Joel

Team-leader @ThrUganda🇺🇬 || 📚KAC THRSP Scholar 2020/21-22 || Enhanced Scholar 2023-24 || Interests: Public Policy 🏛️& Nicotine Consumer Insights📊

[Joel @joelsawa]

Quit4life has such an interesting program in Uganda & Zambia scalable in LMICs yet missed out an opportunity to explore the benefits of SNPs in rural and peri-urban Uganda and Zambia.
https://t.co/zM9p6ClL4d

@GlobalStateTHR @GoingSmokefree @Tobaccoharmred1 @THRMalawi @THRNigeria

[Joseph Magero @Josephmagero]

This World No Tobacco Day, Kenya should pursue policies grounded in real-world outcomes. #WNTD #WorldNoTobaccoDay #WVD #WorldVapeDay #UnmaskTheAppeal #UnmaskTheAppealKe #WNTD2026 https://t.co/RxZBc50sIn

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

"Adults who have moved away from smoking should not be treated as an afterthought."
Over-correcting with bans doesn't protect public health. It protects cigarettes from competition. #HealthPolicy #AsiaPacific #HarmReduction https://t.co/d4jZ6itQaO

[Bludn Gore (Supervisor) @Bludn_Gore]

@X @Support, you have wrongfully suspended the account @Algore09algor
My husband is a genuine, authentic user who engages respectfully and thoughtfully on matters of public interest. This suspension appears to be an error and I respectfully ask that his account be reviewed.

[Martin C @NannyFreeState]

“Forget the organised crime gangs, Jean-Pierre. We’ve had reports of a British man in possession of a tin of Ice Cool Mint 12mg near Calais.” Via @DailyPouchNews, for many in the UK it's amusing to laugh at France for its ridiculous pouch stupidity. 🇫🇷🤡 https://t.co/5Ap9CFqUMB

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

Approved cessation tools have not been sufficient for this population. CAPHRA is asking the WHO FCTC to build regulatory space for graduated, consumer-centred risk reduction pathways that serve these communities rather than abandon them.
#WorldNoTobaccoDay2026, #ProtectPublicHealth, #HarmReductionSavesLives https://t.co/e0OdaEXI7D

[Phil @phil_w888]

@Telegraph Maybe those doctors (and you) should get over yourselves and embrace reality?

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

1/3
Anyone who wants to be across the debate on flavoured vapes (a distracting debate created and sustained by tobacco control fanatics) cannot do better than read the @JuulLabsInc comment on flavoured vapes. US focus, but the concepts are universal

PDF: https://t.co/oZxWiieQWY

[Regulator Watch @RegWatchCanada]

Today marks 14 years since my mom passed from smoking-related illness. Her legacy fuels my belief: friends, not just science, change minds. An endgame where safer nicotine products make smoking obsolete would be the ultimate victory. #HarmReduction #PublicHealth #EndSmoking

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

Unsafe oral tobacco products like gutka and khaini continue to cause severe oral disease and cancer in parts of South Asia. #WNTD26, #CombustionKills, #THRworks https://t.co/87AX6gh3em

[Campaign for Safer Alternatives @GoingSmokefree]

Kenya’s smoking rates remain far higher than Sweden’s because Sweden adopted smarter nicotine policies, separating combustible cigarettes from less harmful nicotine alternatives. Access, affordability, and accurate risk communication helped Sweden become smoke-free. Kenya can learn from this harm reduction approach #Nicotine #Policy #THR

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

What is risk-proportionate tobacco regulation?
It means stricter controls on the deadliest products—like cigarettes and unsafe oral tobacco—while allowing regulated lower-risk alternatives for adults trying to quit. #WNTD26, #CombustionKills, #THRworks https://t.co/87AX6gh3em

[Joel @joelsawa]

Interesting development!

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

Most tobacco-related disease comes from combustible cigarettes—not all nicotine products carry the same risk. #WNTD26, #CombustionKills, #THRworks

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

Public health doesn’t depend on quit-or-nothing https://t.co/RTpd9VP5mf

[Tobaccoharmreduction.net @Tobaccoharmred1]

Misunderstanding nicotine distracts from the real issue: combustion. If we’re serious about reducing harm, the focus should be on what actually causes it.

[Campaign for Safer Alternatives @GoingSmokefree]

Nicotine is often blamed, but the science says otherwise. It’s not the cause of cancer or COPD; those harms come from the toxic chemicals produced by burning tobacco. Time to separate myth from evidence and focus on harm reduction #Nicotine

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

What should effective tobacco control look like?
Reduce barriers to quitting—not create new ones.CAPHRA urges Indian regulators to expand access to proven quit aids, not limit them.
https://t.co/f8pU0E8gqD

[Jukka Kelovuori @jkelovuori]

@PC_PublicHealth Nope.

1) Cancer Research UK:
https://t.co/EhnIWd1Ko2

2) Health Canada:
https://t.co/vPjq9wlMsL

3) UK National Health Service (NHS):
https://t.co/PAr1V33EvM
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[Prof Marewa Glover @MarewaGlover]

Great paper by New Zealanders Robert Beaglehole and Ruth Bonita, and from Indonesia, Tikki Pang — all ex World Health Organisation Directors.

[Clive Bates @Clive_Bates]

Rise of the pragmatists - a new Substack from me drawing on two papers. One that sets out a bold but workable strategy for global nicotine policy. The other a cautionary tale about the perils of zealous excess: the case of Australia.

https://t.co/aStdKUEZt3