Members of the Anglo-Saxon community questioned the World Health Organization (WHO) for its negative and opposed stance towards non-combustible alternatives (NCAs), which is said to be a proven alternative that reduces the use of traditional cigarettes and motivates people to quit smoking.
On May 31 of this year, the WHO published a statement on its tobacco policy, which starts from the proposal: “To really help tobacco users to quit it is necessary to support them with policies and proven interventions to reduce the demand for tobacco,” a release said yesterday.
Specialists such as David B Abrams and Raymond S Niiarua, from the New York University School of Global Public Health, and Clive D Bates, director of Counterfactual, a consultancy firm in sustainability and public health, from London, among others, showed their position in a letter to the WHO.
They consider that the approach of the international health authority does not consider a fundamental aspect: Almost the entire global burden of tobacco-related deaths and diseases is caused by inhalation or exposure to smoke, the release said.
Jamaica Observer – 2021-07-21.
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