I smoked for 40 yrs, 10 yrs cigarette free by switching to vaping. No one should have the right to tell me *how* to quit. The fact is I quit.
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All my smoking life I was told to quit. I did. Apparently "they" don't like *how* I quit.
We have the right to access harm reduction.
#WVD2021
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Reposting this reply simply because it was hidden by @ACSCAN.
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Dr. Charles Gardner: The public needs to see older people like me talking about how nicotine vapes or pouches helped them to quit smoking. Sharing their lived-experience: "My health improved."
Short interview; Harvard Club NYC
youtube.com/watch?v=uved2Ktvβ¦
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A banger of a thread here.
I would like to know the answers to these questions too, @MaritStiles
Dear @MaritStiles,
You spend a lot of time demanding answers, transparency and accountability from Doug Ford.
Fair enough. That's your job.
Now it's our turn to ask YOU some questions about the NDP's Bill 125.
We want the facts. And we expect answers. Walk your talk!
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My new article: "Time for a Research Priorities Reset"
Our current research priorities are stuck in time. Not fit for purpose... if the purpose is still to reduce death and disease.
medium.com/@tchad49/it-is-tiβ¦
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Dear @MaritStiles,
You spend a lot of time demanding answers, transparency and accountability from Doug Ford.
Fair enough. That's your job.
Now it's our turn to ask YOU some questions about the NDP's Bill 125.
We want the facts. And we expect answers. Walk your talk!
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Common @fordnation can we just shut down this nonsense?
ola.org/en/legislative-businβ¦
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Now letβs expand the conversation to include ALL nicotine products. We need to understand whatβs driving this market. We saw firsthand this summer how widespread the illicit trade has become. Itβs a serious problem, and we canβt keep ignoring it. rights4vapers.com/2026-roadtβ¦
Ottawa and provinces losing billions from illegal cigarettes, study finds nationalpost.com/news/canadiβ¦
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Thank you to our 2 new participants. We have received the first of the before and after xrays and reports. As required the persons name have been redacted after the original reports were sighted and signed as true and correct by a J.P.
I've read the reports and the findings 1/4
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So far, you have authorized only 11 nicotine vape devices ("e-cigarettes"). Less than 1% of the products that adults are currently using to avoid deadly cigarettes. Stop fretting about what you call an "illegal market" and start authorizing vapes to improve public health.
And here we are again or should I say still? Again/still health groups are asking the feds to ban flavours. Again/still claiming vaping rates in Cdn youth are dangerously high. Still ignoring our voices.
youtu.be/vV6If2cg19A?si=XGpaβ¦
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"EVALI" was coined by the @CDCgov Office on Smoking and Health's then-Director Dr. Brian King over objections from his professional staff. They KNEW nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") were not to blame. He didn't care.
I know this because I have talked with those staff.
EVALI? We nearly went bankrupt, says Mi-Podβs Rebecca Basinski recalling the devastating business impact of 2019βs vaping-related lung illness. @mipodvape @cdoug @HayppGroup @ChaunceyGardner @alli_vapes @VaporTechAssoc @INNCOorg @GFNicotinehttps://regwat.ch/y4XFyd
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So @MarkJCarney is busy talking Canadian sovereignty, while Les thinks we should take orders from American billionaire @MikeBloomberg.
Should we ask @elonmusk too? Maybe @SecKennedy?
Apparently @actiononsmoking thinks Canadian policy needs an American position π¨π¦
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Be like @grannylouisa.
That is all. That's the tweet.
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Sweden appears to be taking a stance that is much too sensible:
βSweden supports harmonising EU tobacco taxation rules in principle, but objects to requiring nicotine pouches to bear the same minimum tax burden as certain smoked tobacco products.β
Link:
2firsts.com/news/sweden-threβ¦
Sweden is threatening to block the EUβs proposed tobacco tax overhaul, with a dispute over nicotine pouch excise duties emerging ahead of a November 9 meeting.
The disagreement centers on EU-wide minimum tax rates for tobacco and newer nicotine products, including nicotine pouches. Swedenβs position could complicate negotiations on a directive that requires unanimous agreement among EU member states.
#Sweden #EuropeanUnion #EU #TobaccoTax #NicotinePouches #ExciseDuty #TaxPolicy #TobaccoRegulation #2Firsts
2firsts.com/news/sweden-threβ¦
Instead of celebrating that we quit smoking we have to battle with health orgs, NGO's and billionaires for our right to remain smoke-free.
Les Hagen wants PM to listen to Bloomberg, but tells @GovCanHealth not to listen to Canadian nicotine consumers (we're all "industry" to him). A taxpayer-funded NGO pushing this double standard? We want answers. We wrote to Health Canada. You can too.
rights4vapers.com/our-email-β¦
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We will keep shouting until someone pulls the veil off tobacco and nicotine control. @brianlilley @junonewscom @WesternStandard @nationalpost @CandiceMalcolm @PattiSonntag
Our jaws dropped watching the TC presser. @actiononsmoking
suggest @MarkJCarney
listen to @MikeBloomberg
an American billionaire on CAD policy? @GovCanHealth
why are you funding NGO's that want us to be just like the USA?
thenicotineproject.substack.β¦
Make it stop.
Our jaws dropped watching the TC presser. @actiononsmoking
suggest @MarkJCarney
listen to @MikeBloomberg
an American billionaire on CAD policy? @GovCanHealth
why are you funding NGO's that want us to be just like the USA?
thenicotineproject.substack.β¦