{"id":20578,"date":"2020-02-16T17:40:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T22:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/?p=20578"},"modified":"2020-02-16T17:40:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T22:40:44","slug":"vaping-news-who-deceptive-misinformation-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/archives\/20578","title":{"rendered":"VAPING NEWS: WHO [Deceptive Misinformation &amp; Claims]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-offset-key=\"bim8k-0-0\">&#8220;Local vaping groups have criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for publishing \u201can atrociously erroneous\u201d question and answer (Q&amp;A) page on electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, or vapes). \u201cThe Q&amp;A has nine questions and every answer the WHO provides is filled with false, misleading or simplistic information,\u201d said Peter Paul Dator, president of The Vapers Philippines. \u201cWe have always questioned the WHO\u2019s competence in tobacco control, particularly in recognizing tobacco harm reduction as a public health strategy and the potential for new technologies, such as e-cigarettes, to reduce smoking-related harms. By publishing this disgraceful Q&amp;A on e-cigarettes, the WHO violated every precept of responsible science communication and sound policymaking,\u201d said Joey Dulay, president of the Philippine E-cigarette Industry Association.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE LINK:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1229562\/vaping-groups-hit-erroneous-who-qa-on-e-cigs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vaping groups hit \u2018erroneous\u2019 WHO Q&amp;A on e-cigs<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Reddit\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"VAPING%20NEWS%3A%20WHO%20%5BDeceptive%20Misinformation%20%26amp%3B%20Claims%5D\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Local vaping groups have criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for publishing \u201can atrociously erroneous\u201d question and answer (Q&amp;A) page on electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent_news","category-vaping-news","wpcat-15-id","wpcat-147-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20579,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20578\/revisions\/20579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tasteyourjuice.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}