2025 HIGHLIGHT: Comprehensive state bans on flavored e-cigarettes or vaporized nicotine and vaping products may be unintentionally driving young adults toward greater use of traditional cigarettes.

The President just de-demonized cannabis. Huh. Alcohol prohibition created a massive bootleg market. Cannabis prohibition did not reduce use. It created a bootleg market plus mass incarceration ruining millions of lives. So... is it time now to de-demonize THIS drug? medium.com/@tchad49/is-...

Nicotine vapes are harming Brazilian tobacco farmers?

How is this not blindingly obvious to Australian policymakers? Prescription-only; few doctors wiling to write prescriptions; very few pharmacists willing to sell them = quasi-prohibition. RESULT: 90% of products now sold on a black market run by violent drug gangs who sell with no age-checks.

This research is VERY important. 25 million US adults smoke causing 490,000 deaths every year. What most people don't know is they are now primarily: low-income or American vets or adults with mental health issues (e.g., ADHD) or LGBTQ or Indigenous Americans (American Indians). #SocialJustice

These damned Congolese are just deliberately trying to undermine the US President's active efforts to win a Nobel Peace Prize. #sarcasm (More seriously: Prayers for the people of Congo) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

The country on the left embraces "MPOWER" recommendations from the World Health Organization's tobacco control office. That office is funded by US billionaire Mike Bloomberg, who has zero health expertise. The country on the right enbraces #HarmReduction and ignores most WHO TC recommendations.

Sharp contrast policy on nicotine vapes. New Zealand 2020 start make it easier for smokers get vapes. Australia still hostile to vapes, very restricted. No evidence vape black market in NZ but huge & dynamic violent vape black market in Australia @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @jamomartin.bsky.social

In 1964, the US Surgeon General told us cigarettes kill. Smoking rates started dropping. For 4 decades that drop was ~2% per year. By 5 years ago, 5%/year. Today, 10% per year. ALL public health fields have "interventions." In Tobacco Control for the past 50 years, those are stigma & coercion.

Most Americans who smoke are low-income or adults with mental health issues or American vets or LGBTQ. So most smoking-related DEATHS are among those groups. So... might be a good idea to help them quit.

We are PWUD and we deserve to live freely without criminalisation, stigma, and discrimination! We make the world better 💜✊️✊🏿💚

In the United States, we say "States are the laboratory of Democracy." States can also be the laboratory of public health policies. National "states": Australia vs. New Zealand have wildly different tobacco control policies (and wildly different outcomes).

Really hard understand some well trained researchers who still argue 2025 #vaping nicotine gateway ➡️smoking despite compelling evidence to contrary. What’s really going on here? @jgitchell.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social

it all comes from the fact that in the early 2000s factory workers that developed it were exposed to very high levels of diacetyl without proper PPE. E-Liquids used to contain it but it's been banned in the UK and EU for E-Liquids since like 2016. There have been 0 documented cases linked to vaping

A "drug" is any psychoactive substance. Are YOU a PWUD? A Person Who Uses Drugs? If you answer "yes" to any of the following, you ARE a PWUD. Do you use: - coffee, caffeinated tea, energy drinks? - alcohol (beer, wine, spirits)? - nicotine (deadly cigarettes or #SaferNicotine alternatives)?

Goldman Sachs advises investors. They are not "in the pocket of big tobacco." If their analysts get something wrong, they don't last long at their jobs. This IS what's happening. And it IS strange that most of public health ignores it.

The WHO wants countries to regulate or ban e-cigarettes and treat them like cigarettes, even though safer alternatives like vaping are helping millions quit. In low- and middle-income countries, where quit tools are scarce, this approach could keep more people smoking and dying needlessly.

Do e-cigarettes help people quit smoking? Probably Are they safe? Safer than cigarettes www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

Nicotine patches: "not dependence-forming" FDA: federalregister.gov/documents/20... So can everyone PLEASE stop saying "nicotine is addictive"? The molecule itself is not. Dependence depends on the person (it varies) and method of delivery. And "addictive" is stigmatizing. An ethical no-no.

If you believe "vaping is a gateway to smoking" you are like a flat-Earther. The real world disagrees with you. In all these countries, among all adults, the age group with the steepest rate of smoking decline is... young adults. And teen smoking has dropped to all-time lows.

Nicotine gum: "not dependence-forming" FDA: federalregister.gov/documents/20... So can everyone PLEASE stop parroting "nicotine is addictive"? The molecule itself is not. Dependence depends on the person (it varies) and method of delivery. And "addictive" is stigmatizing. An ethical no-no.

If 21 million adults ride red bicycles... 1.6 million teens ride red bycycles... adult red bicycle use increased 110%... teen red bicycle use dropped 70%... What would YOU assume about the sanity of someone who claimed, "red bicycles are popular with teens"? ARE e-cigarettes "popular with teens"?

Nicotine gum: "not dependence-forming" FDA: federalregister.gov/documents/20... So can everyone PLEASE stop parroting "nicotine is addictive"? The molecule itself is not. Dependence depends on the person (it varies) and method of delivery. And "addictive" is stigmatizing. An ethical no-no.

If 21 million adults ride red bicycles... 1.6 million teens ride red bycycles... adult red bicycle use increased 110%... teen red bicycle use dropped 70%... What would YOU assume about the sanity of someone who claimed, "red bicycles are popular with teens"? ARE e-cigarettes "popular with teens"?

Dr. Ken Warner is a former President of the world's top professional society in the field of Tobacco Control, the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT). Not industry. An academic. One of the world's top experts in Tobacco Control. youtu.be/FvRkTORuClc

Youth smoking has dropped to near nil in New Zealand. Teen nicotine vaping dropped by half in just two years. But NZ #HarmReduction denialist zealots continue to claim there is a "crisis."

Youth vaping in New Zealand has halved since 2021. Daily youth smoking is down to just under 1%. This is global leadership — not grounds for shaming. #EvidenceBasedPolicy, #NZ, #HealthForAll bit.ly/48a0NI3

All over the free world (where #SaferNicotine alternatives are legal), the adult age group with steepest rate of smoking decline (by far) is young adults. Yet many Tobacco Control "experts" continue to claim "vaping is a gateway to smoking." I'm not sure how they can say this with a straight face.

As youth vaping falls and youth smoking collapses, NZ’s dual-track approach shows you can protect teens and support adult quitting at the same time. #harmreduction clearingtheair.eu/post/youth-v...

Behold the "whole new generation addicted to nicotine." Now consider: Who is well-funded and benefits from *pushing* #MoralPanic to convince the public a "whole new generation addicted" exists? monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d... It not not just demonstrably false. It is a grotesque lie.

Ok. Here is a more up to date source. It’s not that hard to find. But I’m still waiting for someone to link to a peer reviewed article of this case. www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer... #medsky

For the love of God people, please include a source when you are trying to fear monger It isn’t that hard to provide a link like this. www.vapingpost.com/2025/05/21/t... #medsky

Read this with caution. It may challenge your firm beliefs.

Youth Vaping FALLS 70% Since 2019 and No One's Talking About This…

Over the past five years, US teen nicotine vaping dropped 70% and teen smoking dropped 68% to a 50-year low. ADULT vaping skyrocketed while smoking plummeted. And evidence is very clear now (despite #ClickBait scare stories): vaping is much safer than smoking.

US teen nicotine vaping dropped 70% over the past 5 years. New Zealand teen vaping dropped 50% over the past 2 years. I think it's time to question "highly addictive" claims. #FactCheckMe: US 2019: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... US 2024: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... NZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

This happened. Interesting association: E-cigarettes entered the US market 18 years ago. Since then, adult use skyrocketed, smoking plummeted... and lung cancer continued to drop. COPD also continues to drop. Why is this not being shouted from the rooftops? Why is no one dancing in the streets?

PROBLEM: Most people who vape nicotine are ADULTS But #HarmReduction deniers want the public to believe most vapers are teens. So, for years now in the United States they have said, "vaping is popular, especially among teens." i.e., The RATE was higher. But as of 2024, that is no longer true.

“The key points about vaping (e-cigarettes) can be easily summarised. If you smoke, vaping is much safer; if you don’t smoke, don’t vape.” Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England

Vape opponents aren’t even embarrassed these days when caught inventing material. It’s as if they saw how it worked so well for Big Tobacco so they’ve now also adopted it! @jgitchell.bsky.social

Funny thing happened on the way to buy some death sticks: I quit smoking. And then I noticed EVERYONE had quit smoking. And it was good. But then I saw thousands of jobless tobacco control experts tearing their hair, gnashing their teeth and lamenting: "NO! You quit the wrong way!!!"

Maybe @tcrgbath.bsky.social could share data supporting their claim “children now using vapes at higher rates than adults”. If they can’t provide data, then should withdraw their bollocks claim @profglantz.com @michaelrbloomberg.bsky.social @gfn.events @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social

Huge quantities illegal drugs still arrive Australia, eg 1/2 tonne cocaine, despite massive spend law enforcement. Yet anti vape cult delusional claim illegal vapes can be stopped by more law enforcement! Pull other leg @igas2.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Former Iowa AG Tom Miller—key architect of the Master Settlement—tells GFN.TV the U.S. is winning against smoking, but no one’s hearing it. Smoking is at historic lows, youth vaping is down 70% since 2019, and millions have switched to far safer alternatives. So why won’t tobacco control say it?

The extent to which the American public is being deliberately misinformed about this is stunning. See below. Former Iowa Attorney General Miller is correct, and truly cares about saving lives. Preventing DEATH caused by toxic forms of tobacco.

Consider the "standard narrative" *pushed* by Bloomberg Philanthropies-funded non-profits: "E-cigarettes have increased in popularity, especially among teens." #FactCheck Bloomberg! ADULT nicotine vaping utterlyl DWARFS teen use 34 to 1. Adult use is rising (⬆️110%); teen use is dropping (⬇️70%).

The US public is being fed a crazy conspiracy theory. ADULTS: wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQuer... Middle & high school (≥ once/month) 2019: 4.5% smoked; 20% vaped (3.7% daily) cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes... 2024: 1.4% smoked; 5.9% vaped (1.6% daily) www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time. That doesn’t stop tobacco control trying to fool all of the people all of the time. Meanwhile smoke-free nicotine options globally rapidly replacing deadly cigarettes @jgitchell.bsky.social

This plays out today VERY much like a previous paradigm shift in science 400 years ago: Geocentrists (the Church) vs. Heliocentrists (brilliant scientists like Copernicus and Galileo. Back then, the Church had tools of coercion #HarmReduction deniers don't have now. Like burning at the stake.

Tobacco harm reduction advocates rely on rigorous scientific evidence. THR opponents don’t have evidence to support their positions so rely on relentless smearing of THR advocates & voodoo science @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social filtermag.org/tobacco-harm...