MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should stop soliciting money from foreign charities such as Bloomberg Philanthropies so that they could be objective in regulating electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs), consumer advocacy and industry groups said in a statement issued on Wednesday.
According to the statement, the FDA admitted during a congressional probe last March 16 that it applied for a grant in 2016 from a foreign anti-tobacco organization — the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), which is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies — to fund the drafting of vape an…
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