The World Health Organization’s recently published rapportera on the global tobacco “pandemic” discounts the impact of harm reduction and vaping, according to Michael Landl, director of the World Vapers’ Alliance

“Även om rapporten är fylld med partisk skrämselpropaganda mot vaping och ogrundade påståenden, är den övergripande inriktningen förbryllande. Istället för att prioritera det avgörande målet att minska rökningssiffrorna, riktar WHO sitt fokus mot vaping, vilket råkar vara det mest kraftfulla rökavvänjningsverktyget som finns.”

In the report’s foreword, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus asserts that vaping would undermine anti-smoking efforts, claiming that e-cigarettes are harmful to both the people using them and those around them.

“Regrettably, the WHO appears to ignore reality and scientific evidence,” said Landl in a statement. “Countries that adopt an open and consumer-friendly approach to harm reduction products achieve significantly better results than those following WHO’s misguided path. Comparative data from Sweden and the United Kingdom demonstrate their remarkable success in reducing smoking rates, surpassing countries with a negative harm reduction approach by a wide margin.”

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