The recently launched “Effective Anti-smoking Policies Global Index,” published by the We Are Innovation network, analyzes the public policies to eradicate smoking in 59 countries, evaluating them in 10 objective categories such as the regulatory framework of Non-Combusted Nicotine Products (NCNPs), their prohibition, display, packaging, and taxation, among others.

The evidence from studies, articles, reports and meta-analyses all agree that NCNPs are 95 to 98 percent safer than tobacco consumed in the traditional way by combustion. [...]