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The war on vaping is a war on public health

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Ivanna_THR_CDN🇨🇦_Advocate🐿️ @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
10K voices have spoken up📢 Have you? www.rights4vapers.com Gov Health Cdn agrees #vaping helps adults quit smoking. Pressures from NGOs are forcing policies, that will cause more harm. Cause relapse to smoking; increase illicit markets. Tell Min. Saks, #FlavorsMatter Vaping is quitting smoking.
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Fiona Patten @fionapatten.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Sweden is now smoke free! Key to their success - a pragmatic focus on harm reduction rather than prohibition The Swedes’ extraordinary success is the result of their pioneering policy approach to safer alternatives to cigarettes Well worth a read www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
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BREAKING NEWS: Swedes First in World to Become Smoke Free – It’s a Lesson for the World Says Smoke Free Sweden
SENSATIONAL government figures released today show that Swedes have made history by becoming officially ‘smoke free’. Swedes have hit this remarkable
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Canadians for Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (CanTHR) @canthr.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
In a terrific example of #tobaccoharmreduction Sweden is now a smoke free country. Hopefully other countries will look towards this successful model as inspiration. #snus #nicotinepouch
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
If Suicide Prevention Australia tells you that you’re doing something dangerous for young people you should be rigid with horror then frantic to find out how to reverse it. Good luck, everybody.
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Pippa Starr @pippaslive.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The petition that asks Butler the most important question of all! Please Share Far & Wide!🙏 www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The ALP are lost, vindictive cowards. The Greens are policy incompetent and stupol brained. The Teals are shallow four parts marketing, one part gravitas. The Nats are a mining lobby and the Libs are battling between being corporate shills or the sword of anti-human evangelical churches. Bout right?
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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"You don’t conduct a war against inanimate objects. This is a war against people,” the author of a major new report, detailing mass uptake in spite of governments, tells Kiran Sidhu. . “Despite all the hurdles, safer nicotine products are here to stay.”
filtermag.org
Despite Everything, More People Than Ever Choose Safer Nicotine Options
“People talk about a war on smoking, a war on nicotine or a war on vapes,” Harry Shapiro told Filter. ...
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Gillian @gillianp1965.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I haven’t seen this posted here yet so of you’re an Aussie and you vape, please complete this survey so we can get our voices heard www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/survey #vape #vapessavelives
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Survey | ALIVE Movement
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Albanese told parliament that he want to make sure "children have a childhood and parents have peace of mind"... and so he is raising the rate of govt assistance to ensure children will not live in pover...oh wait, sorry I am being handed a note...
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Penny Allman-Payne @pennyallmanpayne.com · 25/11/2024
The PM says, "When it comes to the wellbeing of young people ... I want Australia to be one of the leading nations in the world." Spare me. One in six kids live in poverty but instead of raising the rate or building public housing Labor's ramming through a social media ban. We see you.
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aslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 23/11/2024
“Autistic people should always be involved in research in a meaningful way and should be listened to at every stage of a project. By doing that, researchers can avoid inadvertently doing research that is either harmful to autistic people, or which misinterprets the findings." 🫠
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Why autistic people must be at the heart of autism research
A research project led entirely by autistic people aims to change the way autism research is conducted.
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Gillian @gillianp1965.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Thread 🧵
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Rawg @rawgster.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Cochrane Review The strongest evidence yet that e-cigarettes, also known as vapes, help people to quit smoking better than traditional nicotine replacement therapies(NRT's) www.cochrane.org/news/latest-...
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Latest Cochrane Review finds high certainty evidence that nicotine e-cigarettes are more effective than traditional nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) in helping people quit smoking
A Cochrane review has found the strongest evidence yet that e-cigarettes help people to quit smoking better than traditional nicotine replacement therapies
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Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
What is the US public being told? "E-cigarette use is increasing, especially among teens" and "whole new generation addicted to nicotine" and 'flavors' "target teens." There are several problems with these claims. First and foremost, they are propaganda tactics. Demonstrably not truth.
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Skip Murray 🌻 @skipscorner.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I like to create newsletters about tobacco harm reduction. You can find them on Substack. skipscorner.substack.com
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Skip’s Corner | Skip Murray | Substack
I love having meaningful conversations about ways we can improve the quality of life for our family, friends, and neighbors. Click to read Skip’s Corner, by Skip Murray, a Substack publication. Launch...
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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Very good column here, written from a UK perspective but equally applicable to the US.
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Jacob Grier @jacobgrier.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
Really good piece from eminent tobacco control researcher Ken Warner on the unheralded public health triumph of practically eliminating youth smoking. The panics over Zyn and vaping obscure a fantastic win for public health. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
ajph.aphapublications.org
Kids No Longer Smoke Cigarettes. Why Aren’t We Celebrating? | AJPH | Vol. 114 Issue 11
American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)
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Farm Dee @pharmesq.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I used a vape to quit smoking about 11 years ago. I used serial dilution of vape juice to reduce nic levels. Haven’t inhaled anything but atmospheric air since. It doesn’t work for everyone but it did for me.
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Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I'm new to Bluesky. I read NIH and CDC survey reports. The numbers in this graph are correct. Super-easy to #FactCheck. Four decades, no progress Past decade: Massive drop in teen nicotine use and harm Ask me questions. I am very aware that this is not what the public is being told.
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Canadians for Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (CanTHR) @canthr.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Sad to see #tobaccoharmreduction become politically polarized when it has the potential to help so many. As @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social points out, many at-risk groups can benefit from THR: Smoking is prevalent among LGBTQ+ people in Canada, with estimates ranging from 24% to 45%. #harmreduction
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Rawg @rawgster.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The paper, published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research by Oxford University Press. Switching to vaping from smoking improves respiratory health, new study finds www.clearingtheair.eu/en/post/swit...
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Switching to vaping from smoking improves respiratory health, new study finds
The paper, published in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research by Oxford University Press, observed a group of adult smokers in the U.S. who had reported a baseline cough or wheeze.
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ALIVE Advocacy Movement @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The Govt & their friends in the Big Quit Industry are being found out fast! The whole shitshow they have created re vaping is beyond a farce! The Govt have lined the pockets of their favoured NGOs and blocked out the real experts, & the consumers! Australia loses under Australian Labor again!
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
#BREAKING 🚨 Young Labor Left NSW has come out against the social media ban for under-16s in a formal submission They have ‘deep reservations’ about ID being given to platforms, and also noted that ‘restricting social media will worsen an already extreme [loneliness] epidemic’
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Nick "Grimm" Green @grimmgreen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Nicotine warnings have been required on vapes since 2018 www.fda.gov/tobacco-prod...
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Labeling and Warning Statements for Tobacco Products
Learn more about labeling and advertising restrictions for tobacco product packages and advertisements.
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Nick "Grimm" Green @grimmgreen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
May people praising this platform for it's vibes. Cooler people, less nazis, actual moderation but... There are equal levels of unscientific and anti-harm reduction misinformation on both BSKY and X Watching leftys trash RFK for using ZYN is unscientific, and wrong www.fdli.org/2017/08/spot...
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Spotlight on Tobacco: A Model Risk Continuum for Tobacco and Nicotine Products - Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI)
A Model Risk Continuum for Tobacco and Nicotine Products by Chris Proctor, Sudhanshu Patwardhan, and James Murphy The concept that not all tobacco and nicotine products present the same risks to human...
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Cris Delnevo @crisdelnevo.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Millions of Americans still smoke. Today is the Great American Smoke Out- This blog by Skip Murray deserves a read. skipscorner.substack.com/p/thinking-b...
skipscorner.substack.com
Thinking 'bout THR News & Views
November 18-21, 2024
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Ivanna_THR_CDN🇨🇦_Advocate🐿️ @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
What bothers me the most on 🦋platform, unlike X, I don't have people backing me up; twice I've been attacked by THR deniers; with 0️⃣ back-up support. If this continues I will abandon this platform. #tobaccoharmreduction crew.
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Global Forum on Nicotine @gfn.events · 21/11/2024
In the latest episode of GFN Interviews Brent Stafford interviews #GSTHR4 report author @harryshapiro.bsky.social to unpack the vast range of themes explored in this latest report.
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Ivanna_THR_CDN🇨🇦_Advocate🐿️ @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hot 🔥off the presses! vapers.org.uk/vapers-diges...
vapers.org.uk
Vapers Digest 20th November
Wednesday's News at a glance: Don’t Rush Legislation ~ The Observer Gets Vaping ~ The VERITAS project changes the rules of vaping: no significant respiratory symptoms reported by exclusive vapers ~ 5 ...
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Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I just updated this graph based on the new CDC survey data for 2024. Behold what the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids calls a "whole new generation addicted to nicotine." Their false claim only makes sense if it's a desperate attempt to keep billionaire Mike Bloomberg paying them $20 million/year.
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Ivanna_THR_CDN🇨🇦_Advocate🐿️ @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Europe: The primary goal should be fighting #smoking. But if smoking is the issue, why is there so much fear surrounding nicotine #pouches? #tobaccoharmreduction snusforumet.se/en/when-will...
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When will Europe overcome the current moral panic over nicotine pouches? - Snusforumet
Is moral panic blinding EU countries from understanding how nicotine pouches have helped cut smoking prevalence in Sweden?
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Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I spend a LOT of time looking at CDC survey reports and developing easily #FactCheckable graphs based on objective evidence. It truly annoys me that I have to do this because they don't. CDC does not give the public historical, teen vs. adult, or "current" vs. daily use context. 😠
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/11/2024
It’s been 24 hours and I’ve gained 30k followers. Everyone wants to see God get the Bluesky butterfly tatted on his ass.
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Pippa Starr @pippaslive.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If big tobacco is hooking a whole new generation to nicotine via vapes, then why aren't the Australian Govt taking big tobacco to court over that? We beat them in the courts on plain packaging laws, why not vapes? Becky, you advise the Govt via your position on NHMRC, why hasn't this happened?
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Tim Dunlop @timdunlop.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Should be more journalism like this that exposes the mundane ways in which power manipulates us
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Nick "Grimm" Green @grimmgreen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
ZYN and nicotine pouches are most likely the safest way possible to ingest a relatively benign drug. Ask Sweden, Follow science smokefreesweden.org
smokefreesweden.org
Home page - Smoke Free Sweden 2024
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Pippa Starr @pippaslive.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
What does failure look like? Australia's Vaping regulations have failed as Senator @RossCadell kindly points this out in the Senate today! youtu.be/ysH3rxpuyfo?...
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Senator Ross Cadell Call Out Vaping Regulation Faiure 21 Nov 2024
YouTube video by ALIVE
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ALIVE Advocacy Movement @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
A great blog write up! "The Failure of Vaping Regulations in Australia: How Overzealous Laws Are Hurting Smokers" Check it out! 👇 www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/the-fai...
aliveadvocacymovement.com
The Failure of Vaping Regulations in Australia: How Overzealous Laws Are Hurting Smokers
21/11/24 AL GorIn the battle against smoking, vaping has emerged as a promising alternative—a way for millions of Australians to reduce harm, quit smoking altogether, and save lives. Yet, despite the clear evidence supporting the benefits of e-cigarettes as a harm reduction tool, Australia's vaping regulations are failing both smokers and public health. Instead of embracing vaping as a viable solution, the government’s overly restrictive approach is driving smokers away from safer alternatives,
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/11/2024
Now seems like a good time to remind people that Senators Klobuchar & Lujan proposed a law to make "health misinfo" illegal. And it would be misinfo as determined by *the head of HHS*. And now RFK Jr. is going to lead that agency. Stop pushing for censorship www.techdirt.com/2024/11/20/d...
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Dear Senators Klobuchar & Lujan: Now Do You See Why Letting HHS Censor “Misinformation” Is A Terrible Idea?
You have likely heard that Donald Trump has nominated conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next Secretary of Health and Human Services. This is dangerous and cruel for a very long li…
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Canadians for Tobacco Harm Reduction Association (CanTHR) @canthr.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We’ve put together a #tobaccoharmreduction starter pack which includes THR advocates & advocacy groups from across the globe. Want to include others in the list? Feel free to let me know! #vaping #nicotinepouch #harmreduction #vape #heatnotburn go.bsky.app/K3nm7b8
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Filter | harm reduction journalism @filtermag.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Recent analysis projected England won't be "smoke free" (rate < 5%) until 2039—badly missing the government target of 2030. Even that may be too optimistic, advocates tell Kiran Sidhu, in the face of recent anti-vape messaging and policies:
filtermag.org
Why Is England Missing Its “Smoke Free” Target?
England will miss its “smoke free” target by nearly a decade, a leading charity, Cancer Research UK (CRUK), has predicted. ...
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Dr Felix Effah, MRes, MPhil, PhD @dreffah.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hi BlueSky, I’m new here and trying to figure out this app works. I’m a scientist with expertise in neuropharmacology, toxicology and bioengineering. I have several papers published on how aging affects our brains and the toxicity of e-cigarettes on the human lungs. I hope to connect with you. 🧪👨🏾‍🔬
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Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Objective reality.
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Ivanna_THR_CDN🇨🇦_Advocate🐿️ @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
safer alts like e-cigarettes & nicotine pouches, over 600,000 lives could be saved by 2060." #tobaccoharmreduction #https://www.tobaccoharmreduction.net/article/How-Harm-Reduction-Could-Transform-Public-Health-in-Nigeria-and-Kenya/?utm_id=1&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_=KenyaAndNigeria
tobaccoharmreduction.net
How Harm Reduction Could Transform Public Health in Nigeria and Kenya
Save 600,000 lives in Nigeria and Kenya by 2060 with Tobacco Harm Reduction strategies like e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches.
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Pippa Starr @pippaslive.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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ncsct.bsky.social @ncsct.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
It’s always useful to get insights from people who have stopped smoking filtermag.org/older-vapers/
filtermag.org
What Older Vapers Think of Youth-Vaping Panic
Globally, youth vaping and its supposed health impacts have dominated public discussion and driven policies, to the extent that other ...
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Ivanna_THR_CDN🇨🇦_Advocate🐿️ @vapinsquirrel.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Once again, bullies (NGOs) are pushing for CDN-wide flavor ban on #vapes. Despite HealthCanada website acknowledging vapes are vastly less risky than cont'd smoking. Various elements; most importantly flavors help smokers disassociate with 🚬, thus helping them quit 🚬. Go to www.rights4vapers send✉️
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