INNCO Submits Comments to World Health Organization Executive Board re Report of the Tenth Meeting of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation
The World Health Organization's Executive Board is considering a number of items at its January meeting, one of which is Provisional Agenda item 22 EB148/47 regarding the Report of the Tenth Meeting of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation. Only the...
read moreReflections by the President of INNCO about 2020 and What 2021 Will Bring
Dear members, With 2020 behind us, we reflect on the past year’s events and look forward to what is ahead in 2021. The pandemic created hardship, sorrows and disruptions, alongside the seemingly unending battles to secure and safeguard our access to safer nicotine...
read moreTobacco Harm Reduction Organisation INNCO Urges Australia’s Senate to Enact Sensible Regulations on Low-Risk Nicotine Alternatives
Canberra, Australia, December 9, 2020 – The International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO), a global association advocating for sensible tobacco harm reduction policies, is urging Australia’s Senate to adopt a pragmatic approach toward low-risk...
read moreINNCO expresses concern over impact of foreign group’s donation on local FDA
An umbrella group of more than 35 national consumer organizations expressed concern over the growing influence of foreign grants on health regulators that may adversely affect the campaign to reduce the harm caused by combustible cigarettes in low- and middle-income...
read moreINNCO Rejects Twitter Analysis by University of Bath Researchers Falsely Linking Harm Reduction Efforts to Tobacco Industry
Geneva, Switzerland, November 17, 2020 – The International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO) today announced it has submitted comments to a recent research paper, titled, “Exploring the Twitter activity around the eighth meeting of the Conference of...
read moreINNCO Launches CEO Search
INTERNATIONAL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) The International Network of Nicotine Consumer Organisations (INNCO) was formed in 2017 to represent consumers of low-risk, alternative nicotine products. INNCO brings together the voices of more than 30 grassroots consumer...
read moreEstonian Parliament Embraces Tobacco Harm Reduction but…
At a session in the Parliament of Estonia (Riigikogu) on the 13th February, members gave overwhelming support to major reforms of current Estonian tobacco legislation. Proposed amendments included limiting e-cigarette restrictions (July 2019 flavour ban, e-liquid...
read morePRESS RELEASE: Of Smoke and Mirrors – COP 8 in Geneva
INNCO converged on Geneva to attend the COP8 this week. Our application for observer status was in limbo as we had not been advised of the decision hence we applied for entry via public gallery. Despite the process for public access being changed the previous night at...
read morePublic letter to WHO
WHO should reject prohibition and acknowledge ‘tobacco harm reduction’ and risk-proportionate regulation of tobacco and nicotine products that do not involve combustion as part of an effective harm reduction strategy, which is required and defined by Article 1(d) of...
read morePRESS RELEASE: New Beginnings and Future Focus
The Governing Board and General Secretariat of INNCO, as announced in our earlier Newsletter, has further developed its administrative structure to meet the challenges and opportunities that the future is sure to present. INNCO has been in search of new talents and...
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