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===2020 Dec 18 [https://thevapingtoday.com/exclusion-censura-y-acusacion-la-real-situacion-en-mexico/?fbclid=IwAR05gefK3XL1s2ovP77pN33ewyRHrlGKb04KYKH5ph32N08ZOSF3liLoYxk Censorship and exclusion: the real situation of vaping in Mexico]=== | ===2020 Dec 18 [https://thevapingtoday.com/exclusion-censura-y-acusacion-la-real-situacion-en-mexico/?fbclid=IwAR05gefK3XL1s2ovP77pN33ewyRHrlGKb04KYKH5ph32N08ZOSF3liLoYxk Censorship and exclusion: the real situation of vaping in Mexico]=== | ||
*Congresswoman Medel never explained the reasons for this exclusion. However, SS officials have been known to consistently claim (privately and online) that those who oppose or disagree with their position on vaporizers are agents of the tobacco companies. With this argument they argue that article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) prohibits any dialogue with them. | *Congresswoman Medel never explained the reasons for this exclusion. However, SS officials have been known to consistently claim (privately and online) that those who oppose or disagree with their position on vaporizers are agents of the tobacco companies. With this argument they argue that article 5.3 of the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) prohibits any dialogue with them. | ||
*In the forum in question, Mr. Erick Antonio Ochoa, director of the Salud Justa civil association, linked to the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> and the Bloomberg Foundation, emphasized this idea. He dedicated himself to slander Pro Vapeo México as the “front” of the tobacco industry, without providing any proof of his accusations. It is curious that Salud Justa accuses an association like Pro Vapeo México, which lacks a bank account, of having conflicts of interest, while Mr. Ochoa does not declare his sources of financing and the conflicts of interest of his own association. | *In the forum in question, Mr. Erick Antonio Ochoa, director of the Salud Justa civil association, linked to the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> and the Bloomberg Foundation, emphasized this idea. He dedicated himself to slander Pro Vapeo México as the “front” of the tobacco industry, without providing any proof of his accusations. It is curious that Salud Justa accuses an association like Pro Vapeo México, which lacks a bank account, of having conflicts of interest, while Mr. Ochoa does not declare his sources of financing and the conflicts of interest of his own association. | ||
*There is no doubt that Dr. López-Gatell follows the agenda suggested by the document "When Banning Is Better" of *<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> Against Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>). It instructs the governments of low- and middle-income countries (PIMBs) to ban rather than regulate "SEAN" (electronic nicotine delivery systems). | *There is no doubt that Dr. López-Gatell follows the agenda suggested by the document "When Banning Is Better" of *<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> Against Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>). It instructs the governments of low- and middle-income countries (PIMBs) to ban rather than regulate "SEAN" (electronic nicotine delivery systems). | ||
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===2020 Oct 1 - [https://tobaccoreporter.com/2020/10/01/roberto-sussman/?fbclid=IwAR2-fZEnRCSvIoPOFcfmpHQNTQGmmY3s3xp_DaihOItfpsDUtMx0J0_ag-o Roberto Sussman (GTNF) Global Tobacco Nicotine Forum]=== | ===2020 Oct 1 - [https://tobaccoreporter.com/2020/10/01/roberto-sussman/?fbclid=IwAR2-fZEnRCSvIoPOFcfmpHQNTQGmmY3s3xp_DaihOItfpsDUtMx0J0_ag-o Roberto Sussman (GTNF) Global Tobacco Nicotine Forum]=== | ||
*These are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and associated charities like the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> , acting in synergy with small but influential groups of health professionals clustered in the tobacco control sections of government public health institutions. | *These are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and associated charities like the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> , acting in synergy with small but influential groups of health professionals clustered in the tobacco control sections of government public health institutions. | ||
*One of the most powerful officials in the government of Lopez Obrador is Dr. Hugo Lopez-Gatell. He’s an epidemiologist, and he has strong links with the Pan American Health Organization and with Bloomberg Philanthropies. He’s also the health minister. And at the same time, together with this appointment was a massive increase of lobbing activity by Bloomberg Philanthropies in the whole region,” says Sussman. “This [is] how Bloomberg works in our countries. First, they set up NGOs that they use as lobbying machines. This lobbying is done through the WHO or the Pan American Health Organization. Now, health ministries and government, they get grants from Bloomberg, but they will never say [that].” | *One of the most powerful officials in the government of Lopez Obrador is Dr. Hugo Lopez-Gatell. He’s an epidemiologist, and he has strong links with the Pan American Health Organization and with Bloomberg Philanthropies. He’s also the health minister. And at the same time, together with this appointment was a massive increase of lobbing activity by Bloomberg Philanthropies in the whole region,” says Sussman. “This [is] how Bloomberg works in our countries. First, they set up NGOs that they use as lobbying machines. This lobbying is done through the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> or the Pan American Health Organization. Now, health ministries and government, they get grants from Bloomberg, but they will never say [that].” | ||
===2020 Jun 17 - [https://vaping360.com/vape-news/90696/bloombergs-war-on-vaping-expands-to-latin-america-and-beyond/?fbclid=IwAR0WXD8yqJWrCaY39LnkHMgm_mt3mSjYuDjwAcun0GSNx0xK2bmcYBoP4Xc Bloomberg’s War on Vaping Expands to Latin America and Beyond]=== | ===2020 Jun 17 - [https://vaping360.com/vape-news/90696/bloombergs-war-on-vaping-expands-to-latin-america-and-beyond/?fbclid=IwAR0WXD8yqJWrCaY39LnkHMgm_mt3mSjYuDjwAcun0GSNx0xK2bmcYBoP4Xc Bloomberg’s War on Vaping Expands to Latin America and Beyond]=== | ||
*Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is a well known public figure in the U.S. However, most Americans are unaware of the overwhelming influence of his philanthropy on public health policies (sugar, food and tobacco/nicotine) in Latin America and in LMICs elsewhere in the world. This influence is exerted through the political framework of the World Health Organization (WHO), either directly or indirectly via various Bloomberg-funded NGOs. | *Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is a well known public figure in the U.S. However, most Americans are unaware of the overwhelming influence of his philanthropy on public health policies (sugar, food and tobacco/nicotine) in Latin America and in LMICs elsewhere in the world. This influence is exerted through the political framework of the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span>, either directly or indirectly via various Bloomberg-funded NGOs. | ||
*There are structural reasons for Bloomberg’s philanthropy to focus its efforts on LMICs: (1) these countries often welcome external private funds given the chronic lack of resources and personnel in their health ministries and public health institutions, and (2) most governments of LMICs are non-democratic regimes, with vertical, non-transparent public health bureaucracies always ready for wheeling and dealing. Thus, all it takes for a policy to be officially enacted is to lobby and convince the head of government, or a sufficiently influential group among high-ranking health officials. | *There are structural reasons for Bloomberg’s philanthropy to focus its efforts on LMICs: (1) these countries often welcome external private funds given the chronic lack of resources and personnel in their health ministries and public health institutions, and (2) most governments of LMICs are non-democratic regimes, with vertical, non-transparent public health bureaucracies always ready for wheeling and dealing. Thus, all it takes for a policy to be officially enacted is to lobby and convince the head of government, or a sufficiently influential group among high-ranking health officials. | ||
*Spanish version available [https://thevapingtoday.com/la-guerra-contra-el-vapeo-de-bloomberg-se-expande-a-america-latina-y-mas-alla/?fbclid=IwAR0P9YGdhH63aW42JvohSk7aGzzpycGM8Xim-09KT-rqXdMswCSzVVp8wgg here] | *Spanish version available [https://thevapingtoday.com/la-guerra-contra-el-vapeo-de-bloomberg-se-expande-a-america-latina-y-mas-alla/?fbclid=IwAR0P9YGdhH63aW42JvohSk7aGzzpycGM8Xim-09KT-rqXdMswCSzVVp8wgg here] | ||
===2020 Feb 24 - [https://vaping360.com/vape-news/88831/mexico-bans-import-of-all-vaping-products-cites-who-guidance/?fbclid=IwAR0yLJL81sGyd52old7RdSX5_jFFadLJn-UiDDZQP1hw3LKCTuX2dzNJB0Y Mexico Bans Import of All Vaping Products, Cites WHO Guidance]=== | ===2020 Feb 24 - [https://vaping360.com/vape-news/88831/mexico-bans-import-of-all-vaping-products-cites-who-guidance/?fbclid=IwAR0yLJL81sGyd52old7RdSX5_jFFadLJn-UiDDZQP1hw3LKCTuX2dzNJB0Y Mexico Bans Import of All Vaping Products, Cites <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> Guidance]=== | ||
*However, the primary reason cited for the ban is the ideology of the World Health Organization (WHO) and its Bloomberg-funded tobacco control arm the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). | *However, the primary reason cited for the ban is the ideology of the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> and its Bloomberg-funded tobacco control arm the Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC). | ||
*The bottom line for Mexico is that WHO/FCTC recommends prohibition when possible, and the government thinks it’s possible. Countries that follow WHO dogma on e-cigarette policy are rewarded with huge grants for public health programs that employ many people. Much of the funding for the | *The bottom line for Mexico is that <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span>/FCTC recommends prohibition when possible, and the government thinks it’s possible. Countries that follow <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> dogma on e-cigarette policy are rewarded with huge grants for public health programs that employ many people. Much of the funding for the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> tobacco control programs is provided by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg. | ||
===2015 Nov - [https://www.who.int/tobacco/about/partners/bloomberg/mex/en/?fbclid=IwAR0ejQKPOaCCRqbsxxAWRKHmfiGZCaMk7RhHSjsMhzZL7U6GhivEyaAd4UI Tobacco control in Mexico]=== | ===2015 Nov - [https://www.who.int/tobacco/about/partners/bloomberg/mex/en/?fbclid=IwAR0ejQKPOaCCRqbsxxAWRKHmfiGZCaMk7RhHSjsMhzZL7U6GhivEyaAd4UI Tobacco control in Mexico]=== | ||
*WHO Bloomberg Initiative work in Mexico - The <span style="background-color: rgb(229, 204, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">MPOWER</span> measures that Mexico is implementing at the highest level of achievement are: implementing health warnings to warn people about the dangers of tobacco use and offering help to quit tobacco use (cessation programmes). | *<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> Bloomberg Initiative work in Mexico - The <span style="background-color: rgb(229, 204, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">MPOWER</span> measures that Mexico is implementing at the highest level of achievement are: implementing health warnings to warn people about the dangers of tobacco use and offering help to quit tobacco use (cessation programmes). | ||
*In working with the Ministry of Health and other partners, the overall goal of the WHO-BI work in Mexico was to support the government to strengthen country’s capacity for tobacco control and run sustainable tobacco control programmes that have an immediate impact on Mexico’s tobacco epidemic. | *In working with the Ministry of Health and other partners, the overall goal of the <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span>-BI work in Mexico was to support the government to strengthen country’s capacity for tobacco control and run sustainable tobacco control programmes that have an immediate impact on Mexico’s tobacco epidemic. | ||
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*In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, for which the international health community was woefully unprepared, it has become clearer than ever how important it is that health policies be based on evidence rather than politics. That an individual like Bloomberg can co-opt governments, health organizations, and institutions into supporting his agenda despite the evidence should alarm everyone, no matter where they live. | *In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, for which the international health community was woefully unprepared, it has become clearer than ever how important it is that health policies be based on evidence rather than politics. That an individual like Bloomberg can co-opt governments, health organizations, and institutions into supporting his agenda despite the evidence should alarm everyone, no matter where they live. | ||
*[https://thevapingtoday.com/una-amenaza-global-para-la-salud-y-la-ciencia-el-filantro-colonialismo-de-bloomberg/?fbclid=IwAR38BICl5we97X2FPF5_bLxtrmJ5lUsK-Ery6NjlPpdMM5qlQXDkMOKgu9I Spanish Translation] | *[https://thevapingtoday.com/una-amenaza-global-para-la-salud-y-la-ciencia-el-filantro-colonialismo-de-bloomberg/?fbclid=IwAR38BICl5we97X2FPF5_bLxtrmJ5lUsK-Ery6NjlPpdMM5qlQXDkMOKgu9I Spanish Translation] | ||
*Bloomberg Initiative, *<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>, Bloomberg Foundation, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> , World Health Organization (WHO) | *Bloomberg Initiative, *<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>, Bloomberg Foundation, <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> , <span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> | ||
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==Bloomberg== | ==Bloomberg / Foundation / Initiative / Philanthropies== | ||
*[https://www.bloomberg.org/ Bloomberg Philanthropies] | |||
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*As part of this Initiative, a competitively awarded grant program for organizations in low- and middle-income countries will accelerate progress toward freedom from tobacco. Priority will be given to high-burden countries, particularly China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and Bangladesh, which together account for about half the world’s smokers. Grants are expected to be in the $50,000 – $500,000 range for up to 2 years. The <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> and the World Lung Foundation (working with International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (*<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>)) will work together to coordinate and administer the grant program. | *As part of this Initiative, a competitively awarded grant program for organizations in low- and middle-income countries will accelerate progress toward freedom from tobacco. Priority will be given to high-burden countries, particularly China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and Bangladesh, which together account for about half the world’s smokers. Grants are expected to be in the $50,000 – $500,000 range for up to 2 years. The <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (CTFK)</span> and the World Lung Foundation (working with International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (*<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span>)) will work together to coordinate and administer the grant program. | ||
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==Framework Convention Alliance== | ==Framework Convention Tobacco Control (FCTC) (Framework Convention Alliance)== | ||
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==World Health Organization (WHO)== | ==<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span>== | ||
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*<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 229, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">STOP</span> | *<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 229, 255);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">STOP</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> | *<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 229);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">The Union</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color: rgb(204, 255, 204);" data-mce-style="background-color: #ffff00;">World Health Organization (WHO)</span> | |||
[[Category:Media - Movies, Videos, Vlogs, Blogs, OpEds, News, etc.]] [[Category: People of note]] [[Category: Tobacco control groups]] | [[Category:Media - Movies, Videos, Vlogs, Blogs, OpEds, News, etc.]] [[Category: People of note]] [[Category: Tobacco control groups]] | ||
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