The World Health Organization on Thursday rejected an
anti-smoking foundation endorsed by tobacco giant Philip Morris...
WHO said it
would not engage with the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World due to “a number of
clear conflicts of interest involved with a tobacco company funding a purported
health foundation,” the UN health agency said in a statement. WHO “WHO will not
partner with the Foundation. Governments should not partner with the Foundation
and the public health community should follow this lead,” the statement said.
WHO policies including tobacco taxes, graphic warning labels and advertising
bans, the statement said, are effective approaches to tobacco control. Philip
Morris International pledged 80 million dollars of annual funding to the
foundation over 12 years in mid-September. The company had not yet responded to
dpa’s request for comment. NAN
The World Health
Organization on Thursday rejected an anti-smoking foundation endorsed by
tobacco giant Philip Morris.
WHO said it would not engage with the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World
due to “a number of clear conflicts of interest involved with a tobacco
company funding a purported health foundation,” the UN health agency
said in a statement.
WHO
“WHO will not partner with the Foundation. Governments should not
partner with the Foundation and the public health community should
follow this lead,” the statement said.
WHO policies including tobacco taxes, graphic warning labels and
advertising bans, the statement said, are effective approaches to
tobacco control.
Philip Morris International pledged 80 million dollars of annual funding
to the foundation over 12 years in mid-September.
The company had not yet responded to dpa’s request for comment.
NAN
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