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TO ACCESS THE PDF VERSION CLICK HERE -> On April 30, 2021, Tobacco Control published a paper titled “Paying lip service to publication ethics: scientific publishing practices and the Foundation for Smoke-Free World.” Penned by representatives of the Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) at the University of Bath, the piece condemns the Foundation and its grantees, […]
To access the PDF version, click here.TO ACCESS THE PDF VERSION CLICK HERE ->FRENCH TRANSLATION CLICK HERE -> On April 14, 2021, Le Monde published “Philip Morris’s Secret War on WHO and Tobacco Control Experts.” Therein, author Stèphane Horel makes several false and misleading statements about the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW). Specifically, Horel attempts to cast doubt on the […]
To access the PDF version, click here.Re: Qeios Article: The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World – After Two Years: Can It Be Trusted? The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW) welcomes Professor Jean-Francois Etter’s article and commends his high degree of professionalism. We strongly agree with his assessment of the harassment of scientists who work with the Foundation. Across the sciences, this […]
To access the PDF version, click here.Recently, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK) published a misguided attack on the integrity of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW). FSFW wholly rejects its claims—claims that trivialize the needs of millions of smokers and seek to undermine FSFW’s mission to end smoking in this generation. CTFK’s recent assault flies in the face of […]
To access the PDF version, click here.Tess Legg and colleagues (1) make unsubstantiated claims about the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World’s progress and independence. They cite disclosures made in our 2018 tax return (2) to suggest we are “struggling” (1). However, the authors’ assessment disregards the substantial progress outlined in our Annual Report (3) which was released simultaneously with the tax […]
To access the PDF version, click here.We welcome Hoffman (1) et al’s evaluation of the impact of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on tobacco consumption. We agree with their overall conclusions and highlight a few issues that the authors did not fully address. First, they did not stress the long term value of international treaties; second, they failed to […]
To access the PDF version, click here.Mathers et al. addressed a critical emerging issue: the importance of harm reduction products as smoking cessation tools. The implications could affect more than a billion smokers. Here I address four issues covered by the authors: (1) the potential of harm reduction to substantially reduce the burden of disease, (2) the importance of China, (3) […]
To access the PDF version, click here.“The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World agrees with the WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) that more needs to be done to combat the harm caused by combustible tobacco. WHO’s 2018 Report on global progress of the implementation of the FCTC indicates both a lack of human and financial resources, as well as limited access to […]
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