Now served with a community note.

Today, @alexwodak and I sent an open letter to all federal MPs and Senators asking them to reject the #Vaping Reforms Bill

The reforms will
➡️Not protect children
➡️Perpetuate the dangerous and violent black market run by organised crime

Read here ⤵️
mailchi.mp/d693a7cb7a16/s…

How did marijuana become legal in much of the US? It was a top-down as well as a bottom up campaign. | My new story for The Chronicle of Philanthropy

#philanthropy #cannabis NORML Drug Policy Alliance

philanthropy.com/article/can-bi…

Christian Saenz from Georgia State Economics Dept. and Seminar Series presenting at 3rd Annual Kansas Health Economics Conference. Showing #ecig introduction and escape from drug regulation reduces adult mortality. David Slusky

One way of adding to environmental problems is LYING to people that something can't be recycled when, in fact, it can.

Even in Switzerland, where World Health Organization (WHO) is based:

erecycling.ch/en/wissenswert…

World Health Organization (WHO) It's like the World Health Organization (WHO) has given up pretending to make truthful posts.

All single-use products CAN be recycled. The WHO is spouting absolute bollocks again.

businesswaste.co.uk/news/how-to-di….

New today: UK politician proposes smoking ban be extended to vapes

clearingtheair.eu/post/uk-politi…

UW Medicine's review of nicotine pouches misses key points and shifts focus to nicotine addiction over harm reduction. It doubles as an ad for a CBT course, raising credibility questions. Read more here - daily-pouch.com/uw-medicine-is… #Health #Nicotine #HarmReduction 🚬🔍

Jukka Kelovuori World Health Organization (WHO) x.com/donegalcouncil…

NONSENSE!
They can also be repurposed much like this small team of industrious young people in South Africa. Turning disposable vapes into mini power banks. instagram.com/onemoretimesa/

Does the 'AI Vaping Flavors Study' accurately reflect the risks? Our latest blog post delves into expert opinions to clarify the findings. Learn more about what the specialists really think: worldvapersalliance.com/addressing-the…

.Clive Bates nails it!
Tobacco Control in Australia is blinded by its hatred of the tobacco industry and has completely lost the plot!

PHRP Cancer Council NSW ccvic Public Health Australia Yes, but #vapes are not medicines. They are consumer nicotine products, substitutes for another deadly consumer nicotine product - cigarettes
...just like caffeine and alcohol are not medicines
Apart from that, the prescription model has failed dismally and cannot be resuscitated

'Compared to a national ENDS [electronic nicotine delivery systems] ban, The Mexico SAVM projects that legalizing ENDS use could decrease smoking prevalence by 40.1% in males and 30.9% in females by 2049 compared to continuing the national ENDS ban.'

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P….

Simon Chapman AO https://bsky.app/profile/simoncha thought had gotcha moment but ASH New Zealand politely pointed out that he had presented up to date Australian smoking data at Washington Summit. Meanwhile Simon seemed to completely miss other major points BY presented eg lack of NZ vaping black market Dr Colin Mendelsohn

Simon Chapman AO https://bsky.app/profile/simoncha Ben Youdan You can trust Ben Youdan. Fully updated figures were presented @ #ecigarettesummit . Talk synopsis you quote was published before the data was - luckily the new AU daily prevalence was published in time to share in Washington DC!

New Nicotine Alliance (NNAlliance) on what's wrong with the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill, now released by the Bill Committee.

PDF and overview ...
clivebates.com/papers-and-let…

It was calm on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday!

And another article archive.is/vK7kt

As far as I understand, milk bars in Australia sell cigarettes, too.

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