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Revision as of 17:58, 10 February 2010
Patrick Basham is the director of the London and Washington based think tank the Democracy Institute.
Views
Tobacco
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:
- Smoking levels naturally drop off - as they have in Western countries - when populations become richer and better-educated,
Adding:
- 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[1].
And:
- Tobacco use will change, but it has very little to do with the kinds of things WHO is promoting.[2]
