Geneva, Nov 17, 2025 (AFP) - WHO chief urges clampdown on nicotine products aimed at kids

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2025-11-17

Sleek-looking disposable e-cigarettes and candy-flavoured nicotine pouches are among a range of new products targeting young people and fuelling a new wave of tobacco and nicotine addiction, the WHO warned Monday. Speaking at the opening of a global conference on tobacco control, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus decried that surging numbers of children were being drawn to the new products. "Schools are the new frontline......

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