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=[https://www.clivebates.com/who-tobacco-meeting-could-the-fctc-do-something-useful-on-vaping/ The FCTC would best serve public health by doing some or all of the following:]=
=[https://www.clivebates.com/who-tobacco-meeting-could-the-fctc-do-something-useful-on-vaping/ The FCTC would best serve public health by doing some or all of the following:]=
* '''Recognise the opportunity, not just a threat'''. <ref name="Clive Bates">https://www.clivebates.com/who-tobacco-meeting-could-the-fctc-do-something-useful-on-vaping/</ref>
** ENDS do not pose a threat to tobacco control but a huge opertunity.
* '''Call for more research and of higher quality'''. <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
** Research to date is lacking in both quality and quantity
* '''Make more of TobReg for scientific assessment'''. <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Refashion the surveillance system to reflect changes in the nicotine market.''' <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Track and summarise the evolving policy environment'''. <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Promote high quality regulation and standard-setting by Parties'''. <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Focus on the relationship between the state and citizen'''. <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Improve the tone and be more inclusive'''.  <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Reframe the UN/WHA non-communicable disease targets.''' <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Reshape the FCTC to recognise the range of risk within tobacco products.''' <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Let FCTC Parties learn from ENDS and other harm reduction policies before bringing into the FCTC'''.  <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
* '''Focus on obligation to ‘do no harm’ and the dangers of unintended consequences.''' <ref name="Clive Bates"></ref>
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