GFN News #165 | WHY NEW ZEALAND WAS SHAMED FOR REDUCING SMOKING?

In this exclusive GFN News interview, Joanna Junak speaks with Nancy Loucas, CAPHRA Executive Coordinator, about the fallout from COP11 in Geneva and the controversial Dirty Ashtray Award given to New Zealand. Despite achieving significant reductions in smoking through regulated vaping and progressive harm reduction policies, New Zealand was criticized by the WHO FCTC Secretariat and its supporting NGOs. Nancy explains why this award reflects a shift away from evidence-based public health priorities and highlights the growing tension between harm reduction strategies and prohibitionist tobacco policies.