Dr. Derek Yach, President of the Foundation, has been supporting and leading smoking cessation research and policy development for more than 30 years. As an anti-smoking advocate, he has been a strong proponent of harm-reduction policies and was calling for a greater emphasis on harm reduction as early as 2005. He is also a passionate advocate of health promotion and disease prevention and was instrumental in the development of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), an international treaty that was developed and adopted in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic. It states the dangers of tobacco and presents measures to limit its use, sale, distribution, and advertisement worldwide.
Dr. Yach is an advocate of healthy lifestyles, including exercise and a nutritious diet. He recognizes that creating a smoke-free world will contribute to preventing non-communicable diseases, adding years to the lives of the global population, improving quality of life, and increasing economic production. Here you will find out more about Dr. Yach’s commitment to end smoking and his work on harm reduction for those unable to quit.
My latest interview for @WhyIsThisAPod is with @swimdaily - we talk about his role in @SmokeFreeFdn, his career in #publichealth & the importance of #tobaccocontrol. Plus he gives me, a smoker, some reasons to kick the habit. Join us won't you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8b0NfHa2A
@BusinessLiveSA The SA government also lost close to R6.5 billion of tax revenue during the ban. Now that illicit trade has expanded dramatically, the government stands to lose much more. @swimdaily and @TonyLeonSA discussed this topic at the end of the ban last year: https://twitter.com/SmokeFreeFdn/status/1305280575301922819
On the latest episode of the Global Health Perspectives podcast, @TonyLeonSA & Derek Yach (@swimdaily) discuss the tax revenue lost (close to R6.5 billion) due to the recently lifted South Africa #tobacco and #alcohol ban. Click here for the full episode: https://bit.ly/355rptJ
For a transcript of Derek Yach’s (@swimdaily) keynote from @GFNicotine 2021 #GFN21, click here: https://www.smokefreeworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Derek-Yachs-Speech-at-GFN2021-cover1.pdf
When addressing how the FCTC needs to be changed Derek Yach @swimdaily says "We must be thinking more clearly about what regulate relative to risk means." #GFN21 @GFNicotine
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