Luciano Ruggia

Director, Swiss Association for Smoking Prevention (AT Schweiz) πάντα ῥεῖ! MOVING to Bluesky, join me there: @lucior.bsky.social

[Wanda de Kanter @Wdekanter]

Tabaksproducent Philip Morris, tegenwoordig Altria, is in het Nederlandse wietexperiment gestapt door deels eigenaar te worden van de grootste deelnemende teler Experts vrezen dat agressieve verkooptactieken van de tabaksindustrie terugkomen bij cannabis https://t.co/QdVCPnDM02

[GGTC @TheGGTC]

Tobacco use costs the global economy US$1.4 trillion annually.
No jurisdiction offsets this burden through excise revenue.
Yet at least 19 governments have entered enforcement collaborations with the tobacco industry — despite WHO FCTC Article 5.3 obligations. 📷

Read the full brief: https://t.co/CcG2UOYmi3

#GlobalTobaccoIndex2025 #GTI2025 #TobaccoIndustryInterference

[Wanda de Kanter @Wdekanter]

Licentie / vergunning voor (e) en andere #sigaretten #tabak #nicotine

Wist je dat er geen vergunning nodig is en zelfs de registratie weer is uitgesteld? Met zoveel doden en zieken is dat toch bizar?

@2eKamertweets @rookvrijegen @MinVWS

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

How many people do you think the world's main vaping conference could pull in 2025? Is this the world's least attended international conference? https://t.co/v2XFigGbBv...

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

"In Israel, 74% of the population lives in MUH, with 39% to 45% of the population reporting tobacco smoke incursion (TSI) into their home residences."

https://t.co/u9mjtyCwSY

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

The 4th edition of the Economics for Health Cigarette Tax Scorecard, which assesses cigarette tax policies in 171 countries, is launching on Dec 15 on https://t.co/UwykASmtpR!

Register for the launch webinar on Dec 15 at 9am ET to learn more: https://t.co/4kxDNWhTdg

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

The latest #GlobalTobaccoIndex2025 findings make one thing clear: as the industry faces tighter regulation, it’s fighting harder to protect its profits. Governments must act now to stop interference and safeguard public health.

Read the report to learn how. Available in Bengali, English, Indonesia, Portuguese and Spanish. 🔗 https://t.co/7fCA6RKHtz

@TheGGTC

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

Twenty years strong — and still saving lives. There are 183 parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, uniting the world against the tobacco epidemic. At #FCTCCOP11, the focus is clear: strengthen, enforce, and protect the FCTC from industry interference. Learn more in our NEW blog. https://t.co/wwPer92pVa

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

The tobacco industry can’t escape its core problem: its products sicken, disable, and kill its customers. To keep profits flowing, it must constantly replace the people who quit or die. Our new blog breaks down five ways the industry goes after the next generation. #ExposeTobacco

🔗 https://t.co/i4pEhpud2P

[Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development @vastghana]

Cigarette filters are plastic – cellulose acetate - and 4.5 trillion enter the environment annually.

Cigarette filters do not biodegrade and they leach toxic chemicals into our soil & water.
We need action at #INC52 for the #PlasticsTreaty!
Learn more: https://t.co/Mkv0IzBXww

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

"In the first 18 mo of the law’s implementation, California’s flavored tobacco ban led to 37% decrease in average quarterly nicotine milligrams sold per capita for e-cigarettes, while per capita cigarette packs sold declined by 10.6% in CA retail outlets."
https://t.co/uTmhbTm4QR

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

#INC52 continues late into the night.

ASH and the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance remain here, advocating for a strong treaty to prevent #plasticpollution and ban cigarette filters.

#BreakFreeFromPlastics #PlasticsTreaty

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

Today at #PlasticsTreaty #INC52, ASH stands with high ambition countries that refused to accept the fatally weak text offered by countries that benefit from plastic production.

No treaty is better than a weak treaty.

https://t.co/eZJxae8HWt

#BreakFreeFromPlastic

[Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social @TahirTturk]

"This is the first time we've seen an increase in teen smoking since the early-to-mid-1990s." Australia was the first to pick-up the link between teen vaping and increased smoking and now it's being recorded in the UK. Industry solutions are just bad policy making. @CochraneTAG

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

2/2 Vested interests also are risking progress at the High Level Meeting on #NCDs next month, with reports the draft political declaration has been watered down due to industry influence.
https://t.co/HVgndsNooA

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

As discussions to agree a strong plastics treaty end without progress, it's yet another unhappy reminder that when vested interests are in the room, people, public health and our planet pay the price. #INC52
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[ASH Scotland @ASHScotland]

Watch our latest Global Perspectives interview with Luciano Ruggia, Director of the Swiss Association for Tobacco Control.

Watch the video to hear Luciano speak about the tobacco industry in Switzerland causing an "epidemic of nicotine, not just tobacco"- https://t.co/WyslBdjUma

[ASH Scotland @ASHScotland]

ASH Scotland was delighted to provide research and policy insights as part of a new Disclosure documentary 'Nicotine Pouches: What's the Problem?'
Watch the full documentary to learn more about the risks associated with young people using nicotine pouches: https://t.co/UpKW4FVbiU

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

As global leaders meet in Geneva for #INC5.2 to tackle plastic pollution, they must not overlook one of the most littered plastic items on Earth: cigarette butts. Made of plastic filters, over 4.5 trillion are discarded yearly—harming health, fueling pollution & the climate crisis. #CigarettesArePlastics