WHO and FCTC ignore the scientific consensus
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The WHO’s bizarre war on e-cigarettes Christopher Snowdon -
Guess WHO? Vaping, harm reduction & the World Health Organisation ashtray -
WHO fails at science and fails at propaganda - the sad case of WHO’s anti-vaping Q&A Clive Bates -
UK MPs call on the government to defund the World Health Organisation VapingPost
Interference from private interests
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Bloomberg’s millions funded an effective campaign against vaping. Could it do more harm than good? Marc Gunther -
Groups reveal report on Bloomberg’s meddling in Philippines Manila Bulletin -
Bloomberg-funded WHO report doubles down against vaping vaping360 -
Bloomberg anti-nicotine lobby among US backers of Duterte’s drug war FilterMag
What motivated the opposition to smoking cessation?
It's simple. E-cigarettes have outdone classic tobacco control measures. And organizations depending on tobacco side hustles naturally got nervous about the accelerated smoking decline. Hence resorted to relentless deflections and obstruction. As if unregulated marketing and middle class US teen fads were more important than 8 million deaths per year.
It's not just BigTobacco and pharmaceuticals benefitting from the consequences of smoking, but corporate tobacco control groups in particular. CTFK and TI are prime examples, being funded from tobacco fees themselves. Their agenda doesn't match up to their public proclamations. But pretense and past lies (EVALI) seem to suffice for FCTC submissions. (Obligatory reminder: from the same US that couldn't even be bothered to ratify the treaty.)
Science & reality
Vaping is a gateway out of smoking; not very surprising, since that was kinda their raison d'être…
As if 68 million quitters weren't proof enough, there's ample studies on quitting efficacy…
The child-friendly logic behind "child-friendly" flavours might be more basic than you'd think…
Wakefield-style reports notwithstanding, e-cigarettes are still excessively less harmful than smoking. Contrary claims are only useful to judge auxiliary arguments on…
