CAPHRA Warns WHO’s Anti-Harm Reduction Shift Disproportionately Hurts India: A Crisis of Sovereignty, Livelihoods, and Public Health Equity
India, 2025: The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) has issued a strong warning that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recent policy shift against tobacco harm reduction not only contradicts decades of evidence but disproportionately harms countries like India—where the consequences are far more complex and far-reaching than in high-income settings. India,…