Smoke Shop Philosopher writing about power, policy, belief, and betrayal in Utah and Beyond. Essays at https://teapaw.org/t.co/o4QvlXU5Fd
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New ThoughtSmoke essay is live.
Standing in the Smoke of Good Intentions
A reflection on harm reduction, naivety, and the philosophy of consequence.
What politics looks like when it walks through the front door of a small business.
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Vaping remains 95% safer than smoking. Youth usage is the lowest in history. It’s time to protect parents and grandparents access to THR.
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Caffeine and nicotine are both classified stimulants. Without the flame, nicotine is near harmless as a cup of coffee.
Vaping remains 95% safer than smoking.
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@FDA's stubborn insistence that it needs to review mountains of data on every "SKU" (device, pod, liquid volume, PG/VG ratio, nicotine strength, flavor, battery and package type) blinds it to the fact that this is causing health harm.
It can't see the forest-for-the-trees.
VTA’s Tony Abboud takes us inside the push for PMTA reform, from the campaign to save flavored vaping to the case for clear scientific standards. @VaporTechAssoc @mipodvape @cdoug @HayppGroup @ChaunceyGardner @alli_vapes @VaporTechAssoc @INNCOorg @GFNicotine
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It's almost like the people who want a low dose beverage don't go to dispensaries, and the people who go to dispensaries don't want a low dose beverage. Canada is hardly a "free market"
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A huge part of the blame belongs to anti-nicotine groups who have refused to acknowledge the evidence that vaping is vastly safer than smoking. They prioritized a moral crusade against addiction over reducing demonstrable health risks.
Gen Z fueling tobacco sales as wild claims cigarettes are 'healthier' than vaping go viral: 'plant-based alternative' trib.al/tsOeuG2
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Cigarette volumes in the US continue declining (offset only by price hikes) and youth use is at historic lows per federal data; company growth is driven by smoke-free products, not traditional cigarettes or Gen Z anecdotes.
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Hardly surprising when so-called public health experts like Stanton Glantz say things like this.
Gen Z fueling tobacco sales as wild claims cigarettes are 'healthier' than vaping go viral: 'plant-based alternative' trib.al/tsOeuG2
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Cigarette volumes in the US continue declining (offset only by price hikes) and youth use is at historic lows per federal data; company growth is driven by smoke-free products, not traditional cigarettes or Gen Z anecdotes.
fda.gov/tobacco-produc…
tobaccoinsider.com/usa-cigarette-…
pmi.com/our-progress
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Also: a good way to quit skydiving is to not wear a parachute next time you jump…
Gen Z fueling tobacco sales as wild claims cigarettes are 'healthier' than vaping go viral: 'plant-based alternative' trib.al/tsOeuG2
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Cigarette volumes in the US continue declining (offset only by price hikes) and youth use is at historic lows per federal data; company growth is driven by smoke-free products, not traditional cigarettes or Gen Z anecdotes.
fda.gov/tobacco-produc…
tobaccoinsider.com/usa-cigarette-…
pmi.com/our-progress
Who could have seen this coming 🤷♂️
Gen Z fueling tobacco sales as wild claims cigarettes are 'healthier' than vaping go viral: 'plant-based alternative' trib.al/tsOeuG2
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Cigarette volumes in the US continue declining (offset only by price hikes) and youth use is at historic lows per federal data; company growth is driven by smoke-free products, not traditional cigarettes or Gen Z anecdotes.
fda.gov/tobacco-produc…
tobaccoinsider.com/usa-cigarette-…
pmi.com/our-progress
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The US is finally going to conduct a study to compare cessation rates for NRT and e-cigs. It will cost $5 Million and take 5 YEARS to complete. At this late date, the study is a waste of money. And waiting five years for conclusions that over 100 studies have already made will only result in more preventable deaths.
If the researchers simply looked at @CochraneTAG they would see all their questions have already been definitively answered by Cochrane.
"A nationwide US study will examine how well different products — from FDA-approved medicines to e-cigarettes — help people quit tobacco in every day circumstances
The study is funded by a grant of $4.7 million over five years from the National Cancer Institute. The new study will definitively determine how effective FDA-approved aids for smoking cessation are for people living their everyday lives and will also collect data to discover if various non-FDA-approved products that smokers use actually work and assist quitting."
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The Science of Fear: "How People Perceive Risks"
…and what does that have to do with tobacco control?
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
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POTUS: Let's save flavored vaping.
JAMA: Docs should encourage vaping to quit cigs.
Cochrane: Vapes have highest efficacy for quitting.
FDA: Let's streamline vape authorizations.
NYT: Growing consensus that vapes help people quit smoking.
Meanwhile... 😡
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Volcano E-cigs, founded in 2009 and Hawaii's Largest Independent Vape Retailer and Wholesaler to Close All 13 Stores, affecting 56 employees, ahead of 2027 Registry law with restrictions on unlisted vaping products and per-item penalties reaching $2,000.
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"The Evolution of a Skeptic"
Over the past decade, the Director of NIH's National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has shifted off-the-fence... From extreme caution to endorsing nicotine vapes as "probably" safer and effective for smoking cessation.
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That nicotine vape firms in the UK and USA are not allowed - legally - to tell customers "this can help you quit smoking" is a crime in itself.
The Cochrane review of 104 studies shows vapes DO help smokers quit. Surveys show product substitution at the population level.
A consumer vape can be advertised in the UK as an alternative to tobacco. But a claim that it helps people quit requires medicinal authorisation, which is a core reason the market looks the way it does.
Young participants in a Sheffield study want vaping’s role as a quitting aid made clearer.
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/po…
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Sing praise for @PruenRichard! He has tirelessly maintained the tech behind @SaferWiki for many years, blocking hacking attempts and denial of service attacks. Clearly, the truth makes someone uncomfortable. Looking at you @MikeBloomberg.
It's a Wiki. YOU can both learn and add to it.
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Safer Nicotine Wiki: You can learn from it and add to it. Created and maintained by ex-smokers with zero industry funding or involvement.
However, because it helps to de-demonize #SaferNicotine alternatives, ANTZ assume industry must be behind it.
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FDA banned 'flavored' pod-based vapes in February 2020. That profoundly stupid ban caused more than 10 million adults to shift on masse to 'flavored' disposable vapes.
Unintended consequence: Sales of "illegal vapes" skyrocketed. But those sales were not to teens.
