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Senior vaping cat lady. In search of intelligent conversations not found elsewhere.
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Relentless focus on youth #vaping, at expense of adult smokers who could benefit from switching to vaping, damaging UK public health. For every young person who vapes, there are around 20 adult smokers who could benefit from switching. Scare stories deter both groups. daily-pouch.com/new-governme...

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"Vaping is a huge threat to them and their ideology so they have to attack it. They can’t do it with the truth; the facts don’t support their position. So their only resort is to misinformation." Dr. Michael Siegel discusses his renewed mission—and its enemies—with @kiransidhu41.bsky.social:

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Professor Brad Rodu developed a continuing medical education (CME) program on smoking & tobacco harm reduction. His 5-hour course is available here: bit.ly/3Ww7MF5.

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If a health intervention is 100% "efficacious," but no one uses it, it is not "effective." EVIDENCE: The most efficacious AND popular smoking cessation tool is nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"). Strange to demonize them...

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Please follow Dr. Alex Wodak. A gem of a man who has devoted his entire career to public health harm reduction. A "man of many shining parts."

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"When received wisdom differs so starkly from the truth, it’s hard to leave that alone," reflects Kiran Sidhu. Looking back, "One of the most unexpected things I’ve encountered is a climate of fear." But "Consumers have taught me—and can teach others—so much."

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1947: Penicillin is now available @HHSGov refuses to inform 400 men with syphilis until 1972. 2023: #SaferNicotine alternatives to deadly cigarettes are now available American @LungAssociation "strongly advises" @US_FDA not to inform 26 MILLION Americans who smoke. @HaroldWimmer 😡😱😧

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Americans LOVE #MoralPanic! Demonizing "bad" people and their "bad" behavior is tight. But we ALWAYS later rethink that. I think it's time to de-demonize THIS mystery drug. We did it for alcohol in 1932. We're doing it now for cannabis... medium.com/@tchad49/is-...

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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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Big ❤️ for @marthagill.bsky.social's work on vaping. #StayCurious

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filtermag.org/safer-nicoti...

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So @mbsiegel.bsky.social was not in the mood to spare the rod with this post on vaping misinformation from credible sources. tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/11/amer...

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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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#GA Posted Cliff Douglas is President and Chief Executive Officer of Global Action to End Smoking. reduced-risk alternatives can be life-saving globalactiontoendsmoking.org/news-and-pre...

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#StayCurious

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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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ZYN and nicotine pouches are most likely the safest way possible to ingest a relatively benign drug. Ask Sweden, Follow science smokefreesweden.org

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"Countless organizations and health care providers now use [today's] #GreatAmericanSmokeout to attack vaping—portraying our most effective smoking cessation tool as part of the problem, and thus betraying millions of people who smoke," writes Skip Murray:

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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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