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Misinformation and restrictive policies such as bans and higher taxes on smoke-free products are preventing many low and middle-income countries (LMICs) from cutting down the smoking problem, public health and consumer advocates said in the recently-concluded Global Forum on Nicotine 2022.
International public health experts encouraged physicians and other health care professionals to look at science and facts on nicotine to overcome the massive misinformation against innovative cigarette alternatives like vapes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) that are less harmful than cigarettes.
As the debate rages worldwide over whether tobacco alternatives are truly committed to harm reduction, industry leaders are calling on the World Health Organisation (WHO) and government to reconsider regulations and tax on these products.
University of the Free State senior lecturer Dr Phindile Shangase believes that if you want people to stop smoking, you need to present them with alternatives because the quit-or-die approach is not working.