In Australia, the governments of both NSW and Western Australia are harassing vendors and reinterpreting laws to suit their anti vape agenda.  In Aotearoa New Zealand, the process has begun to amend the SmokeFree Environments Act, for Tobacco Products Only, however the detractors of THR are using it as an opportunity to push for changes to the Vape regulations, with the usual disinformation.   Lastly, in the Philippines, the Vape Regulations were never vetoed, so now we wait for 15 days after publication in the government gazette for it to become law. Airdate:  3 August 2022

Has the US FDA lost the plot?  Have they finally decided to follow the science, or is it fear of a court case?  We survey the recent drama in America with Juul.   In Australia, more delusional reporting on the harms of vaping, more lies and more moral outrage, but what about the truth?   Its not all doom and gloom, this time Europe has a glimmer of hope.  Sweden pushed back on the proposed flavour ban for e liquid and the Czech Republic is going ahead with Tobacco Harm Reduction as part of their health programme and bringing light into an otherwise dark atmosphere. Premiere Date:  15 July 2022

Positive news from Malaysia where legalisation of vaping comes into effect on 3 August 2022.   In Brasil, possible movements towards legalisation and regulation of Safer Nicotine Products and in the US more businesses under threat because of the new FDA oversight on Synthetic Nicotine.  #THRworks #sCOPe22 #WorldVapeDay #WorldNoTobaccoDay

Philanthropic Colonialism in Vietnam. Health Canada’s mission to decimate vaping, after years of being supportive of THR, and in Africa, news of a very high excise being implemented on both nicotine and non nicotine e liquids as part of a wider “sin tax” proposal in South Africa.   Good news out of Malaysia.

In this episode we provide an overview of the World Health Organisations “Report on the  Global Tobacco Epidemic 2021”, we speak with Dr. Colin Mendelsohn about the looming restrictions to come into effect in Australia on the 1st October and provide updates on what is happening in Malaysia, Mexico and New Zealand #THRworks, #Commit2Live, #SmokingKills

Most of Asia Pacific is turning the corner towards including tobacco harm reduction in public health policy - except for Australia, the last holdout of Quit or Die. We speak with Dr. Robert Beaglehole about New Zealand's Smokefree 2025 Action plan and also give an update on what is going on in China. #THRworks  #SmokingKills #Commit2Live

In this episode, surprising news out of the Asia Pacific region, we talk to Asa Saligupta from Thailand and then we review what is going on in Europe. #THRworks  #SmokingKills #Commit2Live

Episode 7 of the Advocates Voice dives into the lies and bully tactics of the anti THR community who have attacked consumer advocates and researchers with false accusations and bullying behaviour. #THRworks  #SmokingKills #Commit2Live

Konstantinos Farsalinos, MD, Asa Saligupta ECST,  Jena Fetalino JFPR, Mirza Abeer ASAP. Discussing the corruption of information in scientific journals, bullying of researchers and advocates and what consumers and governments can and should do about obtaining the *facts* around Tobacco Harm Reduction

The live panel discussion on the WHO TobReg report.   Consumers discussing the impacts and the strategy to counter the misrepresentations and lies as it related to policy around safter nicotine products.