Geneva, Switzerland – The International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO) wishes to announce that, effective from March 14, 2023, it is no longer funded by the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW). This important loss of funding does not hamper our abilities to continue to support our members and fulfil our mission as an organisation. […]
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For immediate release 23 February, 2023 INNCO views with concern what happened in Spain with the THR Summit Spain 2023, where apparently pressure from the Spanish Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation tried to prevent a much-needed debate on the role of Harm Reduction tools in a nation where the prevalence of people […]
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The Governing Board of INNCO wishes to notify its members and the general public of the departure of INNCO’s former Executive Director, Mr Charles A. Gardner PhD. Charles joined INNCO in April 2021, and was responsible for leading the activities of INNCO’s secretariat to support its members and drive the global movement for tobacco harm […]
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Press Release – For immediate release Geneva, Switzerland, 28 January 2023 – Following an internal review, INNCO’s Governing Board has decided to retract the open letter from Mr. Charles Gardner to Mr. Michael Bloomberg published on 24 January, with immediate effect. Whilst well-meaning, and expressing the deep frustration felt by many consumers and advocates about the fierce […]
Geneva, Switzerland, 3 January 2023 – For many years, nicotine has been demonised by tobacco control “experts” as a gateway to teen smoking, and as a “brain toxin.” Yet, 15 past-Presidents of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT), the world’s top professional society in the field of tobacco control, recently published a paper rejecting these claims. Not one mainstream media platform carried their expert opinion as news. Their paper, published in the American Journal of Public Health, specifically encouraged the media, legislators, and the general public to re-evaluate negative attitudes toward nicotine vaping. Clearly, the mainstream media itself is biassed. It refuses to cover a profound shift underway in expert opinion about safer nicotine alternatives. […]
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In 20 years of safe use, “popcorn lung” has never been reported in any of the world’s 82 million adult nicotine vapers Geneva, Switzerland, 17 November 2022 – For many years, nicotine has been demonised by tobacco control “experts” to discourage smoking. While ending smoking should be EVERYONE’s collective goal, violating Truth-Telling to achieve that […]
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A tobacco company that makes cigarettes just bought the first and only tobacco company on Earth that had stopped making deadly cigarettes […]
Geneva, Switzerland, 17 August 2022 – A recent paper by researchers at the University of Bath, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), found that “almost three-quarters” of 23 people in the tobacco control field say they feel harassed by ex-smokers who have become harm reduction advocates. Bath researchers found, “The most frequently reported forms […]
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 August 2022 – INNCO congratulates the government of The Philippines for siding with public health evidence and taking a huge leap towards preserving the health of millions. Despite interference from anti-harm reduction activists, the Philippines has embraced harm reduction to help smokers quit, reducing health risks for people who use toxic forms […]