The Smokeless Word returns for season 2 as Kingsley sits down with global health expert and former WHO Executive Director, .Ìý
As one of the architects behind the modern global approach to tobacco control, Derek offers rare insight into the origins of the FCTC, sharing untold stories from its early negotiations, and explains why some of its most important clauses, including harm reduction, were never activated.ÌýÌý
Their conversation spans the failure of policymaking over the past decade, the nature of the messenger in communications and the WHO’s evolving role. Derek offers a frank assessment of where global tobacco control has faltered and where he sees hope for rapid change.Ìý
Join Kingsley and Derek for an episode rich in history, insight, and forward-looking perspective.Ìý
The Smokeless Word is available on major streaming platforms and can be listened to Ìýor alternatively viewed on .
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