Just when you thought public health could sink no lower, it pulls it off again! This time, a couple of “tobacco control” organisations, CTFK and ENSP, have been writing to several participants in a conference (GTNF 2016) to be held next week. The letters tell them they must be mistaken, that they can’t possibly have realised tobacco companies were involved and that they should pull out before it is too late. All backed with a threat of reputational damage if they don’t. I find this deeply depressing and disturbing. Let’s take a look at:
- What’s wrong with these letters?
- Why attend such a conference?
- What does this say about ‘tobacco control’?
- What the WHO FCTC says about this?
- How will this end?
- What should they actually be doing?
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