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Drew Johnson: “Decisions weren't being made based on science, based on…”

Featuring: Drew Johnson, Libertarian-leaning Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Nevada, District 3

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Published | Video Starts at 16:50

… telling America and other nations how to tax their citizens on tobacco and nicotine, or any product for that matter. What I found once I got there, though, was that Decisions weren't being made based on science, based on fact, based on research. They were being made based on the influence of certain companies. And we found that, you know, basically the pharmaceutical company and the Robert Wood Johnson foundation funded almost every single country developing country to go to this meeting. (16:50–16:56)

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Asserts that WHO decisions were not based on scientific evidence.

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