WHO Reaffirms Its Opposition to Vaping Ahead of World No Tobacco Day

As World No Tobacco Day on May 31 every year, the World Health Organization (WHO) once again reiterates its position on the presence of e-cigarettes.

Contrary to all scientific research that suggests that e-cigarettes are healthier than traditional cigarettes, WHO continues to use World No Tobacco Day to promote its anti-e-cigarette stance. In sharp contrast to other health departments such as Public Health England (PHE), WHO mistakenly claimed in 2020 that aerosolized e-cigarettes and smoke-free alternatives would not help smokers quit smoking; they were more harmful than traditional cigarettes, and in terms of addiction, nicotine was equivalent to a drug.

A year ago, in a press release titled Quit Smoking and Become a Winner, WHO issued another statement. It insists that the e-cigarette industry is promoting e-cigarettes as an aid to smoking cessation under the guise of caring for the health of global smokers. rdquo; WHO insists on calling the e-cigarette industry the tobacco industry, adding that it uses promotional marketing strategies to attract underage use, giving them more than 15,000 tempting flavors. rdquo;

“We must be guided by science and evidence, not the marketing activities of the tobacco industry, which has been lying and deceiving for decades to sell products that have harmed hundreds of millions of people, said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros. ldquo; E-cigarettes produce toxic chemicals that have been linked to harmful health effects such as cardiovascular disease and lung disease. rdquo;

WHO claims evidence of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid is inconclusive”

The agency continues to claim that scientific evidence for the use of e-cigarettes as a smoking cessation aid is inconclusive and that efforts to switch from traditional tobacco products to e-cigarettes have not stopped. Sadly, these statements are far from the truth, as countless peer-reviewed studies by independent public health experts have shown that this is not the case.

“The WHO has repeatedly taken this anti-e-cigarette stance in the past and seems to continue to ignore growing evidence to the contrary. Although it includes harm reduction strategies in its definition of tobacco control, the agency still firmly denies the expert opinion of a growing number of scholars and scientific institutions, such as the Royal College of Physicians and the National Academy of Sciences, that engineering and medical e-cigarettes are far less harmful than traditional cigarettes, an article on Filter pointed out.