I completely agree with everything you said around the need to not advance the interests of nicotine and tobacco.
That wasn't what was at stake here. What was at stake here was a Canadian-based company that had an innovative solution. Yes, there was a minority position held by Philip Morris, but the interests of being able to produce a vaccine for Canada and the innovative nature of this technology meant that the minority position, which did not advance the interests of tobacco or nicotine, weighed on the decision by the expert panel that this was an important option to pursue.