CAPHRA

As Australia closes its last legal pathway to nicotine pouches this week, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) says the region's own evidence is still largely absent from the rooms where such decisions get made.

Australia has closed the last legal pathway to nicotine pouches, leaving adult smokers with no lawful smoke-free alternative while cigarettes remain on sale nationwide, the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) said today.

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has released a new policy brief distinguishing citizen advocacy from lobbying, warning that mislabeling engaged citizens as "lobbyists" threatens legitimate democratic participation..

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) says Australia's celebration of falling smoking rates ignores a troubling reality: nicotine use is increasingly shifting into a vast illicit market, with federal policy pushing...

Coalition says donor-driven frameworks that sideline harm reduction fuel illegal markets and prolong combustible tobacco use

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has released a formal statement expressing deep concern over serious allegations of financial and governance irregularities within the Philippine Department of Health (DOH).

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to authorize reduced-risk claims for specific nicotine pouch products should prompt a policy rethink across Asia Pacific.

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) says governments are still making avoidable health policy mistakes because they treat lived experience as optional.

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) says a recent Philippine commentary on vaping and heated tobacco misframes the science by focusing on whether smoke-free nicotine products are harmless instead of whether they are...

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) says fresh allegations involving senior Philippine health officials should trigger urgent scrutiny of how foreign-funded and internationally aligned interests influence domestic...