One hundred specialists call for WHO to change its hostile stance on tobacco harm reduction - new letter to FCTC delegates published. https://t.co/IN6AO9deRC #COP9 @DrTedros 1/2

How to Prohibit Things 101: 1) Claim companies that make [A] "target children" 2) Claim "[A] is a gateway to [B]" 3) Claim that everyone who shares evidence contradicting 1 & 2 must work for industry A = Adult thing that a few kids use illegally B = Truly scary thing

I quit smoking 10 yrs ago thx to vaping. Currently, it is more difficult to remain smoke-free not due to willpower but due to policymakers, NGO’s, taxes, myths, regulations, availability… It was easier to be unhealthy.

“Internal tobacco industry data estimates the illicit tobacco market now makes up 64 per cent of all tobacco consumed in Australia and 82 per cent of the total nicotine consumed.” Laffer curve activated!

@jkelovuori @Clive_Bates How would they know what we want as ex-cigarette smokers, or what worked for us? They have never asked, and the plan they have is to ban and tax the lower SES, because that is who uses most tobacco. That is a human rights problem, not a solution. Nothing about us, without us!

This paper in the journal Tobacco Control has received a well deserved comment from @Clive_Bates on PubPeer: https://t.co/dYgj9JYaZq "Tobacco control advocates are not defending human rights, but rather promoting controls and limitations on the rights of others."

A person has died in Queensland, after taking a teddybear-shaped pill, that looked like well known MDMA/ecstasy , but contained the deadly synthetic opioid protonitazene This was an entirely avoidable tragedy born of prohibition & political hostility to drug checking 🧵1/

@Clive_Bates Gathering thread, I was struck that just recently Cohen / Zeller trashed one of the most widely respected voices in the field, @cdoug -- on the very same, even more tendentious basis for which she takes such high umbrage. Sanctimony off the charts. https://t.co/sV98dBBUYQ

Jim goes in hard...

Tobacco harm reduction takes a rational approach to precaution and risk management The European Commission doesn't use precaution rationally. It's guided by activists, zealots and prohibitionists -interest groups intent on banning products without evidence https://t.co/xhYJ7Zxsr3

Readers of @NTR_Journal may find this #PubPeer post from @Clive_Bates responding to an LtE from Profs Bero and Cohen of interest. #CoI FYI @MarcGunther (you'll see your work cited) https://t.co/LuebMBAfQn

Exactly. By choking the life out of the legal vape market, the FDA provides a gigantic advantage to the illicit Chinese trade. The Chinese suppliers and middlemen must feel that the American referee plays on their team.

@Clive_Bates @FDATobacco Chinese disposables are miles ahead of AMERICAN made. This is because America has never approved any

All mass-market vape devices sold in vape shops and c-stores are designed and/or manufactured in China. That includes all FDA-authorized products made by BAT/Reynolds (Vuse), Japan Tobacco (Logic), and Altria (NJOY). This has been true since the first vapes arrived here in 2007.

The Chinese vape products are not all crap; far from it. Many of these products are legal, well-engineered, and popular in other jurisdictions. A particularly damaging influence of @FDATobacco is its effect on lawful American innovation. It is impossible for law-abiding vape

BIG #DiscomfortOfThought opportunity for Nicotine Nerds! 11am ET today, @JMacNYC interviewing @Clive_Bates on last week's @AEI report on @FDATobacco improvements.

Looking forward to discussing our @AEI report on radical reform of @FDATobacco regulation with @JMacNYC on a #ShapingVaping special. It’s hard to imagine a bigger mess* but we know how to fix it. 11am Eastern and available for playback. *🇦🇺

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What’s worse than adults lecturing kids? Adults’ words in kids’ mouths, to lecture kids, like a cringy fifth-columnist

The kids’ comments are hilarious and insightful, but somehow their sentiments never made it into the important findings of the paper.

30 US youth ages 14-20 were shown some ads and asked some questions. It looks like youth are much smarter about some things than many adults in this field. Check out the quotes on using the word "tobacco" and what they think of Truth and Real Cost ads. 😁 https://t.co/rsy351F344