Regarding efforts against smoking, Pakistan has embraced several WHO-recommended measures. Large health warnings on items, a ban on national television,…
ahra_admin2 February 2024
"Stoptober" is a public health campaign that encourages people to quit smoking for the entire month of October. The campaign…
ahra_admin2 October 2023
"Popcorn lung" also known as bronchiolitis obliterans, is a serious and irreversible lung disease that can result from exposure to…
ahra_admin21 September 2023
The landscape of tobacco consumption and harm reduction has been evolving rapidly in recent years, and South Africa is no…
ahra_admin6 September 2023
Youth Day is a significant commemorative event in South Africa annually on 16 June. It honours the country's youth's bravery and…
ahra_admin23 June 2023
Yearly, almost 400,000 people are diagnosed with oral cancer worldwide. It has been established that the use of smokeless tobacco…
ahra_admin1 February 2023
Author: Joseph Magero, of Campaign for Safer Alternatives The tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the…
ahra_admin25 January 2023
Although the global smoking prevalence has fallen, smoking rates in Africa remain disturbingly high (and has actually increased in 10…
ahra_admin19 January 2023
Major new research that shows vaping is far less risky than smoking proves Africa is falling dangerously behind world leaders…
ahra_admin5 October 2022
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—including cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, and cancer—account for about 60% of global deaths, mostly in low and…
ahra_admin29 September 2022
AHRA sat down with Asanda Gcoyi, CEO of the Vapour Product Association of South Africa (VPASA) to talk about the…
ahra_admin27 September 2022
South Africa’s guidelines and regulations for vaping production are currently nonexistent. Recently, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) said…
ahra_admin22 June 2022
Fantastic and balanced discussion from Maya Hayakawa on BBC News of how smoking rates in Africa are rising in defiance of global decreasing trends.…
ahra_user27 May 2022
Kenya's Finance Bill 2022 proposes more than doubling the excise duty on alternative nicotine products Kenya’s Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Ukur…
ahra_user27 May 2022
Egypt’s progressive step towards harm reduction policies sets a compassionate example for the whole African continent. Egypt has a population…
ahra_user28 April 2022
The road to a healthier future for our people and our planet must be paved by three elements: compassion, collaboration,…
ahra_user8 April 2022
The South African Treasury's tax on ENDS at 25% less than combustible tobacco over the past two years gives a…
ahra_user29 March 2022
A Call For Product Safety Standards, Says Tobacco Harm Reduction Experts A group of world-renowned tobacco harm reduction experts spoke…
ahra_admin23 February 2022
ENDS should be clearly separated from cigarettes, as they are not tobacco products. No tax, or at the most clearly…
ahra_user10 February 2022
Public health implications of vaping in USA: Prof Levy’s SAVM model predicts 38.9 million life-years saved, and 1.8 million deaths…
ahra_admin26 November 2021
Prof Levy’s SAVM model predicts 4.7 million life-years saved, and 300,000 deaths avoided by 2060 In Germany’s population of 84…
ahra_admin21 November 2021