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Warning!
abc will try again tomorrow
Today- massive own goal demonstrating
1)No knowledge of image use
2)No interest in real experience of people who quit smoking by vaping
3)No concern for the health of those wanting quit.
Your tobacco excise $$ at work
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Professor John Britton's letter to The Times about today's latest Glantz junk science.
No further comment needed (except how did it get through peer review?)
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The New Zealand Parliament has passed groundbreaking legislation to make
#nicotine
and
#vaping
devices widely available as consumer products to help smokers quit
Australia can only look on with envy!
@GregHuntMP
@Bowenchris
@ScottMorrisonMP
#auspol
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Journalist
@Joe_Hildebrand
#vapes
on
@SkyNewsAust
and explains to
@BenFordham
that it was the only way he and many friends could quit smoking. 'I haven't had a cigarette for two and a half years. It's a no brainer for me', he says
Video: 2 mins
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Federal MPs
@mattjcann
+
#georgechristensen
set up a petition to reverse the
#nicotine
ban which will "force Australians to use more dangerous legal alternatives such as cigarettes"
Please sign their petition to overturn this ban on nicotine
#vaping
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BREAKING NEWS
Australian government officials are misleading the public about the risks of
#vaping
.
Twenty-seven leading health professionals explain why they are wrong and why this misinformation will cost the lives of Australian smokers
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The claim that
#vaping
is 95% less harmful than smoking is not just "plucked out of the air". It is based on solid evidence and endorsed by leading health and medical organisations.
@RCPLondon
@PHE_uk
@theNASEM
@ProfDavidNutt
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A MUST READ!
@Clive_Bates
answers 15 key questions on
#vaping
and how it should be regulated. Evidence-based and commonsense.
Please share.
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Start
#2020
with a healthy
#newyearresolution
Switch from smoking to
#vaping
, a far safer alternative
How much safer? Watch
@ATHRA_AU
‘s 1-minute animation to find out
Please share with your smoking friends and relatives.
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GATEWAY MYTH BUSTED!
New research has found that youth
#vaping
is associated with a REDUCED risk of becoming an established smoker
Vaping is diverting young people who would otherwise have smoked AWAY FROM smoking
via
@TC_BMJ
@LionShahab
@jamiebrown10
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The plan to ban
#vaping
is a disaster for public health
This article in
@ConversationEDU
is fatally flawed by
▪️Cherrypicking data
▪️Misinformation and false claims
▪️Lack of context
▪️Exaggerating harms
▪️Understating benefits
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Vaping helped lung cancer sufferer Michael to finally quit smoking when nothing else worked. Now
#vaping
nicotine is banned.
@GregHuntMP
please advise what he should do? Start smoking again, buy nicotine on the black market?
via
@couriermail
5
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It is now beyond reasonable doubt that
#Vaping
Related Lung Injury is due to Vitamin E acetate in illicit THC (cannabis) cartridges.
People vaping commercial nicotine products to quit smoking should not be concerned
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520,000 Australians now
#vape
(2.5% of the population), more than double the number in 2016, in spite of vaping being discouraged by health authorities and being illegal
The vaping genie is out of the bottle and its not going back in!
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39
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Youth smoking almost eliminated by
#vaping
and
#snus
in Iceland: 1.7% of 16-year olds smoke.
Tobacco harm reduction is a gateway OUT OF smoking
@GregHuntMP
@Bowenchris
@amapresident
@CancerCouncilOz
Thanks
@KalliSnae
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For more about the new
#nicotine
regulations, visit
@LegaliseVaping
's explainer page
Via their website you can
▪️Sign the petition
▪️Contact your local MP
▪️Let Greg Hunt know how the new regulations will affect you
Or this will be law from 1 July...
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The UK Parliament has strongly supported
#vaping
as an effective aid for quitting smoking in a debate this week.
This is in stark contrast to the misinformed views of the Australian federal and state health ministers in their recent COAG report
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'Let’s set the record straight on the alarming headlines from the US'
'Nearly all the deaths and lung illness 'linked to
#vaping
' involved contaminated black-market THC oil from street vendors, not nicotine'
@ATHRA
director
@ColinMendelsohn
@TheFeedSBS
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BREAKING NEWS,
@GregHuntMP
has delayed the nicotine importation ban!
Delayed until 2021 with chance for review
More coming...
via
@Paul_Karp
at the
@GuardianAus
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Large UK mental health hospital to hand out free
#vaping
kits to smokers. Scheme to be rolled out across UK if successful
#compassionate
. "High smoking rates cause poor health and exacerbate poverty in people with mental illness"
@Emma4Dobell
@GregHuntMP
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Leading researcher
@LionShahab
outlines the EVIDENCE on
#vaping
- Lung injury due to illict street products not nicotine vaping
- There is no youth vaping epidemic in US
- Vaping is much less harmful than smoking
- Nicotine does not cause cancer in humans
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.
@healthgovau
announced plans today to effectively block imports of
#nicotine
e-liquid for
#vaping
from 1 July
A $220,000 fine will apply for illegal imports
More smokers will die as a result and criminal black-markets will thrive
Unforgiveable!
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#Vaping
is "overwhelmingly better than smoking" and should be legalised now
@SenatorAbetz
says banning it "is like refusing to legislate low-alcohol beer because we don't like the impact of alcohol in society"
@GregHuntMP
@Bowenchris
via
@ExaminerOnline
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The
@Lungfoundation
CEO says
#vaping
products are just as harmful, if not more harmful, than smoking!
@ATHRA_AU
has written an open letter to the
@Lungfoundation
Board asking for evidence to support this extraordinary claim or a public correction
8
42
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NZ vaping companies have formed the Vaping Trade Association of New Zealand (VTANZ) to ensure
#vaping
regulations are appropriate.
There are concerns that fear and misinformation may lead to harsh restrictions.
Aussie retailers also need to get organised
2
18
60
Liberal Party members revolt at
@GregHuntMP
's ban on the importation of nicotine for
#vaping
from 1 July
@SenPaterson
says "Vaping is a safer alternative to smoking. We should safely regulate vaping like virtually every other developed nation has done"
2
30
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.
@CancerCouncilOz
and
@heartfoundation
sent a 'fact sheet' on
#vaping
to federal MPs
The document contains significant factual errors and omits important evidence. It cannot be regarded by policy makers or the media as reliable
Read our analysis
7
30
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Commonsense is fighting back!
State Nationals Upper Hunter MP
@JohnsenMp
is drafting legislation to take
#nicotine
liquid off the Poisons List in NSW to make
#vaping
legal. As a
#vaper
he gets it.
Bravo! Please show him some love!
3
22
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Wow, this is powerful! A father pleading for his life to be around for his kids.
Please upload your story with the tag
#vapingsavedme
and tag
@GregHuntMP
@ScottMorrissonmp
and your local MP. Let them know that vaping saves lives and must be allowed.
I request the government of Australia to be democratic and reverse this ludicrous ban on nicotine liquids into the country. As an ex-smoker and current vaper, Vaping has literally allowed my children to have a father into the future.
@greghuntmp
@scottmorrisonmp
#vapingsavedme
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#vaping
nicotine could help reduce smoking rates in Australia. Vaping is
▪️Effective
▪️Likely to have high uptake
▪️Reducing smoking rates in other countries
New study by Oz academics
@ColinMendelsohn
, Wayne Hall and Ron Borland
Via Drug Alcohol Review
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The latest advice for Aussie vapers
'The outbreak of serious vaping-related lung injuries in the US and Canada is almost certainly due to black-market THC (cannabis) oils sold by street dealers, NOT nicotine e-liquid'
Download a 1-page handout
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Misperceptions about nicotine are widespread:
▪️Nicotine does NOT cause cancer or heart attacks
▪️However, the majority of young US adults still believe it does
This is undermining the use of
#NRT
and
#vaping
via
@Addictivejour
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Thanks
@Joe_Hildebrand
for sharing your story with
@PMOnAir
on how you successfully quit smoking through
#vaping
& how it has fundamentally improved your quality life. By legalising vaping the lives of more than 20,000 smokers who die prematurely each year could be saved.
#THR
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The NZ Ministry of Health has launched Vaping Facts, a new campaign to inform smokers about
#vaping
. The progressive, evidence-based approach to vaping in New Zealand is a harsh rebuke to Australian regulators who are increasingly out of touch.
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It’s a fact. Vaping is at least 95% safer than smoking
@ATHRA_AU
’s new video & blog explain the solid evidence underpinning this figure and why
#vaping
is endorsed by leading health groups
Make
#switch2vaping
your New Year’s resolution
Please retweet
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For the record.
Due to the vile abuse that people who quit smoking by vaping are subjected to ,of course their privacy is protected by use of purchased images.
Sadly too difficult for their abc and others to understand.
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Commonsense from
@SenatorAbetz
on
#vaping
"Nicotine should be made freely available without the need for special import licences or prescriptions, just like tobacco which is so much more dangerous. I just don't understand it"
Neither do we Senator!
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Kathryn’s cardiologist recommended she
#vape
nicotine and it “saved my life”
According to
@TheBHF
#ecigs
“cause significantly less harm than smoking”
@thecsanz
@TheRACP
@heartfoundation
@HeartResearchAU
@HeartofAust
@BakerResearchAu
@theMJA
@nickzwar
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27
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Two of Australia's most senior health officials were questioned at Senate Estimates today.
@ATHRA_AU
was very concerned at how misinformed they were about
#vaping
In this blog we examine some of the inaccurate statements made
@hollieahughes
@mattjcan
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27
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Switching to
#vaping
significantly reduces cardiovascular risk within a month, especially for females
The largest study to date, commissioned by
@TheBHF
has huge potential benefits for public health
Comments from
@heartfoundation
?
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An UPDATE on the lung disease outbreak in the US.
▪️The CDC has identified a toxic ingredient in illicit THC (cannabis) liquids used for
#vaping
▪️This has nothing to do with vaping nicotine to stop smoking
@GregHuntMP
@Bowenchris
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Latest report from Public Health England shows how
#vaping
can improve public health if regulated sensibly
▪️Vaping in never-smoking youth and adults <1%
▪️Smoking rates continue to fall rapidly
▪️People still misinformed about vaping harms
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Labor’s vape crackdown an ‘idiotic piece of public health policy’ that exposes double standards in its approach to tackling addiction | Sky News Australia
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Its hard for
#vapers
to understand why some people want to restrict vaping when it has dramatically improved their health and wealth. For many it is lifesaving.
Tim and many other vapers would like to ask
@GregHuntMP
some tough questions...
via
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BREAKING NEWS. The South Australian Parliament today passed a Bill enforcing the harshest regulations on
#vaping
in Australia. It bans online sales and will decimate the vaping industry. Smoking rates are already rising in SA. This only makes matters worse. Dumb.
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.
@Lungfoundation
is misleading the public about
#vaping
AGAIN
Their new fact sheet is full of misinformation & cherry-picking and is likely to⬆️smoking and lung disease
Our critique outlines the more outrageous claims
@JAforBennelong
@stevegeorganas
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30
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Australia's aggressive laws on
#vaping
violate human rights and threaten public health.
'It is irrational and immoral to allow the sale of combustible tobacco products while effectively banning a far less harmful alternative'
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30
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Misinformation about
#vaping
is a public health tragedy. Smokers need to know that vaping makes it easier to quit than patches or gum and is a lot less harmful.
@GregHuntMP
@Bowenchris
2
28
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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation - Hartmann-Boyce, J - 2021 | Cochrane Library “ECs with nicotine increase quit rates compared to NRT”. Facts contradict the narrative
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Warning.
Their abc is planing another fact free attack on those wanting to improve their health by quitting smoking.
ATHRA was asked “gotcha” questions to which it will not respond.
Their abc wants you to keep smoking. It needs the tobacco excise $$$
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15
51
Good to see
#vapers
calling out the BS when
the facts about
#vaping
are misrepresented by people who should know better
Well done
@JCRDarwin
!
5
27
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Today is
#AussieVapeDay
#Vaping
is
▪️95% less harmful than smoking
▪️>2x effective as patches, gum
▪️The most popular quitting method in the world
▪️90% cheaper than smoking
▪️More enjoyable for most
If other methods haven't worked, 'Give it a go'
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In all the hysteria on
#vaping
, commonsense from Prof John Britton:
▪️ 'If you’re a smoker, it’s a no-brainer. You should switch'
▪️ 'Vapes are effective quitting agents so we should be promoting them'
▪️ 'After 15y no appreciable reported adverse effects'
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MYTH BUSTED!
Analysis by
@FarsalinosK
busts the myth about the exaggerated risk of
#metals
from
#vaping
'The analysis found that with normal use, the dose of metals inhaled from second generation devices was below the daily safety limits for all metals'
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The disgraceful, evidence-free Q&A by
@WHO
on
#vaping
has been comprehensively debunked by
@Clive_Bates
"every single answer provides false, misleading or simplistic information"
3
26
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Interesting how no-one was concerned about
#nicotine
until it was used in
#vaping
to help smokers quit. Nicotine patches and gum approved from the age of 12 and in pregnancy in Australia.
Cochrane Review concludes nicotine in NRT is safe. However when consumed by vaping it is extremely toxic to adolescent brains, carcinogenic and causes heart attacks. Must be a different kind of nicotine. Should be banned.
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5
24
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Could
#vaping
help in closing the Indigenous health gap? We asked leading researcher
@MarewaGlover
.
@KenWyattMP
@GregHuntMP
@CatherineKingMP
1
20
48
Experts are calling for another 'junk science' study by
@ProfGlantz
to be retracted. The flawed study claims to find that evidence that young people who
#vape
are more likely to become smokers.
1
22
47
OUTRAGEOUS!
@ATHRA_AU
director
@colinmendelsohn
has been slandered by Fairfax Media, falsely claiming he has received tobacco company funding
1/2 Fairfax Media falsely claims I have “in the past received funding from tobacco companies” in
@smh
@theage
etc.
The claim has been withdrawn from the online articles without apology but remains in the print version (below)
@Dana_Adele
@lisazdavies
@AusPressCouncil
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30
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26
47
Cigarette sales are plummeting in the US while
#ecig
sales are rising. The most plausible explanation is that smoking is being replaced by vaping.
A big win for public health!
Source: Nielsen data, via
@WellsFargo
@GregHuntMP
@senbmckenzie
@RichardDiNatale
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Former deputy PM
@BarnabyJoyceLNP
"Smoking kills you mate, make no mistake about it"
Let people vape!
2
23
47
The sensational media claims of a youth
#vaping
epidemic in Australia revealed to be
#fakenews
Only 1.8% of teens used an
#ecig
at least once in the past year and most of these are already smokers, according to the
@aihw
@GregHuntMP
@ScottMorrisonMP
0
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Due to the successful campaign against the nicotine import ban, the
@ATHRA_AU
facebook live stream on Tuesday night has been cancelled.
Instead,
@ColinMendelsohn
will be speaking about the campaign and the future of vaping in Australia on
@RegWatchCanada
on Tuesday at 6.30pm
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BREAKING
.
@ATHRA_AU
is proud to announce Australia’s first
#switch2vaping
campaign for adult tobacco smokers who can’t or won’t quit, to reduce the harm from
#smoking
. STARTING TODAY.
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Australia's ban on importing nicotine.
"Now Greg Hunt has reaffirmed his reputation as a diehard nicotine drug warrior and prohibitionist. And Australian
#vapers
and smokers will suffer because of it"
Exactly
via
@Vaping360
8
18
42
Australians were told that
#nicotine
liquid importation will be banned because of a doubling of poisoning cases in Victoria from 2018-2019
In fact, there was NO increase in poisoning
Please explain!
@ScottMorrisonMP
@mattjcan
@Barnaby_Joyce
@JohnsenMp
4
35
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Today's report on
#vaping
commissioned by
@GregHuntMP
is misleading, biased, omits important evidence and in places is just plain wrong
Just what the Minister ordered
@mattjcan
@ScottMorrisonMP
@hollieahughes
@DaveSharma
@SenPaterson
@damiandrummp
3
25
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BREAKING NEWS! In a major breakthrough, the WA Liberals
@LiberalsWA
have called for the legalisation of
#vaping
at their state conference today - the first major Australian political party to adopt such a policy.
2
16
40
The Cancer Society of NZ
@NZCancerSo
sees the benefits of vaping and supports legalisation of nicotine
Why are
@CancerCouncilOz
and
@SanchiaAranda
unable to accept the clear evidence that switching to
#vaping
reduces cancer? Why still violently opposed?
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27
43
#vaping
is far safer than smoking and more effective than nicotine patches and gum. So why is it banned in Australia?
@ColinMendelsohn
writes in the Herald Sun on
#AussieVapeDay
6
13
43
A sales ban on
#vaping
nicotine is 'poorly justified, weakly based in evidence and is paternalistic'. A critical analysis by leading Australian researchers. A must read.
@greghuntMP
@senbmckenzie
@CatherineKingMP
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NZ
@minhealthnz
has launched a new website encouraging smokers to switch to
#vaping
"Vaping is a lot less harmful than smoking and a lot cheaper! Switching to vaping makes quitting easier and can still be social"
More here
@GregHuntMP
@ScottMorrisonMP
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32
44
Does it really matter who makes products that reduce smoking deaths? What matters is that it happens.
#Vaping
is about saving lives.
4
16
40
The
@CancerCouncilOz
-
@heartfoundation
'fiction sheet' on
#vaping
sent to federal MPs last week was misleading and misinformed.
@ATHRA_AU
today circulated this one to MPs to correct the record
More here
@hollieahughes
@mattjcan
@AUSenator
@senator_sheldon
1
19
42
The claims about the risks from
#vaping
by
@GregHuntMP
do not stand up to scrutiny
Why are "governments and public health bodies ...denying millions of smokers around the world access to safer alternatives because consumers appear to be enjoying them?"
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These products are not sold to kids by Australia's
#vape
shops. The vape industry has a code of conduct to prevent this
❌DO NOT ban
#vaping
"because of the children"
✅DO enforce the laws and prosecute offending retailers
@GregHuntMP
@retail_vaping
8
18
42
#vape
bans in the US➡️
1⃣ a thriving illicit market
2⃣ no quality control
3⃣ criminalising law-abiding citizens
4⃣ more home mixing
5⃣ closure of businesses
6⃣ more smoking
7⃣ possibly a new
#EVALI
Bans don't work
Is this what you want
@GregHuntMP
?
0
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Many vapers can relate to Simon's frustrating quitting journey and the relief of finally quitting with
#vaping
@GregHuntMP
@hollieahughes
@mattjcan
@JohnsenMp
1
20
41
Public Health hates Big Tobacco, but
#vaping
bans support Big Tobacco and increase smoking rates.
Vaping bans make Big Tobacco stronger. Everyone seems to realise this except Public Health.
@SanchiaAranda
@amapresident
@GregHuntMP
@Bowenchris
5
23
40
Extraordinary that the most effective quitting aid,
#vaping
nicotine is not mentioned, 70% more effective than NRT (Grabovac 2020)
Vaping is the most popular quit aid in Australia the EU, UK and US. In 2019 Quitline was used by 1.8% of AU smokers
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