With fewer people smoking cigarettes globally , the tobacco industry is using their well-honed tactics to increase sales of electronic devices like vapes and heated tobacco products HTP .
Its something the World Health Organisations WHO Global Tobacco Epidemic report , which was released at this weeks World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin, is trying to tackle. The report explains how warnings on packaging and anti-tobacco campaigns can fight against the tobacco industry influence machine including their new products.
South Africas Tobacco Bill, intended to better regulate tobacco products, including newer ones such as vapes and heated products , is finally in front of Parliaments health committee hearing oral submissions from stakeholders .
We talked to Lekan Ayo-Yusuf, a member of the WHOs study group on tobacco product regulation , about the report and what were up against.
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Smoking a cigarette on a plane was normal until tobacco control laws put a stop to it.
The new normal: taking a puff on any of the latest electronic devices in a shopping centre where smoking isnt allowed.
Big Tobacco is good at adapting. With fewer people smoking cigarettes globally , the industry has pivoted the playbook toward electronic devices like vapes and heated tobacco products HTP .
The World Health Organisations WHO Global Tobacco Epidemic report , which was released at this weeks World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin , shows how graphic warnings on packaging and anti-tobacco campaigns can fight against the tobacco industry influence machine, including these new product lines.