THR Experts Urge WHO to Change Its Position On Vapes – Vaping Post

GENEVA One hundred experts in nicotine science, policy, public health, and medical practice have asked the 182 member-states to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control under the World Health Organization to reconsider its position on vaping devices and tobacco harm reduction strategies that include risk-reduced products like snus, tobacco-free nicotine pouches, and others.

Tobacco Reporter reports that the letter pushes back against the World Health Organizations approach to the misguided and unscientific drive for prohibition or excessive regulation and taxation of vaping products, heated and smokeless tobacco products, and novel oral nicotine products, such as pouches.

Clive Bates, a renowned tobacco harm reduction advocate, published the letter to his personal blog, The Counterfactual.

We believe that it is time for global tobacco policy to draw on the full potential of tobacco harm reduction, the letter states.

We hope the public health science, policy, and practitioner communities will converge on a common purpose to meet the [sustainable development goals] and to reduce the global burden of tobacco-related disease and premature mortality as quickly and deeply as possible, the experts further argue in the letter.

Heres the entire list of experts that signed the letter:

Manuel Linares Abad, PhDDavid B. Abrams, PhDKarolien Adriaens, PhDJasjit S Ahluwalia, MD, MPH, MSSanjay Agrawal, MD, MBChBPhilippe Arvers, MD, PhDFrank Baeyens, PhDScott D. Ballin, JDJos M Garca Basterrechea, MDClive Bates, MA, MScRobert Beaglehole, MD, DSc, FRSNZPavel Bm MDRuth Bonita MPH PhD MD (hon)Ron Borland, PhDJohn Britton, MDFernando Fernndez Bueno, MDSuzamme Colby, PhDSharon Cox, PhDKenneth Michael Cummings, PhDAndrew DaRozaLynne Dawkins, PhDClifford E. Douglas, JDHugo Caballero Durn, MDAllan C. EricksonCarmen Escrig, PhDJean-Franois Etter, PhDPatrick Fafard, PhDKonstantinos Farsalinos, MD, MPHJonathan Foulds, PhDAbigail S. Friedman, PhDThomas J. Glynn, PhDEliana GolbersteinErnest GromanMiguel de la Guardia PhDPeter Hajek, PhDWayne Hall, PhDDeborah Hart LLBCheryl Healton, MPA, DrPHChristian Heinrich Henonin MDNatasha A. HerreraMaria del Mar Sangesa Jareo, MDMartin J Jarvis, DSc OBEMartin Juneau , MPs, MD, FRCPCAparajeet Kar, MDImane KendiliMilton KlunDr. Tan Kok Kuan, MDLynn T. Kozlowski, PhDEva Krlkov, MDGeorge Laking, MD, PhDJacques Le Houezec, PhDKarl E Lund, PhDClifford Garfield Mahood, O.C.Bernhard-Michael Mayer, PhDOlivia Maynard, PhDGarrett McGovern, MDKiran Melkote, MBBS, MSColin Mendelsohn, MB BSRobin Mermelstein, PhDFaares Mili, MDTom MillerMarcus Munaf, PhDJos David Garca Muiz, MD, PhDEthan Nadelmann, PhD, JDRaymond Niaura, PhDCaitlin Notley, PhDDavid Nutt, DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci, DLawsTikki Elka Pang, PhDYoung-bum Park, PhDCsar Paz y Mio, MD, PhDMichael Pesko, PhDHernn Prat, MD, PhDLars M. Ramstrm, PhDVaughan Rees, PhDArleen R. Reyes, DMD, ICD, ICCDESteven A. Schroeder, MDJohn R. Seffrin, PhDPeter Selby MBBS, CCFP, FCFP, MHSc, dipABAM, DFASAMRohan SequeiraLion Shahab, PhDMichael Siegel, MD, MPHAntonio Sierra, MD, PhDFrancisco Garcia Sierra, MDRon Christian G. Sison, MLS(ASCPi), MPHAndrzej Sobczak, PhDRoberto A Sussman, PhDDavid Sweanor, JDEnrique Teran, MD, PhDUmberto Tirelli MDJosep Mara Ramn Torrell, MD, PhDMark Tyndall MD ScD FRCPCAngel Gonzlez Urea, PhDFrancisco E. Urrestra. MD.Diego Verrastro MDNatalie Walker, PhDKenneth Warner, PhDJudith WattRobert West PhDAlex Wodak AM FRACP, FAChAMNaohito Yamaguchi, MD

Read more at The Counterfactual.

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