Anticipated WHO (FCTC) regulation expected to hurt the e-cig market

[DrMA]

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO), British American Tobacco PLC (ADR) (NYSEMKT:BTI) News: WHO Potential Regulations On E-cigarettes

"The WHO’s regulation of e-cigarettes will be a serious threat to this growing industry. The WHO looks determined to regulate the industry: the overseer of the secretariat of the FCTC, Dr Haik Nikogosian, has said e-cig smoking “could result in a new wave of the tobacco epidemic.” He further added that he “felt more importance should be given to the threat posed by electronic cigarettes,” as per documents received by FT."

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[Kent C]

Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO), British American Tobacco PLC (ADR) (NYSEMKT:BTI) News: WHO Potential Regulations On E-cigarettes

"The WHO’s regulation of e-cigarettes will be a serious threat to this growing industry. The WHO looks determined to regulate the industry: the overseer of the secretariat of the FCTC, Dr Haik Nikogosian, has said e-cig smoking “could result in a new wave of the tobacco epidemic.” He further added that he “felt more importance should be given to the threat posed by electronic cigarettes,” as per documents received by FT."

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The US should pull out of the UN and all their 'development groups' - WHO, World Bank, IMF, etc. We end up funding all, at multiple times any other country and get hatred in return.

 

[DrMA]

AFAIK, the US has not ratified the FCTC...

 

[Kent C]

AFAIK, the US has not ratified the FCTC...

The US (Bush) didn't sign on to that but it is still under the auspices of the WHO where the US is the top contributor - again by multiples of other countries.

 

[Uma]

Afraid of a tobacco harm reduction epidemic. Disgraceful!

Dr. F once said, that if WHO is against them, there isn't a dam thing anyone can do about it. I'm with KentC, we've somehow got to get rid of the UN who NWO shenanigans. Time to join the freedom advocates.

 

[aikanae1]

LOL! The U.S. is WHO. That's why we don't have to sign. It comes from the U.S. just like the World Bank, IMF, NATO. They are all arms of the U.S.

But your right in that the leaked document probably lays out the end game of what the FDA / USTR must achieve.

 

[Kent C]

LOL! The U.S. is WHO. That's why we don't have to sign. It comes from the U.S. just like the World Bank, IMF, NATO. They are all arms of the U.S.

But your right in that the leaked document probably lays out the end game of what the FDA / USTR must achieve.

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That's a stretch. While we finance most of them, there's never been a US chairman/director of WHO. As mentioned we (Bush) opted out of the FCTC and for good reason, imo. If we were the WHO, then it would have been our program, which it wasn't. We've also opted out of many other UN backed programs - Kyoto Protocol - never submitted to Senate by Clinton. We have only one vote in the Security Council of the UN and cannot 'override' any vetos by any other member, many decisions of which have not favored the US. We weren't part of the 'food for oil' program run from the general secretary chair. I could go on.....