Dr Colin Mendelsohn
@ColinMendelsohn
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Evidence-based tobacco harm reduction advocate and proud winner of the Michael Russell Award 2024. Author of the book, Stop Smoking Start Vaping
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Today I had consultations with 15
#vapers
for nicotine prescriptions
THIRTEEN said they would go back to smoking if nicotine was no longer available
Who will be accountable for the death and disease that will follow
@GregHuntMP
?
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"I thought you had retired?"
For those who are wondering why I am back, I recently had shoulder surgery. I can't do much else for a while, so I will continue
#vaping
advocacy for another month or two until i recover!
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I am proud to announce that I received the Michael Russell Award for 2024 at
#GFN24
The Award honours someone who "made a substantial and innovative contribution to the science and understanding of safer nicotine products & tobacco harm reduction"
More ⤵️
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'Let’s set the record straight on the alarming headlines out of the US'
'Nearly all the deaths and lung illnesses 'linked to
#vaping
' involved contaminated black-market THC oil from street vendors. No cases are linked to nicotine vapes'
@TheFeedSBS
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@Mark_Butler_MP
Do you not realise that your medical-pharmacy model has created a thriving black market that is freely selling
#vapes
to kids?
To restrict access to teens, you need to regulate vapes as legal adult consumer products sold from licensed retailers with strict age verification
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Had a knee replacement this morn. All went well. Back in actioin a few days
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Just letting everyone know that I am back at work
After trying to retire twice, I have found that
#vaping
advocacy is more addictive than I thought! We are making good progress but there is still so much to do
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I am retiring from
#vaping
advocacy
I am appalled at Australia's persistent and corrupt denial of the science and the self-serving behaviour of Tobacco Control
The slow-moving train wreck of AU vaping policy is too painful to watch
via
@Filtermag_org
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Well well!
After falsely portraying me as a representative of the tobacco industry its national TV show
@7NewsSpotlight
, channel 7 has finally admitted I am not (after the industry regulator
@acmadotgov
ruled against them)
Appalling!
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Mounted and framed
The preferred
#vaping
devices I have prescribed over the last 10 years (with an IGET and HQD added for completeness!)
How many lives have they saved?
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"It is inexcusable that health authorities continue to blame the outbreak on
#ecigs
generally rather than on vaping marijuana specifically"
Professor Mike Siegel, Boston University
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As I retire, my farewell blog reflects on the sad state of
#vaping
policy in Australia, where health authorities shamefully
➡️Disregard the evidence
➡️Lie to the public
➡️Smear and harass opponents
➡️Fail to ⬇️deadly smoking
What does the future hold?
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I am delighted to announce that my new book on
#vaping
nicotine will be available soon
✅The evidence. Is it safe and effective?
✅How to switch from smoking to vaping
✅Why is vaping controversial?
Foreward by
@alexwodak
More here:
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The French Prime Minister
@Elisabeth_Borne
is a
#vaper
Great to see vaping has helped her quit smoking and avoid an early death. The
#nicotine
also probably helps her relax and concentrate on important policy decisions
@AlboMP
@Mark_Butler_MP
@Anne_Ruston
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My last patient was a 43 yr old lady with schizophrenia. Smoked 30
#cigs
p day for 25y. Tried everything to quit.
Started her on a 5% pod
#vape
12 months ago
Quit immediately and not smoked since
'Its changed my whole world', 'I am a new woman!'
@DavidColemanMP
@bronnietaylor
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Banning
#vapes
has created a thriving black market. Banning AGAIN will only send the black market further underground and supply will continue unchanged
A total policy failure!
My interview on
@7NewsMelbourne
today
@RyanPark_Keira
@ChrisMinnsMP
@Matt_KeanMP
@MarkSpeakman
A group of medical experts is warning that vaping legal reforms will backfire because of an entrenched black market. It's estimated to be worth more than a billion dollars a year. To discuss,
@mikeamor7
spoke with Associate Professor
@ColinMendelsohn
, who was the founding chair
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BREAKING!
Labor has done a backflip and has removed the need for a doctor's prescription for vaping
Vapes will be sold from pharmacies without a prescription
Full article below ⤵️
Of course this won't work either and the black market will continue to
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Its official!
Here is the media release from
@GregHuntMP
.
This is a temporary reprieve. We still have a lot of work to do
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Robert Richter is a leading criminal barrister who
#vapes
He explains how Australia's 'de facto' ban increases criminal activity and does more harm than good
He recommends we legalise and regulate now
Paywalled. Article pasted ⤵️
I’m a vaping barrister.
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"Vaping is not a perfect solution, but it minimises harm. If you have a choice between fresh air and vaping, for God’s sake, choose the fresh air.
But if you have a choice between
#vaping
and cigarettes, choose vaping."
Dr Kevin Murphy, GP and former vaper
via
@FinancialReview
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Vaping works!
25.2% of former smokers in the US who quit in the last 12months were current
#vapers
National Health Interview Survey 2018
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Have you ever wondered why Tobacco Control is so opposed to tobacco harm reduction strategies in spite of the overwhelming evidence?
@Clive_Bates
explains
@DrBFreeman
@simonchapman6
@MauriceGSwanson
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A question for
@GregHuntMP
Could you please explain why you commissioned a scientific inquiry into
#vaping
at a cost of $750,000 but have committed to a policy before the report is available?
Do you agree this is a criminal waste of taxpayers' money?
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I am calling for a Royal Commission into Australia's deadly vendetta against
#vaping
➡️"Public health policy should be based on evidence, not ideology"
➡️"Flawed policies are causing preventable harm"
via
@vaping_post
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Funny how a kid "addicted to nicotine" is evidence but millions of adults quitting smoking by
#vaping
are just anecdotes
😂
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@Mark_Butler_MP
@Raf_Epstein
Dear Minister,
➡️Stop lying. You know that Big Tobacco does not supply any of the vapes used by young people
➡️Have you forgotten about their smoking parents and grandparents - the people most at risk?
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Hi all,
I am taking 6 months leave from work and
#vaping
advocacy from today, 20 November 2020
@ATHRA_AU
will operate as usual under the expert guidance of
@AlexWodak
and
@drjoesDIYhealth
I can be contacted at mendel
@bigpond
.net.au
If I am slow to reply I may be here…⬇️
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Today I am launching Dr Col’s Vape Truths, an evidenced-based video campaign on nicotine
#vaping
, designed to combat the rampant misinformation provided by state health departments, particularly
@qldhealth
Please share
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A picture tells thousand words!
The rise in daily
#vaping
in New Zealand mirrors the fall in daily smoking, as vaping replaces deadly cigarettes
A remarkable public health success
@WHO
@BenYoudan
@ASHNZ2025
@Clive_Bates
@Mark_Butler_MP
@RyanPark_Keira
@ChrisMinnsMP
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"Australia is not a leader in tobacco or
#vaping
control. It is an international laughing stock that has created a massive unforced error and is too proud - or too stupid - to back down"
@cjsnowdon
Read here ➡️
"My sympathy goes out to my Australian
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Australia's leading tobacco researcher, Professor Ron Borland says about the Butler
#vapeban
"I am gravely concerned that the government’s new policy will do more harm than good. I think there is a high likelihood it will result in an increase in the rates of tobacco smoking"
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Research confirms the benign nature of
#nicotine
. Even long-term use does not appear to harm heart or lung health
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This is a temporary political solution to save face for
@Mark_Butler_MP
. Expect this to be watered down further. It is one step closer to the adult retail model.
It still won't work because
➡️Still only 3 flavours
➡️Poor choice of hardware
➡️More costly
➡️Black market products
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Further scientific proof of the serious harm CAUSED by
#vaping
I ruptured my Achilles’ tendon 3 days ago. The VERY DAY BEFORE that I inhaled some secondhand vapour!
Make no mistake, vaping is deadly. Fortunately i have recovered from surgery, but you may not be so lucky!
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The
#Vaping
Reform Bill was just passed in the Senate
ie pharmacy model
➡️A big win for organised crime
➡️A huge loss for public health, adult smokers, vapers, youth, government revenue, the vape industry
This is policy based on politics and misinformation, NOT on science
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It is becoming a full time job to call out the lies by health minister
@Mark_Butler_MP
on
#vaping
Here is edition
#231
from yesterday's interview on
@triplejHack
Transcript:
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It seems I have been blocked by the CEO of
@Lungfoundation
@markbrooke68
I wonder if it could have anything to do with asking him to explain his claim that
#vaping
is as harmful as smoking.
Funny, he never did reply to the letter i sent him
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Quote of the day at
#GFN24
by
@FionaHPatten
"Australia's prohibition model for
#vaping
has been a complete disaster, but you can't innoculate against stupidity"
Someone had to say it!
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Steve
@legionvapes
is angry, and with good reason
Today's crackdown on
#vaping
is based on propaganda and fear.
@Mark_Butler_MP
has been misinformed by his advisers and will come to regret this flawed policy. Today's announcement will stimulate the black market and lead to more
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My evidence at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into
#Vaping
Calling out the myths and rampant misinformation that has been presented to the committee
Thanks
@LivePippas
for the video
Watch here: 30 mins ⤵️
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The backflip by
@Mark_Butler_MP
is a humiliating defeat of his "world-leading"
#vaping
reforms
However, the amended Bill is still fatally flawed and is the beginning of a painful, slow-motion collapse of AU's prohibitionist vaping policy
Here's why ⤵️
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Senator Canavan
@mattjcan
doesn't mince words on
@Mark_Butler_MP
's proposed
#vaping
plan
"This is an absolute failure of public policy which I predict will only lead to further failure. Maybe this will be taught in future lessons how not to create policy"
Watch here ➡️
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Karl Fagerstrom
“pure nicotine has an impact on an individual’s health equal to that of caffeine and is less harmful than alcohol”
End of discussion
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What is the risk of vaping long-term?
We now know enough about
#vaping
to be confident that long-term vaping is highly likely to be far safer than smoking. Continue to vape if it helps avoid relapse to smoking
@RyanPark_Keira
@ChrisMinnsMP
@Matt_KeanMP
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Sorry to be blunt
@Mark_Butler_MP
, but your pants are on fire
The talking points you keep repeating about youth
#vaping
are simply not evidence-based and are patently wrong
Please contact me if you would like to discuss the actual evidence
@RyanPark_Keira
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Stop Smoking Start Vaping is now available FREE as an e-book. You can download a PDF copy for personal use from the website below ⤵️
This book dispels the myths about
#vaping
and provides a step-by-step guide on how to make the switch from smoking
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Death of the gateway theory!
Really important study confirms that youth experimenting with
#vaping
is NOT leading to an increase in PERSISTENT smoking 2y later, compared to not vaping
@Mark_Butler_MP
@RyanPark_Keira
@greencate
@D_LittleproudMP
@PatConaghanMP
@Anne_Ruston
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The federal Parliament will vote on
@Mark_Butler_MP
's
#vaping
Bill this week that seeks to restrict vaping even further. The Bill could be rejected by the Senate
@AlexWodak
, Prof Ron Borland and I wrote to all Senators today to encourage them not to support it. The
@Greens
are
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WOW!
Breathtaking ignorance or lies from
@Lungfoundation
"there is strong, credible evidence that both
#nicotine
and flavoured
#vaping
products are just as harmful, if not more harmful, than conventional cigarettes"
Marke Brooke, CEO
@Lungfoundation
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An insightful interview with Hon Lik, the inventor of the modern
#ecig
. It was not invented by the tobacco industry as
@Mark_Butler_MP
keeps saying.
He even has some advice for Australia...
"if they consider the evidence from the UK, they'll find that
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Wow! Look how Maori smoking plummetted after
#vaping
was legalised and regulated in NZ.
Australia is likely to have a similar result with sensible consumer regulation (as opposed to the prescription model)
@LindaBurneyMP
@SenatorThorpe
@JNampijinpa
@KenWyattAM
@Malarndirri19
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"It is the gross misinformation about the risks of
#vaping
that threatens public health... because it puts smokers off using one of the best stop-smoking approaches we currently have"
via
@AddictionJrnl
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England is introducing a 'swap to stop' scheme to help 1 million smokers quit
Smokers will receive a free
#vape
kit in exchange for deadly fags
Bravo👏👏👏
@D_LittleproudMP
@greencate
@rosaliewoodruff
@MLCgame
@RyanPark_Keira
@The_Nationals
@Anne_Ruston
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My evidence at the Australian Senate Inquiry into Vaping. I cover 2 major concerns about AU's
#vaping
policy and comment on the blatant misinformation presented to the Inquiry
Transcript, video (8 mins) and submission here ⤵️
With thanks to
@LivePippas
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How has it come to this in a liberal democracy?
A farmer wrote to me about his fears and anger under
@Mark_Butler_MP
's misguided plan for
#vaping
How does this make any sense?
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If I were a member of Parliament, I would oppose
@Mark_Butler_MP
's
#vaping
Bill. The current regulatory model has failed and will only get worse with the proposed changes.
Here are 7 reasons why a new approach is needed.
@AustralianLabor
@Greens
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The prescription model for
#vaping
has been a resounding failure and needs reform
Vapes should be adult consumer products so smokers can access them easily for quitting. Strict age verification and other strategies can reduce youth vaping
My OpEd in
@dailytelegraph
today
Tax
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I posted this video interview on the outbreak of respiratory illness in the US on my YouTube channel 6 days ago and it has had 240,000 views so far!
So, i am posting it again! Clearly people want to know more.
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HUGE NEWS FOR AUSSIE VAPERS!
The NSW Greens have announced a plan to legalise and regulate
#nicotine
vaping in NSW and end the black-market
Grateful thanks to
@greencate
for leading this lifesaving policy change
@SenatorJordon
@AdamBandt
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Real evidence
No scaremongering, emotion, cherry-picking, lies or bias
Just the facts
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Common sense from independent Tasmanian Senator
@TammyTyrrell_
about vaping
It makes no sense to effectively ban
#vaping
when cigarettes are freely available
- Vapes save lives
- Bans lead to more smoking and black markets
Via
@themercurycomau
@MsMarielleSmith
@AUSenator
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The hysterical exaggeration and manipulation of the
@7NewsSpotlight
story on vaping is called out by
@grimgreen
in the US!
Do you think
@7NewsSpotlight
may have gone a little far?
Turns out
@DailyMailAU
doesn’t mind bending the facts a bit if it means scaring people away from quitting smoking.
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In NZ, smoking is plummeting as
#vaping
increases, at a time when there have been no other anti-smoking policy interventions
Youth smoking rates also fell from 3.3 - 1.1% burying the gateway theory for good
I wonder if vaping is contributing to this huge public health success?
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#vaping
nicotine is one of the least harmful forms of drug use in youth. We need to stop the moral panic about vaping and focus on more important issues
Alcohol, meth and synth cannabinoids are top of the list
NZ drug harm ranking study 2023
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#vaping
advocacy is gruelling
This is one of the rewards:
"This portrait is my way of thanking you and honouring you for all the work you have done and continue to do for smokers and vapers. You are appreciated."
Grateful thanks to Paula Prentice, vaper and artist
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The UK cancer charity
@CRUK_Policy
supports
#vaping
as a quitting aid because it dramatically reduces cancer
Why do Australian cancer charities oppose vaping?
@CCNewSouthWales
@CancerCouncilOz
@CancerAustralia
@CancerVic
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The latest record low smoking rates from New Zealand demonstrate the huge potential of
#vaping
to eliminate smoking, but will be ignored by
@Mark_Butler_MP
I am calling for a Royal Commission to investigate Australia's flawed and corrupt
#vaping
policy
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Minister Butler does not understand
#vaping
as a harm reduction tool. His misguided plan has unexpected Medicare costs of $1.5 billion pa if successful
More likely is that legal vapes will be rejected and a thriving black market will take over
My OpEd today via
@dailytelegraph
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The current affairs program
@7NewsSpotlight
inaccurately portrayed me as a representative of Big Tobacco on 28 May 2023, according to an investigation and report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority
@acmadotgov
today
More here ⤵️
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Dear friends,
It is with great pride that I accept my new title, awarded by
@SimonChapman6
recently:
"Serial
#vaping
promoter and politician pesterer" (is that even a word?
The spirit of the energiser bunny lives on!
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An insightful analysis of modern Tobacco Control
▪️ Demonising smokers
▪️ Financial corruption
▪️ Institutionalised fanaticism
▪️ Junk science
▪️ No accountability
▪️ Manipulating public opinion
Retweet if you agree!
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Vaping is not a gateway to smoking for youth. In fact it is diverting young people away from smoking and reducing smoking rates
The gateway argument is a disingenuous, dishonest tactic by
#vaping
opponents
Here is the scientific evidence ⤵️
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New Zealand moves forward with tobacco harm reduction
➡️Tax on
#HTPs
reduced by 50% "to encourage smokers to switch to safer alternatives"
➡️Considering allowing retail sale of nicotine pouches
👏👏👏This is good news for public health
@Mark_Butler_MP
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I received this email from a
#vaper
who is confused and frightened about the upcoming ban
@Mark_Butler_MP
is obsessed with exaggerated concerns about youth vaping but has forgotten about their parents and grandparents who smoke
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More good news from the US. Young adult (18-24y) current vapers (every/some days)
▪️60% are FORMER smokers
▪️34% are smokers
▪️7% are never smokers
Suggests success as a quit aid in this group. Very low use by non-smokers (most use occasional)
NHIS 2018
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The Health Minister
@Mark_Butler_MP
has finally admitted that Australia's smoking rate "has essentially flatlined"
despite repeated claims by
@simonchapman6
to the contrary
Results from NZ show how legalising
#vaping
could dramatically reduce it
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"Nicotine
#vapes
carry a higher penalty for possession than illicit substances such as heroin, methamphetamines and cannabis in six Australian jurisdictions"
WTF?
.
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Fake news about
#vaping
continues to get media attention. The latest claim is that third hand vapour is a serious health concern, worse than smoking
My comment on this nonsense, online
via
@australian
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Looking forward to chatting with
@thevapingbogan
and
@grimmgreen
about Australia's
#vape
ban
What are the changes? How will they affect vapers and businesses? What is the likely long-term outcome?
12 noon AEDT
Wednesday 24 Jan 2024
All welcome
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Everything has some risk, even our favourite stimulant caffeine
This study reports 92 deaths from caffeine intoxication. No one is calling for a caffeine ban
Society accept small risks if outweighed by benefits
This also applies to
#nicotine
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The Queensland government has sunk to a new level of misinformation and scaremongering in its latest attempt to demonise
#vaping
"This report provides no useful information and simply seeks to alarm and mislead the public"
My review of the report⤵️
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🧵1/4
41 leading tobacco control and addiction experts from Australia and NZ have written an open letter to Health Minister
@Mark_Butler_MP
asking him to reconsider the proposal to further restrict access to nicotine
#vaping
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Dear
@Jay_Hanna_
I'm afraid you completely missed the point. The purpose of
#vaping
is to prevent people dying from smoking, like your grandparents
Your concerns about youth vaping are valid but are relatively trivial in comparison
via
@westaustralian
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@ama_media
Typical evidence-free, scaremongering hyperbole from the
@ama_media
on
#vaping
Have you no shame?
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"Millions of Aussies could now pay up to $150 for a single
#vape
as they are forced to get a GP prescription under tough new rules"
Not to mention the cost of several doctor visits a year
#thinkoftheadults
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"
#vaping
rates have exploded, organised crime controls the trade, and Australia stands on the brink of a public health disaster. Is it time we followed New Zealand’s lead?"
Yes!
@NC_Robinson
nails it via
@australian
Full text below ⤵️
The vape ban
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#ecigs
can help prevent relapse to smoking
"Once users have switched to
#ecigs
, many are able to maintain exclusive
#ecig
use over a long period (up to 6 years in this study)" and "the risk of relapse was low"
@JonathanFoulds
via
@AmJPrevMed
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Australia’s smoking rate has remained unchanged for the last 5 years and smoking in teens may be increasing
This is an urgent national health crisis. A new approach is needed. Rather than being the cause,
#vaping
is part of the solution
@RyanPark_Keira
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.
@Mark_Butler_MP
has destroyed the legal vape industry and put thousands out of work - while the illicit market flourishes
The inside of a closed
#vape
shop that has helped thousands of smokers quit...
Shameful!
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