'tokerdesigner' is missing the point. Tbco use is going down, as are related deaths and illnesses, as most European and western countries begin to more carefully restrict its use. But it is rising in less developed countries (esp. India and China) which are now being targeted by the tbco industry - fewer regs means more addicts and more customers for them. And he almost immediately makes it clear where he is coming from by "pushing" mjna use as "safer" drug. Yeah, like putting only 1 bullet in a chamber, rather than 3, and then pointing it at your head. Both drugs carry inherent dangers and almost guarantee that a large % of the users will be less healthy than if they did not use. Just because a product is "less dangerous" than smoking cigarattes doesn't make it "safe" to use. As a public health worker, I'm trying to reduce all dangerous activities as much as possible - not only the "most dangerous". "tokerdesigner" might consider doing the same rather than continue to "push" other harmful substances.

1. What makes this particularly unfortunate is that the WHO also admits its policies up till now have been a dismal failure, cigaret mortality is 5.4 million a year and rising. You'd think they'd appreciate the advantage of doing away with the no. 1 combustion toxin, carbon monoxide, and 400 others! (It reminds me of the former U.S. Surgeon General, Carmona, refusing to endorse SNUS smokeless tobacco as a harm-reduction alternative to hot burning overdose cigarets.) 2. Another angle is that the advantage in eliminqting combustion applies to cannabis users too. Someone will find a way to market cartridges with THC in them instead of nicotine-- or maybe apparatus for loading cartridges yourself in your kitchen with whatever you want. This too could eliminate millions of deaths worldwide. 3. Let's admit that while it has good intentions the WHO is funded by UN-member national governments which in turn are funded by tobacco tax revenues (example: Pakistan 10% of total govt. budget), and disproportionately by the USA which is the world's no. 1 policeman to protect and prolong the tobacco industry worldwide.