Pam retweeted
The Ulema Council just declared that use, production and sale of nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") is haram (forbidden) under Fatwa No. 131, signed Nov. 6 in Jakarta.
60% of Indonesian men smoke. It is now haram to quit smoking "the wrong way." tobaccoreporter.com/2026/11/…
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The English National Health Service agrees, “Nicotine itself does not cause cancer, lung disease, heart disease or stroke.“
In fact, data shows that while Swedes 🇸🇪 and Germans 🇩🇪 consume equal amounts of nicotine, lung cancer deaths are much lower in Sweden.
At the same time smoking is much more common in Germany.
A coincidence? Definitely not!
Our report explains it all: smokefreesweden.org/resource…
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Insufficient evidence does not mean cleared of a crime or that the crime did not happen.
It means there’s not enough evidence to convict a jury.
This is very normal in rape and sex assault cases.
In Australia, there’s around 200,000 rapes or sex assaults each year. Less than 7% of these cases end in convictions.
There’s rarely video or photo evidence of sexual violence, witnesses are unlikely and injuries are often explained away as ‘rough sex’.
These cases are framed as ‘he said she said’ and most often, the HE is believed, not the SHE.
The default in our society is to view men as innocent and women as trapping them.
My default is to believe HER because the research shows false claims of sexual violence are exceedingly low.
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What is missing is any consideration of whether different products might produce different outcomes. Another nicotine product arrives. The response is another restriction. Eventually, the proposed solution becomes control of the molecule itself.
09algor.substack.com/p/when-…
@drjoesDIYhealth @Clive_Bates
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Oh please, share this! Oh, and add to this if you so choose. 💕
Thank you for sharing one study. Here are others.
When smokers switch to e-cigarettes:
Lung cilia recover full function
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
Respiratory tract infections drop dramatically
dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/…
PATH Study surveyed 5,653 US adults: “Switching completely from past 30-day use of cigarettes to e-cigarettes had short-term beneficial associations with functionally important respiratory symptoms similar to quitting tobacco completely.”
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
thelancet.com/journals/eclin…
Data from 9,000 adults: “Exclusive e-cigarette use was not associated with higher odds of wheezing compared with never-use, and it was linked to substantially lower odds than exclusive cigarette smoking.”
link.springer.com/article/10…
Analysis of 19,000 people found 65% of smokers with asthma and 76% of smokers with COPD reported improvement in respiratory symptoms after switching to ecigs.
mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/4/4356…
COPD smokers’ lung health and quality of life improve dramatically (participants followed for 5 years). “COPD exacerbations were reduced by approximately 50%.”
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
Asthmatic smokers experience “Significant improvement in asthma control and quality of life”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3196…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2701…
mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/5/4965
discoverymedicine.com/Riccar…
mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/905…
1,519 adults who have never been established smokers, surveyed across 6 world regions: No evidence of “clinically meaningful difference in respiratory symptom frequency” between current vapers and non-vapers. 2026
link.springer.com/article/10…
Systematic review of 23 studies found “Improvements were seen across different [smoking] cessation methods including pharmacotherapy and e-cigarettes. Randomized control trials on e-cigarettes reported significant improvements in flow-mediated dilation irrespective of nicotine content, suggesting that combustion rather than nicotine may be the primary driver of vascular impairment.” 2026
academic.oup.com/eurjpc/arti…
What about never-smokers who vape nicotine?
'No detectable changes in lung health' of never-smokers who vaped nicotine for up to 4 years. E-cigarette users who never smoked, followed for 3.5 years: No significant health changes in blood pressure, heart rate, body weight, lung function, respiratory symptoms, exhaled breath nitric oxide or carbon monoxide; and “no pathological findings could be identified on high-resolution computed tomography of the lungs, and no respiratory symptoms were consistently reported in the e-cigarette user group.”
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
“Analysis of estimates from exclusive e-cigarette users did not yield a significant risk of myocardial infarction” [heart attack]. And “Overall risk of stroke among e-cigarette users was not significantly higher than the non-users.”
link.springer.com/article/10…
Systematic review of 10 prospective studies: “EC use by never-smoking individuals is not associated with risk of severe respiratory outcomes, but may be associated with mild coughing/wheezing..” 2025
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
ADD nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
Studies that looked at both cardiovascular and lung health:
2022 review by University of Michigan researchers: When smokers switch, risk of acute cardiopulmonary events drops rapidly; long-term use leads to lung health benefits, especially among asthmatic and COPD smokers. No cancer risk found.
mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/15/905…
E-cigarette users’ health biomarkers are indistinguishable from never-smokers. “When compared with people who never smoked, E-cigarette smokers [sic] had similar blood concentrations of VOCs.” Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are Harmful or Potentially Harmful Substances (HPHS) measured at high levels in smokers.
archpublichealth.biomedcentr…
In adult COPD smokers: “Diastolic blood pressure and airway resistance improved after e-cigarette use.” (short term study)
psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d…
Cardiovascular and pulmonary events among 46,834 Korean cancer patients: “During a median 4.2 years of follow-up, all-cause mortality was significantly lower in quitters (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.92) and e-cigarette users (HR = 0.84) than continued smokers. Both groups also showed lower cardiovascular event risks (HR = 0.64; and HR = 0.72, respectively). 2026.
ajph.aphapublications.org/do…
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#Palau. If this is about health, the government should explain why safer nicotine faces a tougher global crackdown than cigarettes, the product that actually kills.
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Must read post from @MarewaGlover
Meanwhile @radionz continues to use talking heads on vaping issues that suppress other viewpoints. Hey @wallacelchapman talk with Marewa!!!
My profile pic expresses my pride in having shared a stage with &TheVapingBogan and @GrimmGreen. Laws have been passed to suppress our voices; to deny us the same rights others enjoy to Free Speech.
Many others like us have also been subjected to smear campaigns, cancellation of our platforms, jobs or businesses. Why?
Why cancel people who cracked how to reach and effectively communicate with people who smoke cigarettes about how to finally stop smoking?
Across the world people like us —influencers, harm reduction advocates, vape shop owners and consumers, and a small number of brave academics, scientists and ‘tobacco control’ people have helped hundreds of thousands (it’s now millions) of people to quit smoking. Quickly. Easily.
Our new innovative approaches, underpinned by RESPECT and genuine care for consumers, showed up how flawed and how ineffective all previous public health / behavioural change theories and strategies were. Instead of advancing, we were framed as a threat to the established global tobacco control sector and their lucrative cancer, lung, respiratory, and anti-smoking NGOs.
So, they shifted from their one job, their only mandate — reduce smoking-related disease and deaths — to eliminating us and the innovative new far far far safer products that will see mass production of cigarettes displaced just like the light bulb replaced gas lamps, just like digital phones replaced cameras and Kodak film.
Technological innovation, scientific advancement and forward thinkers will not be stopped. But, while the enemies of innovation, those people trying to hang on to their salaries and status block access to the escape pods (pun), millions of people every year — about 7 million — continue to die. Millions more develop and live with debilitating diseases.
The academics, and the health workers & journalists they’ve lied to, can defame me (as they have), cancel me, block publication of my research papers; they can lie to the public, threaten people into cutting all contact with me; make me a leper like they tried to do to smokers. By their actions they have shown how behind and how unethical they are. I know how wrong they are and I remain proud to fight alongside the consumers for their right to choose a safer nicotine product.
#vapingsaveslives
#oralnicotinepouchessavelives
#heatedtobaccoproductssavelives
Pam retweeted
My profile pic expresses my pride in having shared a stage with &TheVapingBogan and @GrimmGreen. Laws have been passed to suppress our voices; to deny us the same rights others enjoy to Free Speech.
Many others like us have also been subjected to smear campaigns, cancellation of our platforms, jobs or businesses. Why?
Why cancel people who cracked how to reach and effectively communicate with people who smoke cigarettes about how to finally stop smoking?
Across the world people like us —influencers, harm reduction advocates, vape shop owners and consumers, and a small number of brave academics, scientists and ‘tobacco control’ people have helped hundreds of thousands (it’s now millions) of people to quit smoking. Quickly. Easily.
Our new innovative approaches, underpinned by RESPECT and genuine care for consumers, showed up how flawed and how ineffective all previous public health / behavioural change theories and strategies were. Instead of advancing, we were framed as a threat to the established global tobacco control sector and their lucrative cancer, lung, respiratory, and anti-smoking NGOs.
So, they shifted from their one job, their only mandate — reduce smoking-related disease and deaths — to eliminating us and the innovative new far far far safer products that will see mass production of cigarettes displaced just like the light bulb replaced gas lamps, just like digital phones replaced cameras and Kodak film.
Technological innovation, scientific advancement and forward thinkers will not be stopped. But, while the enemies of innovation, those people trying to hang on to their salaries and status block access to the escape pods (pun), millions of people every year — about 7 million — continue to die. Millions more develop and live with debilitating diseases.
The academics, and the health workers & journalists they’ve lied to, can defame me (as they have), cancel me, block publication of my research papers; they can lie to the public, threaten people into cutting all contact with me; make me a leper like they tried to do to smokers. By their actions they have shown how behind and how unethical they are. I know how wrong they are and I remain proud to fight alongside the consumers for their right to choose a safer nicotine product.
#vapingsaveslives
#oralnicotinepouchessavelives
#heatedtobaccoproductssavelives
The importance and impact of independent rewiewers and educational content by creators like Samuel @TheVapingBogan and Nick @GrimmGreen can never be understated. I wish you well on you re-re-location and send a subohm middle finger to govs screwing us up. vejpkollen.se/en/2026/11/vap…
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From @save_greyhounds :
"The latest big brands to reject greyhound racing include Coles, British Paints, Rydges, and Flight Centre.
Their ads have appeared on the Greyhound Recorder website or during the SevenPlus broadcast of the Million Dollar Chase Finals.
Coles has pulled their ads from the Greyhound Recorder, saying: "Coles is committed to protecting and safeguarding animal welfare... We have looked into this with our advertising partners and can confirm the Coles advertising has now been removed from the Greyhound Recorder website. We have also updated our advertising exclusions to prevent Coles advertising from appearing on the site in future."
Flight Centre said: "Please be assured that Flight Centre Travel Group does not support greyhound racing and that the placement of the adverts was not intentional."
We're still awaiting responses from Target Australia, Fisher & Paykel, Specsavers Australia and Harvey Norman. We'll let you know if they stay silent.
Around six years ago, our campaign to end big-brand greyhound racing sponsorship in Australia achieved great success. Major companies like Toyota, Optus, and Volkswagen cancelled their sponsorships, and roughly 70 high profile businesses introduced guidelines to block their ads from running during greyhound racing programs.
Most of these brands did not realize their ads were being shown. Once alerted, they were quick to pull their ads and publicly distance themselves from the industry.
No decent brand can support the cruelties of greyhound racing"
#bangreyhoundracing
facebook.com/CoalitionForThe…
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"The European Commission has, through a spokesperson, declined to confirm that it would propose changes to EU laws on nicotine this year, despite telling Rapporteur three weeks ago that they were sticking with plans to release them in December."
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/tp…
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More tobacco control industry stooges stick their noses in the trough. Pretty ironic really considering almost no one buys industry products anymore thanks to … the tobacco control industry. theguardian.com/business/202…
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#deadgreyhoundsaus NSW
Lucifer's Bullet is now dead. Likely euthanised. Unclear whether they have only just now entered her death into the system or she has been killed in recent days, many weeks after suffering serious injuries.
Used for racing 40 times, prizemoney $20,590, now dead.
Rest in Peace 🤍
Born: 15 July 2022
Dead: October/November 2026 NSW
fasttrack.grv.org.au/Dog/Det…
Report:
thedogs.com.au/attachments/e…
#bangreyhoundracing
*** dangling leg footage warning ***
Update: Lucifer's Bullet is still alive for now, suffering a left radius and ulna fracture. 90 days of incapacitation and suffering ahead if they don't kill her.
Lucifer's Bullet cannot make the turn at Bulli NSW just now. Front leg is dangling and she appears to be in a lot of pain. So incredibly cruel.
Footage in post below is another fall at Bulli last year where she suffered "lower back soreness". She has been used for racing 40 times.
These images provide further important evidence of a pattern of abuse and suffering inflicted on greyhounds in NSW on a daily basis. These images are further evidence of unsafe NSW tracks and the serious risks faced by greyhounds when running on these tracks.
Falls, serious injuries, deaths - all predictable and inevitable, especially on circular tracks.
GRNSW claims to prioritise animal welfare. These images, and many others like them, clearly do not support those claims.
Footage credit: GRNSW - replay not currently available
thedogs.com.au/racing/bulli/…
Report:
thedogs.com.au/attachments/e…
Fasttrack:
fasttrack.grv.org.au/Dog/Det…
#bangreyhoundracing
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Tralee Bubba is dead.
At Gunnedah NSW tonight, she suffered fractures to the left "radius, ulna, carpus & multiple metatarsals". Can you imagine how much suffering she would have experienced before they killed her?
This is so cruel, so unfair to do this to these beautiful greyhounds.
SHUT IT DOWN
Rest in Peace 🤍
Born: 22 July 2024
Dead: 12 November 2026 Gunnedah NSW
fasttrack.grv.org.au/Dog/Det…
#deadgreyhoundsaus #bangreyhoundracing
Gunnedah NSW just now, 3 greyhounds in horrible falls - Sniper Tralee, Tralee Bubba and Burnside Libby.
Unclear what the injuries are. I think it's Tralee Bubba who trails the others a long way back and appears to be running awkwardly. Will have to wait for report.
These images provide further important evidence of a pattern of abuse and suffering inflicted on greyhounds in NSW on a daily basis. These images are further evidence of unsafe NSW tracks and the serious risks faced by greyhounds when running on these tracks.
GRNSW claims to prioritise animal welfare. These images, and many others like them, do not support those claims.
Footage credit: GRNSW - replay not currently available
thedogs.com.au/racing/gunned…
#bangreyhoundracing
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Hobart Tasmania just now, the tail grabbers can't help themselves. This is Anthony Bullock trained Ivory Japan being tail lifted into the starting box. How is this still happening? It's a cruel, grubby, and dangerous way to handle to a greyhound.
Replay is here:
form.tasracing.com.au/formgu…
fasttrack.grv.org.au/Dog/Det…
#bangreyhoundracing
why is tail grabbing/lifting still allowed in Tasmania? This is in full public view - what else is going on away from the cameras?
Back in June:
"DO NOT grip the greyhound's tail or use the tail to lift or manoeuvre the greyhound into the box"
"it is not an appropriate handling technique and may cause injury to the greyhound"
tasracing.com.au/integrity/i…
#bangreyhoundracing
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After the worldwide campaign to get disposable vapes banned because they cause waste, the tobacco control extremists now want nicotine melts banned because they cause NO waste.
You can’t satisfy these extremists, best that governments ignore them. #NotAboutHealth
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Behind every nicotine policy are people trying to leave cigarettes behind and people determined never to return to them. Their voices belong at the centre of the debate.
Take a look at ETHRA’s October news roundup. Follow the discussion, ask difficult questions and support the consumers working to keep tobacco harm reduction on the agenda.
@europethra
ethra.co/news/198-ethra-octo…
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♡We quit smoking b vaping.
♡We found an alternative to combustible cigarettes.
♡We want our experiences and voices heard.
♡We believe adult smokers deserve alternative access.
♡We want others to understand vaping mattered in our lives!
#WeQuitWithVape
#OldFartsVaping
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#deadgreyhoundsaus Victoria
Whodat Whiskey was injured before she even got going at Shepparton Victoria on 29 October. How did she suffer so many injuries so quickly? Was she already injured before running and the pre-race vet check picked up nothing? Why is she now dead?
Used for racing 78 times, prizemoney $9,560, now dead.
Rest in Peace 🤍
Born: 17 April 2023
Dead: November 2026 in Victoria
fasttrack.grv.org.au/Dog/Det…
Shepparton Victoria this afternoon, how is it possible Whodat Whiskey suffered a "left tibia fracture & injuries to the right triceps, right trapezius muscle, left fibula & left back muscle" in the short distance she ran from the starting box? Was she already injured? Was she injured in the box? Was the track in front of the box damaged? 60 days incapacitation ahead if they don't kill her.
She is number 8 pink in box left of screen
#bangreyhoundracing
fasttrack.grv.org.au/RaceFie…
