WHO Launches Stop Smoking Campaign: “Commit to Quit”

Source from:  Vapingpost 12/11/2020

To mark the launch of “Commit to Quit,” the WHO has released a Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and a publication “More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco”, both of which have been released last week to mark the start of the campaign.

“Commit to Quit will help create healthier environments that are conducive to quitting tobacco by advocating for strong tobacco cessation policies; increasing access to cessation services; raising awareness of tobacco industry tactics, and empowering tobacco users to make successful quit attempts through “quit & win” initiatives,” said the organization on its website.

Big-pharma amongst the WHO’s funders

The WHO went on to mention its funders, “WHO welcomes new contributions from partners, including private sector companies that have offered support, including Allen Carr’s Easyway, Amazon Web Services, Cipla, Facebook and WhatsApp, Google, Johnson & Johnson, Praekelt, and Soul Machines.”

Of course it is troubling to see Big Pharma funders such as Johnson & Johnson, and as has been pointed out in the past, it explains why the WHO is so biased with regards to non-pharmaceutical nicotine safer alternatives such as e-cigarettes, even though they are more effective than their pharma-produced counterparts.

In fact, on launching a smoking cessation program in Jordan earlier this year, the WHO received its first-ever donation of nicotine replacement therapy from Johnson & Johnson, equatiing to about $1 million.