@realnikohouse She must have misspoke. This doesn't make any sense.

@Vapingit Hey, don't blame PAVE, they're just following their funding overlords, FDA + King: flavors are only there to attract kids. Once there, they get hooked by the nicotine. If not true, where's the King article/speech admitting that the science has become clear that is no longer true?

@JamesSurowiecki Which is exactly what the late night comics would do, if this were a Republican/maga witness.

@ggreenwald Well, had Biden spoken to him without proper rest/guardrails- it could have started another shot heard round the world. Better safe than sorry.

@StandWithVape All good points. We've all gotten accustomed to such lousy coverage on THR, we applaud when we get half a loaf. But you're right, they use this tactic to sound balanced or something, when they could have just admitted that this holds huge promise in getting people to quit.

@ChaunceyGardner I believe the research shows that when youth are drinking strawberry-lemonade vodka drinks, they are more likely to use nic pouches.

@DianaDiZoglio @MassAGO All this talk about mandates -- and here's the legislature thumbing their noses at the voters. So much for democracy. The state needs an independent party because obviously the Repubs are DOA -- but the voters deserve a choice.

@GrimmGreen @LungAssociation Maybe they are using different data. If FDA only looked at NYTS, wouldn't that have missed any "youth" out of high school, but still under 21? I can be in favor of pouches, and also think FDA is FOS.

@whycherrywhy Once again, the idea of federal regulation is to eliminate a patchwork of laws. This patchwork we're seeing is the result of a failed federal system. But, is it by design? Does King look at these bans and applaud for them doing what he's been incapable of???

@By_CJewett @SherylNYT Ok, but I think we can at least say, let's do some more, or similar studies, on the FL data. Don't know how we can ever say science is settled when we're dealing with unknown causes. The science of statins being life saving seems settled, but it's clear that we really don't know.

@Vaporadvocate @VaporAmerican The regulatory capture by tobacco control groups very much applies to the media. Think about how this plays out: reporter-let me call someone I can trust from a non-profit, because they obviously have no skin in the game. Then they get directed to academic researcher who backs it

@interesting_aIl I wish I had seen this growing up. I might not have had such a fear of cobras.

RT @interesting_aIl: What do you think of this method for catching snakes? 🐍

@Vapingit At least this explains why FDA hires those outside firms. Keep it in-house, and these are kinds of ads/graphics/tag lines you get.

@kenklippenstein Sponsored by Ensure.

@joma_gc All this hyperbole gets tiresome. If they found proof of a 150 yr old, they should be offering proof of that immediately -- and they would have. This $50m for Gaza Strip condons is getting to be too much.

@ChaunceyGardner Not too fast; they now have hybrids with THC and Nic -- courtesy of the FDA and China.

@davidsirota A year ago, we should have been discussing how RFK had defeated Biden in NH primary. Ironically, he would have been seen as the '68 McCarthy figure, with others jumping in thinking he could/should not be the one to run against Trump....

@saikatc First, it needs to have the smarts to actually know how to win an election. Liz Cheney ain't it.

@ThomasWilk_eco @ArielleSelya @PruenRichard I always liked the smell of pipe tobacco, but don't think I have the patience to even learn how to smoke one.