The group did not mention that drinking tea and eating chocolate never killed anyone, but smoking has taken the lives of millions. Journalists ate the hook. Instead of being obsessed by health, everybody should be obsessed by pleasure which induces good health. Documents show that the tobacco industry persisted in funding this incredibly damaging front group as late as 1997. Many pleasures function as important guides which direct us in our interaction with the world.
Pleasurable experiences are in fact beneficial to health.
Apolitical as a group, they have the recognised expertise to review scientific statements and make constructive proposals in their respective regions.