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"By 2019, a steady stream of junk science and outright lies from supposed ‘public health’ groups had convinced two-thirds of Americans that e-cigarettes were as hazardous or more hazardous than traditional cigarettes."
Jacob Grier's The Rediscovery of Tobacco shows how the war on smoking has been built on junk science, class snobbery and plenty of cash. He doesn’t like cigarettes. He doesn’t smoke cigarettes. He advises people against smoking cigarettes. And yet...
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@LeemingLachie/@AngiraB_/@dailytelegraph!
@MauriceGSwanson has been informed of the challenge more than 72 hrs ago. He has not accepted the challenge nor retracted that erroneous claim.
It's time for YOU to print a correction to the story noting the error.
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2) You have been challenged on your bet. Do you have the courage to go ahead with it, or will you be offering a retraction of that false claim?
2/2
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Alarming data in ASSAD Stats!😯
-7% of 12-17 yr olds reported being current smokers
& 23% said are likely>certain to smoke in the future.
Australian TC has been too busy failing to create a teen #vaping epidemic of 1.8% aged 14-17 while 100% harmful smoking gets a free ride?🤔
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Dishonesty by some researchers displayed in this new study done with #vapers.
f1000research.com/articles/1…
#backfire when an author of the study you linked points out your statement was false and completely out of context. Money makes people say the darnedest things...
Another smoking cessation trial using #ecig where 9 out of 10 smokers failed to quit. medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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...and it is never OK to lie in public health. Never. Never NEVER ever.
Also, there is a practical problem with these paternalistic lies: They erode public trust in all public health advice, including what's actually true (e.g., vaccine safety).
@truthinitiative
Great question.
To anyone not up to speed on significantly reduced risk alternatives to lighting up a smoke, what financial influence is behind the messaging in MSM you have heard?
@hbowly @LivePippas @VaperNt @VaporMan6 @AlexWodak @ColinMendelsohn @LegaliseVaping @AdamMann14
They keep opening the door and raising the subject but #Vaping never gets a look in.
What will it take to get Governments to put public wellbeing before tax revenue?
#VapingSavesLives
So Tobacco Free Australia once again lights up against a product containing zero tobacco while actual tobacco products are legally available 24/7 everywhere. Is Maurice paid, or simply demented?
Dangerous path to getting kids hooked on nicotine - the importation of e-cigarettes needs to be made illegal unless accompanied by Dr's script. @CancerCouncilOz @quitvic @ama_media @AMA_WA @heartfoundation @Lungfoundation
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IN FOR A SHOCK | Decoding the war on safer nicotine products | RegWatch **Guest: Charles A. Gardner, Executive Director @INNCOorg @ChaunceyGardner @FDATobacco @GovCanHealth @thecvaofficial #cdnpoli #VapingSavesLives #SaferNicotineProducts
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I think adults should take an interest in the harms young people inflict on themselves and have a broad harm reduction approach. But vaping is among the most innocuous of all youth risk behaviours and problems, and likely displaces more harmful behaviours for those most at risk.
#winning
How did he quit smoking?
Is he suffering any withdrawals?
Is he worried about relapsing?
Read the thread.
If you really want to quit smoking, speak to people who have.
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Right. Remember when people remembered that smoking kills people? The animosity now directed against >20X safer alternatives is just weird. Seriously weird. Propaganda funded to the tune of over $200 million per year by @MikeBloomberg and @truthinitiative.
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New study via @KTSmith2012 et al @QMUL
medicalxpress.com/news/2021-…
Demonstrating improved results (19% cessation c/w NRT at 3%) with minimal support. Interested to find out why this differed so much from 2019 Hajek study. Random or ? any clues appreciated Katie
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In your article you quote a Catholic College deputy principal David Broadbent "with vaping, a practice more dangerous to health than smoking"
this is false
even according to Simon Chapman (under oath),
have you contacted @ATHRA_AU for some facts or balance to your story?
Positive #unintendedconsequences
Flavored vaping has also helped to curb my horrible sweet tooth, as well as eliminating the boredom eating I used to do. The most effective means of quitting the #1 cause of preventable death and cancer, can also help you to eat healthier. Not something Hon Lik saw coming, I bet.
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Isn't it interesting that tobacco kills smokers and for ex-smokers tobacco is replaced by governments as the primary cause of harm.
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Thank you! There are days that I think I'm very good at this, but the reality is that it's the product. Flavored vaping is incredibly effective for cessation and millions of successful quitters are the best advertising you could ask for. Nearly all my customers are referrals.
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Helped a couple and a single mother to all quit smoking w flavored ecigs today. A total of 61 yrs of smoking stopped instantly. @GovWhitmer @MDHHS_Director @SenAricNesbitt @SenJonBumstead @SenLTheis @SenMikeShirkey @SenEdMcBroom @SenRogerVictory @SenRickOutman @SenJimRunestad
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"Partnership"? Funny way to describe #AstroTurfing & abuse of tax-deduction.
All in addition to your #PhilantroColonialism, bribing foreign health officials to push for anti-scientific bans on smokeless (20 times harm-reduced) alternatives to combustibles!
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