives. Asia’s future depends on change. Be part of the dialogue: Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025.#FCTCCOP11, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
Evidence shows that balanced, harm-reduction policies can dramatically lower disease rates. It’s time to rethink tobacco control — with compassion and evidence at the core. #FCTCOP11 #THRworks #HealthForAll
Every year, nearly millions of people in Asia die from tobacco-related diseases. Yet safer nicotine products remain banned, and no cessation services or NRTs are available in many countries. Policies that ban innovation don’t protect lives — they prolong harm. #FCTCOP11 #THRworks #HealthForAll
🚫 Prohibition = more smoking, more death.
✅ Regulation = choice, dignity, health.
Asia Pacific cannot afford the WHO’s “quit or die” approach. #GoodCop2 Asia Day – The Good Cop 2.0, Geneva, 19 Nov 2025. #FCTCCOP11, #GoodCOP2, #AsiaPacific, #THRworks bit.ly/4nLbsyd
Nicotine isn’t carcinogenic.
The danger lies in *smoke*, not the substance.
Denying access to these nicotine isn’t protection — it’s neglect. #FCTCOP11 #THRworks #HealthForAll
The WHO endorses harm reduction for HIV, drugs, and alcohol — but not for tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death. That’s not science. It’s ideology.
It’s time to apply harm reduction *consistently* — including for nicotine. #FCTCOP11 #THRworks #HealthForAll
The FCTC’s credibility depends on consistent principles. Excluding harm reduction undermines its mandate and denies millions access to safer alternatives. COP11 must act. #COP11 #THRworks #TobaccoControl bit.ly/48NeYDp
A Party-led Working Group on harm reduction could share best practices, protect youth, and reduce smoking globally. Transparency, evidence, and collaboration—not exclusion—are the path forward. #COP11 #THRworks #TobaccoControl bit.ly/48NeYDp