Dear All, belows are this week’s headlines!
1，White Paper on WHO ‘Guidance’ Released at AHRF2022
(The white paper was presented at the recent Fifth Asia Harm Reduction Forum (AHRF 2022) and has now been released publicly.)
2，Voters Uphold Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products in California
(a decisive victory won by the Anti-tobacco activists )
Voters Uphold Ban on Flavored Tobacco Products in California
3，Thai Activists Detect ‘Teen Vaping Crisis’
(A recent health survey suggests 2.9 percent of Thais ages 10-19 vape regularly.)
4，Illegal Cigarettes Seized in Germany
(German authorities seized around 10.4 million undeclared cigarettes)
5，China’s New Vape Tax May Not Affect Prices in Other Countries
(A vape tax will help protect cigarette sales. )
China’s New Vape Tax May Not Affect Prices in Other Countries
6， EU HTP Flavor Ban to Take Effect Nov. 23
（Member states will have until July 23, 2023, to transpose the rule into national legislation.）
7，Hong Kong Mulls Age-Related Tobacco Ban
(Advisors want the city to prohibit those born in or after 2009 from ever buying tobacco.)
Editor’s Weekly Picks :
1，Study: Evidence on Heating Products is Substandard
(Consumers and health policymakers must not equate the potential benefits of e-cigarettes in helping people to quit smoking with heated tobacco products)
2，Youth Tobacco Survey Results Released
(NYTS Survey found more than 2.5 million middle and high school students currently used e-cigarettes.)
