Consumer groups ask Asia-Pacific countries to challenge WHO’s stance vs. vaping

The Nicotine Consumers Union of the Philippines and Vaper Ako particularly asked the Philippine government to join the four vaping-friendly countries in rebuking the extremist stance of the WHO on vaping that deprives millions of smokersbetter alternatives to combustible cigarettes.

Israel was referring to the fourth pillar of FCTC which is harm reduction and the international human right to health. The NCUP and Vaper Ako said the Philippines should instead follow the example of New Zealand which adopted an independent approach on vaping to reduce smoking rate. “Our Ministry of Health is flirting with a more independent approach. Annual tobacco tax hikes have been scrapped in light of mounting evidence of the policy’s calamitous impact on household budgets. The tax also contributes to violent robberies and a thriving black market. KPMG estimates that more than one in 10 cigarettes smoked in New Zealand are smuggled or homegrown,” said Houlbrooke, who contributed a case study on New Zealand to a new paper on international best practices toward vaping.

Delegates from New Zealand and other countries will attend the WHO’s biannual conference on tobacco control in November. The Conference of the Parties or COP9 will update the edicts the WHO delivers to nations that it believes desperately need moral guidance in the war on tobacco, according to Houlbrooke.

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