{"id":604,"date":"2021-11-29T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccwva.wpengine.com\/?p=604"},"modified":"2022-02-05T14:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T19:33:36","slug":"wva-members-address-the-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/nl_be\/wva-members-address-the-who\/","title":{"rendered":"Leden van de WVA spreken de WHO toe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Leden van de World Vapers&#039; Alliance (WVA) hebben een gezamenlijke brief geschreven aan de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) waarin ze de organisatie oproepen &quot;de realiteit onder ogen te zien&quot; en erop wijzen dat producten voor het verminderen van de schadelijke gevolgen van tabaksgebruik levens redden. De 31 consumentenorganisaties, die miljoenen vapers wereldwijd vertegenwoordigen, bundelen hun krachten om te eisen dat de WHO een einde maakt aan haar oorlog tegen vapen en andere alternatieven voor roken.<\/em>De groepen dringen erop aan dat de WHO zich moet richten op het nakomen van haar belofte om de schadelijke gevolgen van roken te verminderen.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Landl, directeur van de World Vapers&#039; Alliance, een van de organisaties achter de oproep, zei: &quot;De WHO heeft de kans om roken voorgoed uit te roeien, maar in plaats daarvan richten ze hun pijlen op vapen en andere hulpmiddelen die de schadelijke gevolgen van tabak kunnen verminderen. De WHO negeert stelselmatig de overvloed aan wetenschappelijk bewijs dat wijst op de voordelen van deze producten en de ervaringen van miljoenen mensen die definitief zijn gestopt met roken. Het beperken of verbieden van de toegang tot vapen, nicotinezakjes, snus en andere producten zal alleen maar levens kosten. Miljoenen levens zouden gered kunnen worden als de WHO het roken echt serieus zou nemen.&quot;\u2019<\/p>\n<p>2021 is een cruciaal jaar voor het volksgezondheidsbeleid wereldwijd. De wereldwijde Conferentie van Partijen (COP 9) vindt in november plaats. Deze conferentie zal de richting bepalen voor het anti-rook- en anti-vapingbeleid wereldwijd.<\/p>\n<p>De WVA stelt dat een van de grootste problemen met betrekking tot COP9 is dat het protocol van het Raamverdrag inzake tabaksbestrijding (FCTC) zijn kerndoel, namelijk het terugdringen van roken, uit het oog heeft verloren en zich in plaats daarvan lijkt te richten op het bestrijden van de toegang tot minder schadelijke alternatieven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&quot;Er zouden wereldwijd 200 miljoen levens gered kunnen worden, maar zoals het er nu voor staat, lijkt COP9 weer een antiwetenschappelijke en anticonsumentenfarce van de WHO te worden. Het is tijd om de toezegging van het FCTC inzake tabaksschadebeperking daadwerkelijk na te komen door producten voor schadebeperking te promoten,&quot; concludeert Michael Landl.<\/p>\n<p>In de gezamenlijke brief staat: &quot;Wij eisen het recht op gelijkheid en het recht om deel te nemen aan vergaderingen, bijeenkomsten en openbaar beleid op een wijze die vergelijkbaar is met die van diverse antirookorganisaties, vertegenwoordigers van farmaceutische bedrijven of niet-gouvernementele instellingen van verschillende aard (zoals die van miljardairs die filantropisch werk verrichten of die hun ideologie met een simpele cheque volgen), die momenteel al uitsluitend in uw instelling vertegenwoordigd zijn.&quot;\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Vervolgens worden er nog drie andere eisen gesteld:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Wij eisen dat zij stoppen met de vervolging en het in diskrediet brengen van organisaties die zich inzetten voor de vermindering van de schade door roken.<\/li>\n<li>Wij eisen dat de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie een directe dialoog tussen diverse belanghebbenden opzet en de vorming van allianties bevordert in het kader van de Duurzame Ontwikkelingsdoelen van de Agenda 2030.<\/li>\n<li>Wij eisen dat de WHO een einde maakt aan de maatregelen die zij feitelijk heeft opgelegd om het debat over nieuwe, wetenschappelijk onderbouwde strategie\u00ebn ter bestrijding van tabaksgebruik onder volwassenen wereldwijd te belemmeren.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance (WVA) have written a joint letter to the World Health Organization (WHO) calling on it to \u201cface reality\u201d, pointing out that tobacco harm reduction products save lives. 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