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My new PubPeer comment with @RiccardoPolosa on a recent review article on "impacts of vaping among children:" pubpeer.com/publications/4FF…
Article: adc.bmj.com/content/early/20…
Experts at @SMC_London thoroughly criticized the article: sciencemediacentre.org/exper…
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A teacher was so concerned about her 16yo daughter vaping that she started buying her cigarettes instead and proudly called it a success.
What happens when fear replaces education? People end up believing vaping is worse than smoking.
Misinformation can have real consequences.
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On Stupidity …in Tobacco Control
medium.com/@tchad49/on-stupi…
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A 15-year-old’s suffering deserves compassion—and accurate reporting.
She and her friend believed they were using a THC vape. The contents remain unknown. Her father suspects synthetic cannabinoids or opioids, but neither has been confirmed.
Yet the headline reduces this to “vape sends daughter into psychosis”, leaving readers to conflate an unidentified illicit drug product with nicotine vaping.
Nine explains the uncertainty in the article. Why doesn’t the headline reflect it?
Name the suspected product. State what remains unknown. Families need precise warnings, not a headline that blurs crucial distinctions.
nine.com.au/australia-news/s…
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Looks like @Algore09algor has had his account restored. Please can you all follow him again. Thanks everyone 😘
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When we offer someone help to leave cigarettes behind, it is reasonable to agree on goals and review whether the approach is working. It is also reasonable to change an approach that is unsuitable or raises concerns.
What deserves questioning is a deadline that nobody can explain beyond “that is how the programme works”. What happens to someone who is making progress but still needs support? Who decides whether continuing is worthwhile, and what evidence informs that decision?
Alternatives have limitations and remaining risks. Those belong in a continuing conversation about the person’s circumstances.
Harm reduction asks us to take improvement seriously enough to support it thoughtfully. A review date should be an opportunity to understand what someone needs next, not simply the day their help runs out.
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People smoke for the nicotine and die from the resentment towards tobacco harm reduction.
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Also: a good way to quit skydiving is to not wear a parachute next time you jump…
Gen Z fueling tobacco sales as wild claims cigarettes are 'healthier' than vaping go viral: 'plant-based alternative' trib.al/tsOeuG2
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Cigarette volumes in the US continue declining (offset only by price hikes) and youth use is at historic lows per federal data; company growth is driven by smoke-free products, not traditional cigarettes or Gen Z anecdotes.
fda.gov/tobacco-produc…
tobaccoinsider.com/usa-cigarette-…
pmi.com/our-progress
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Indonesia's 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, but i is haram to quit smoking "the wrong way."
tobaccoreporter.com/2026/11/…
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If someone obtains a nicotine product outside the regulated system, I want to know what made that purchase possible and the lawful option difficult. Was it price, opening hours, product suitability or simply knowing where to go?
None of those answers excuses unlawful supply or establishes that the product was safe. They identify questions a serious policy review should investigate.
We should be able to learn from a consumer’s decision without endorsing it. Refusing to examine convenience because the seller is illegal leaves an important part of the comparison unexplored.
Enforcement and consumer research serve different purposes, and both deserve care. One can address unlawful conduct while the other examines how lawful options could work better. Understanding a purchase is a necessary step towards changing the conditions around it.
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The tobacco control industry's latest lie places a fantasy cost on the use of vapes. Reckon they subtracted the larger financial benefits of people quitting smoking? Course not! #Shysters businesstoday.com.my/2026/11…
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During an Estimates session, I asked Minister Watt:
"Minister, do you consider the government's very high tobacco duty is the reason otherwise law-abiding citizens are prepared to buy illegal tobacco, for generally a third of the legal price?"
Minister Watt responded with a flat "No" and said there was "absolutely no evidence to suggest that argument."
While the Labor government insists that massive excise hikes have "no impact" on the underground market, the reality tells a different story.
Data from the ABS and ATO show that as legal sales drastically decrease, the black market is booming, costing the budget billions and handing massive profits to organised crime and criminal gangs.
One Nation’s plan to fix it:
▶️ Cut the tobacco excise by 75% to bring legal prices down to a realistic level.
▶️ Implement a 3-year price freeze on tax indexation.
▶️ Starve the black market, pulling the rug out from under the criminal gangs.
When government policy creates a multi-billion dollar criminal market, burying your head in the sand isn't a strategy.
senroberts.com/4iImTpc
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STORY 39:
#Mexico has banned e-cigarettes/vapes through a constitutional amendment in 2025. They turned their back on the evidence and lived experience of many of their citizens.
If you have a story how THR products helped you quit smoking, share it here: thrglobal.org/share
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Who loses when cigarette sales drop to zero, and the 145-year-long Age of Cigarettes ends?
Consider "perverse incentives."
medium.com/@tchad49/who-lose…
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“We don’t know yet” should not quietly become “it cannot help” or “there is nothing to worry about”. Uncertainty leaves work to do. It gives neither side permission to fill the gap with the answer it wanted.
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I quit 7 years ago. Fruit flavoured vape. #THR
