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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 5h

Tucker Carlson is a very opinionated ignoramus @sanho.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 6h

Manuscript of ‘Cien Años de Soledad’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 6h

Alas coming near end of ‘Cien Años de Soledad’. Stupendous Netflix recreation by his sons of Gabriel Garcia Marquez absolutely marvellous novel. This mural in Cartagena lane. Highly recommended

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 11h

Al Capone taught us if strong demand for drug continued after legal supply stopped, other sources would emerge. Happened globally with illegal drugs then with cigarettes & vapes in Australia @greencate.bsky.social @jamomartin.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 11h

Fancy blowing up Australian legal cigarette sales by zealous sky high excise then replaced by illegal supply & not being able to admit error! @algore09algor.bsky.social @jamomartin.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social @racgppresident.bsky.social @crikey.com.au

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 11h

Global #people infected by blood sucking insects vs #killed. Smoking kills 10x as many people as mosquitoes. We now know how to prevent most deaths from smoking but tobacco control perversely obstructs implementation! @algore09algor.bsky.social @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 11h

New drug harm reduction interventions often face ferocious resistance but generally get accepted & then appreciated because very effective, safe & very cost effective. Safer nicotine products now globally rapidly replacing smoking. @algore09algor.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 11h

Traded tobacco companies know cigarettes soon obsolete so transforming to safer nicotine products including heated tobacco units, nicotine pouches & vapes. SNPs accounted for 42% Philip Morris International revenue 2025! @algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 11h

Tobacco control anti-vape activists ignore power of demand & supply. Most smokers want to reduce their risk but also want to continue ingesting nicotine though at much lower risk. Hence strong demand for safer nicotine products @algore09algor.bsky.social @skipscorner.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 17h

Obsession with finding breakthrough cancer treatment but safer nicotine products are a breakthrough but fiercely opposed

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Excellent. Thank you for your advocacy for safer nicotine products. Wish more people followed your example!

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Your work isn’t done unless you tell politicians and let community also know. But safer nicotine products are globally rapidly replacing combustible cigarettes

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Really important article by Derek Yach on oral cancer in South Asia caused by smokeless tobacco. Highly recommended derekyach.substack.com/p/known-sinc...

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Known since 1908: It is time to Eliminate Oral Cancer in South Asia.

Oct 2, 2026 · derekyach.com

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump doing a great job accelerating transition from fossil fuels to renewables by jacking up US diesel prices. Thank you Donald. Such a pity will result in GOP losing midterms!

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thank you @davidshoebridge.bsky.social for recognising terrible suffering of Palestinians. Israel’s response to 7.10.23 Hamas atrocity has been disproportionate. Time Israel faced Boycott Disinvestment Sanctions. #auspol @senatorwong.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

All countries should support Ukraine including Australia-victim of an unprovoked attack by a much larger country & more powerful country

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Flavoured coloured NRT available unsupervised Australian supermarkets for decades without problems. Yet vaping deniers claim nicotine addiction huge threat! Cmon! They’re pulling your leg! @algore09algor.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh come on Ryan Park! This is 💯% BS! Nicotine addiction exaggerated by zealots! ‘Ryan Park told NSW Great Health Debate government initially hoped vaping would help smokers quit, but was now concerned it would lead to another generation becoming addicted’ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

smh.com.au

‘Keeps me up at night’: The biggest health issue facing NSW revealed

Health Minister Ryan Park went head-to-head with Coalition and Greens counterparts in the Great Health Debate.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Horrified to hear National Treasure Margaret Throsby injured by speeding e-bike. Get well quickly much loved MT! Have to do much better with pedestrians & e-bikes sharing same lanes. Need to separate more www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

smh.com.au

‘She’s in a lot of pain’: ABC legend Margaret Throsby confronts new injuries after e-bike collision

The former broadcaster is in hospital and coming to terms with the extent of her injuries, her daughter has said.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The HIV/AIDS Amendment Bill 2026 has been passed by [Fiji] Parliament this afternoon, allowing people who use drugs to access sterile needles and syringes as part of efforts to prevent the spread of HIV. www.fijivillage.com/news/parliam...

fijivillage.com

Parliament passes HIV Bill allowing needles and syringes program

The HIV/AIDS Amendment Bill 2026 has been passed by Parliament this afternoon, allowing people who use drugs to access sterile needles and syringes as

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fiji's lawmakers have passed legislation allowing the rollout of a needle exchange programme aimed at containing the rapid rise of HIV from intravenous drug use. www.rnz.co.nz/news/pacific...

rnz.co.nz

Fiji approves needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency

Fiji's lawmakers have passed legislation allowing the rollout of a needle exchange programme aimed at containing the rapid rise of HIV from intravenous drug use.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If these are also your values vote Republican in the US midterm elections @sanho.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Have enough knowledge today to accelerate decline of lung cancer & other smoking related cancers but lack vision to back encouraging smokers to switch to safer nicotine products like vapes @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

‘Smoking rates run at 23% in inner regional areas & 26% in outer regional areas, against 18% in cities’ Kos Samaras @algore09algor.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @jamomartin.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

3 cheers for Minister Andrew Leigh who established Australian Centre for Evaluation which does randomised evaluations to make government better. #auspol Why then does Labor government ignore Cochrane review showing vaping 60% more effective quit smoking aid than NRT? @algore09algor.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The evidence base for nicotine pouches is becoming harder to dismiss as a niche issue. As smoke-free, non-combustible products, pouches may offer adult smokers another route away from cigarettes, particularly where acceptability and everyday use matter. quitlikesweden.org/growing-evid...

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Growing evidence supports nicotine pouches as an alternative to smoking - Quit Like Sweden

A major updated review published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research has concluded that oral nicotine pouches are considerably less toxic than cigarettes. Researchers identified 73 new studies, bringing th...

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A signature can turn uncertainty into authority. That is why public health statements on nicotine deserve careful reading before names are added to them. clivebates.substack.com/p/think-care...

clivebates.substack.com

Think carefully before you sign this letter...

An activist sign-up letter backing UK anti-vaping policies demands serious scrutiny. It looks more like political cheerleading than genuine public health.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cancer prevention depends on identifying exposures that drive disease burden.In tobacco use the principal risk arises from combustion & resulting toxicants, rather than nicotine itself. Conflating nicotine with smoking can weaken public understanding of relative risk snusforumet.se/en/why-are-e...

snusforumet.se

Why are Europe’s cancer organisations targeting nicotine? - Snusforumet

Germany’s leading cancer institute supports a ban on nicotine pouches. Is the goal to reduce smoking-related disease or just attack nicotine?

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trust is fragile when public health organisations appear to bend evidence around preferred message.In tobacco policy, that matters because smokers rely on official voices to understand the difference between cigarettes, vapes, pouches & other lower-risk products snowdon.substack.com/p/the-mendac...

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The mendacity of ASH

The state-funded lobbyists are only in it for themselves

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Follow funding trail & nicotine debate starts to look less independent than it should. EU-backed NGOs campaigning in support of the Commission’s preferred agenda raise questions about circular influence, transparency and who gets treated as a credible voice. worldvapersalliance.com/circular-lob...

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Circular lobbying: the Commission pays the NGOs that push its nicotine agenda - World Vapers' Alliance

Nine Brussels organisations received more than €12.8 million in EU funding in the period covered by a new Free Market Foundation report.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Regulatory complexity has become part of the nicotine problem. A system too slow or difficult to navigate can leave legal smoke-free products waiting while cigarettes remain on shelves and unapproved alternatives fill the gaps. reason.com/2026/09/30/t...

reason.com

The FDA promises to streamline the dauntingly complex rules for approving nicotine products

The planned reforms could promote harm reduction by addressing a huge backlog that has resulted in routine violations of a statutory deadline.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ll tell you what I don’t understand. Why aren’t more people, organisations & countries calling for #BDS to pressure #Israel to accept a #2statesolution? @sanho.bsky.social @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social @barnsgreg.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ll tell you what review should conclude: Tennessee should stop executing people NOW. @barnsgreg.bsky.social @marquelawyers.com.au @paulrgregoire.bsky.social @sanho.bsky.social

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Barrel Brent Crude Oil now $US99.59. What causes price to rise? Greed? Fear? Both?

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

2021 solar+wind generated > electricity than nuclear for 1st time. 2025 solar+wind generated 2x as much power as nuclear.Solar alone out-generated nuclear 2025 & wind power will out-generate nuclear 2027/28.Nuclear power's 25 year stagnation no end in sight reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-powe...

reneweconomy.com.au

Nuclear power's quarter-century of stagnation has no end in sight, and has been overtaken by solar PV

Latest nuclear status report details the glum state of affairs for the far right's favourite clean power source. It's already been overtaken by solar for the first time.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So many alternatives for Oz to ⬆️interest rates to ⬇️inflation! eg ⬇️greenhouse gas emissions by ⬇️subsidy diesel fuel •start ⬆️tax on large cars/SUVs to ➡️sales to small cars •tax gas exports •⬇️obscene ⬇️tax for people with superannuation accounts >$10m •wealth tax for billionaires Need political courage

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