And so they were actually trying to ban vaping ban, you know, I coast and Zen and snus and everything else that people would use as a way to stop smoking. And it became very transparent to me that The WHO, their goal wasn't to stop people from smoking, it was to promote these pharmaceutical products and try to kill any other smoking and cessation products. And that pissed me off. That really frustrated me as a journalist, as a government watchdog, that basically the UN, you know, that the UN's health arm, the WHO, had become captive to pharmaceutical companies. (18:14–18:28)
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