Tobacco harm reduction and consumer groups in the Asia-Pacific region, have launched a petition urging the World Health Organisation (WHO) to respect the rights of consumers of safer nicotine alternatives, and most importantly to stop spreading inaccurate facts about the products.
“Stop lying to us and only provide guidance based on sound scientific facts, methodologies and principles,” said the Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) and the other groups launching the Right2Switch petition. The initiative will be launched during the upcoming 2021 Voices4Vape webinar and can be viewed at change.org/v4v-petition.
The petition draws attention to innacuracies presented in the pre-conference guidance
Loucas said that the petition is being launched ahead of the next biennial meeting of the WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in November 2021, in order to raise the issues regarding the WHO’s counterproductive stance. She pointed out that in its pre-conference guidance to member countries, the WHO continues to insist that safer nicotine products, such as vapes or e-cigarettes, are as harmful and dangerous as combustible tobacco and should be banned or heavily restricted.
Diane Caruana – VapingPost – March 19, 2021.
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