EXPRESS: Jeff Stier, of the Consumer Choice Centre, a US consumer watchdog, said: “Both the US and UK are financing an organisation which for years has had problems with corruption and transparency, and the biggest part with transparency issues is the FCT.
“Its policies show that the WHO is fighting vaping in an unscientific way.According to Public health England there is virtually no effect for bystanders bystanders because there is virtually no smoke. You can smell it, but you can also smell a perfume. And there is very little health risk to the user.
“From a scientific prospective, there is no reason why vaping shouldn’t be allowed in public buildings. There’s no smoke or second-hand smoke.
“Adult smokers should have access to a wide variety of products that meet their needs to help them not smoke cigarettes.”
“I’ve been to a recent meeting and they would not allow journalists, or members of the public or analysts to attend”, added Jeff Stier.
“It wasn’t that they wouldn’t let us speak – they wouldn’t even let us hear. “They’re deliberating policies that are affecting countries that we taxpayers are paying for, and
“In the US or UK you’d never get away with this transparency. Lack of transparency leads to bad policy. Transparency matters.”