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| | Patrick Basham is the director of the London and Washington based think tank the [[Democracy Institute]]<ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], ''Democracy Institute'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref>. | | Patrick Basham is the director of the London and Washington based think tank the [[Democracy Institute]]<ref>About Us, [http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm About Us], ''Democracy Institute'', Accessed 10-February-2010</ref>. |
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| − | Basham criticised the WHO's anti-tobacco efforts which are centred on the 2003 Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. He described the framework as "The well-intentioned blind leading the blind," going on to say that:
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| − | :The cynical view is that the anti-tobacco lobby has itself now become an industry and we will never be able to do enough to stop smoking<ref>Main Edition, Smoking death toll five million a year, The Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia), 12-December-2009</ref>.
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| − | :Tobacco use will change, but it has very little to do with the kinds of things WHO is promoting.<ref>Final Edition, Countries must toughen smoking laws: WHO, Carleton Place, 10-December-2009</ref>
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Revision as of 18:27, 10 February 2010
Patrick Basham is the director of the London and Washington based think tank the Democracy Institute[1].
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- ↑ About Us, About Us, Democracy Institute, Accessed 10-February-2010
