World Vape Day: CAPHRA
The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates Livestream is set to take place for ‘World Vape’ and ‘World No Tobacco’ days
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by Dave Cross
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#sCOPe22 will see Asia Pacific, African, European, North American and Latin American Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) consumer advocates livestream for eight hours each day from 0700 CDT / 1300 BST.
sCOPe’s return on #WVD22 and #WNTD22 follows its around-the-clock five-day livestream in November last year during COP9 - the 9th Conference of Parties for the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
Nancy Loucas, of the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA), says sCOPe22 will add to the growing international pressure on WHO to embrace safer nicotine products, not demonize them.
“The global evidence is overwhelmingly in favour of vaping, yet hundreds of millions of smokers are blocked from accessing harm reduced alternatives. sCOPe22 will reveal what exactly is going on here,” says Ms Loucas.
In the Asia Pacific region alone, The Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand are set to join nearly 70 countries worldwide which have ignored WHO’s anti-vaping campaign and have instead regulated safer nicotine products. Each country has since reported dramatic declines in their overall smoking rates.
“We are the evidence! Not only is vaping an incredibly effective smoking cessation tool, but it’s deemed 95% less harmful than combustible tobacco. It’s utter madness for WHO to keep directing huge public health resource into bullying countries to ban these life-saving products. sCOPe22 will explore the motivation and money behind WHO’s actions,” says Ms Loucas.
- On WVD22 on 30 May, sCOPe22 will broadcast via https://bit.ly/3GlEvn9
- On WNTD22 on 31 May, sCOPe22 will broadcast via https://bit.ly/3wMKyg1
THR organizations set to feature include European Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (ETHRA), Campaign for Safer Alternatives in Africa (CASA), Vaping Saved My Life South Africa (VSML) Association of Vapers India (AVI), the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA).
The Americas are also well represented with Latin American-based ARDT Iberoamerica, Rights For Vapers Canada (R4V), the Tobacco Harm Reduction Association of Canada (THRA), and United States-based Consumer Advocates for Smoke-free Alternatives Association (CASAA).
“sCOPe22 is a global collaboration and our simple message is THR works. We’re encouraging people from around the world to watch, listen and learn, as well as join the conversation. We have some wonderful advocates and experts lined up.
“COP10 will take place in 2023 with harm reduced products set to be a key discussion for delegates. Our work now is critical to achieving success next year. In fact, this year’s World Vape Day and World No Tobacco Day have never been more important,” says Nancy Loucas.
A global collaboration of THR consumer groups, sCOPe, has launched a comprehensive library of online panel discussions and presentations. To access sCOPe’s online library, visit https://bit.ly/3PG9lel
Nancy Loucas has added: “We have set it up to stream on different YouTube and Facebook Groups, just in case we run into the same issue as last time where we got booted off air because of a complaint. The links are as below:”
30 May is #WorldVapeDay/#WVD22 YouTube links:
Facebook links (you need to be a member of group to view):
- https://www.facebook.com/101965222317874/posts/158984529949276/
- https://www.facebook.com/333675922216694/posts/333675902216696
- https://www.facebook.com/195149576126467/posts/319650417009715
31 May is #WorldNoTobaccoDay/#WNTD22 YouTube Links:
Facebook links (you need to be a member of group to view):
- https://www.facebook.com/333675922216694/posts/334158198835133
- https://www.facebook.com/195149576126467/posts/320140503627373
- https://www.facebook.com/101965222317874/posts/159175423263520/
The hashtags we are using this year for social media are:
- #WorldVapeDay
- #WVD22
- #WNTD22
- #THRworks
- #CommitToLive
- #WorldNoTobaccoDay
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Photo by Filip Bunkens on Unsplash
Dave Cross
Journalist at POTVDave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous start-ups to develop content for their websites.
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