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Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction in Action – What PMI’s 2025 Value Report Signals for Low and MiddleIncome Countries

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago05 mins

As low and middle-income countries (LMICs) continue to shoulder a disproportionate burden of smoking-related disease, access to pragmatic, evidence-based harm reduction solutions is becoming an increasingly urgent public-health priority. Philip Morris International’s newly released 2025 Value Report offers an important snapshot of how tobacco harm reduction—through the accelerated adoption of smokefree products (SFPs)—is beginning to…

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Africa: Planting Trees to Remove Carbon Can Harm the Environment – or Protect It – Study Highlights Trade-Offs

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago011 mins

Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use and land use changes every year. To achieve the targets of the Paris Agreement, which included a long-term commitment to limit global warming…

Africa: PMI-Ferrari Partnership Puts Tobacco Harm Reduction in the Formula 1 Spotlight

eriinfo.com5 months ago07 mins

Philip Morris International’s flagship nicotine pouch brand, ZYN, will feature on Scuderia Ferrari HP Formula 1 car liveries at select races across upcoming seasons. This follows the announcement of an expanded partnership between PMI and Scuderia Ferrari HP, as well as with Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli, the single-marque motorsport championship created in 1993, starting in…

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Africa: From Scepticism to Science – How Two Doctors Embraced Evidence-Based Harm Reduction

eriinfo.com5 months ago011 mins

Back in 2014, what started as a routine check-up for a patient turned into something Dr Rohan Sequeira, a medical doctor from India, still cherishes today. As an expert in Cardiology, Dr Sequeira had for years prescribed complete cessation of smoking to his patients as a way of slowing down the aggressiveness of cardiac-linked diseases. However,…

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Africa: Professor Tiki Pan – WHO Is Hindering Tobacco Harm Reduction in LLMICs

eriinfo.com5 months ago09 mins

Former World Health Organisation (WHO) Director of Research Policy and Cooperation, Professor Tiki Pan, says Low-and Lower-Middle-Income Countries are adopting the WHO position on tobacco harm reduction hook, line and sinker despite stagnant smoking rates and the high morbidity and mortality linked to tobacco in LLMICs. Professor Pan was involved with the agency during the discussions…

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Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction in Africa – Sovereignty Under Siege

eriinfo.com5 months ago011 mins

In recent years, Africa has increasingly found herself at the crossroads of global health politics. On one side stand Western philanthropists and international organisations with deep pockets and strong convictions about how tobacco control should look. On the other side stand African governments and public health advocates who argue that the continent’s unique realities demand…

Africa: Public Health – Oncologist Advocates for Harm Reduction in Africa

eriinfo.com6 months ago07 mins

For over 30 years, Dr. Harper served as a consultant medical oncologist at Guy’s Hospital in London, where he revolutionized cancer care. A trailblazer in holistic treatment, he embraced this approach long before it gained mainstream acceptance. Dr. Harper warned that without bold and proactive prevention strategies, Africa risks being overwhelmed by chronic diseases that…

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Africa: Why Excluding Scientists and Industry Voices at COP Undermines Tobacco Harm Reduction in Africa

eriinfo.com6 months ago013 mins

The Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) discourse in Africa has suffered major setbacks over the years due to persistent misinformation about nicotine, which continues to cloud public understanding. At the click of a button or tap of a smartphone screen, unverified health rumours can spread within seconds. Amid polarised policy debates and the absence of scientific…

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Africa: What Is Red-Tagging, and How Does It Harm Climate Action?

eriinfo.com9 months ago010 mins

Red-tagging – which falsely brands legitimate activists as terrorists – is used to silence land and environmental defenders online and in real life What is red-tagging? Red-tagging is a practice that connects online and real-world harms, where individuals or groups (often progressive political activists or land and environmental defenders) are labelled as communists, terrorists or…