Vapouround contacted the American Cancer Society
(ACS) the Truth Initiative and Campaign for Tobacco
Free Kids for a response to the claims made in the report.
By the time of publication, only the ACS had issued a
response.
Cliff Douglas, JD, vice president of Tobacco Control
at ACS told Vapouround: “The report makes too many
(false) claims to respond to individually, but the claim of
a vast conspiracy has no legitimacy; the only thing we’re
conspiring to do is be effective in tobacco control.”
“
THE REPORT MAKES
TOO MANY (FALSE)
CLAIMS TO RESPOND
TO INDIVIDUALLY, BUT
THE CLAIM OF VAST
CONSPIRACY HAS NO
LEGITIMACY
“
“[But] it is groups that have been working together for
years on the same messaging tactics or very similar
messaging tactics.”
The FDA gets the backing of supposedly objective
scientific organisations or health organisations like the
ACS and responds with actions that generate a lot of
press. While Minton’s interview with Regulator Watch
gained significant traction among vapers on YouTube
and Facebook, the mainstream media has so far not
acknowledged the story.
Minton claims that someone at a well-known national
newspaper refused to pursue it because they didn’t
believe that the government would give out what she
calls false information for profit.
Next, she plans to investigate if health non-profits are
tied to media and what impact this may be having on
their reporting.
“Part of me is starting to think that it [media anti-vaping
bias] is wilful. I’ve heard a few things that might make
me think that there is a command from on-high from
somebody, that might be influencing the subjects that are
reported on or the people they choose to interview.”
- AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY
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