The THR Blog

#WorldSaferNicotineDay is on December 30th each year. #WSND is a great opportunity to let ppl who #smoke know of the pleasurable alternatives to combustible #tobacco. Get your message(s) in for #WSND21, to encourage ppl to #CommitToSwitch on January 1st. thethr.blog/world-safer-ni…

False and misleading statements about vaping. "The opinion that nicotine vapes are equally as harmful as smoking has no basis in scientific fact." A letter from @europethra to all members of the @Europarl_EN's Public Health Committee (SANT) ethra.co/news/166-false…

1/12 Our new paper in Addiction found that #smoking in New Zealand declined TWICE AS FAST as in Australia from 2016-2023 Is #vaping the key factor? A thread⤵️ @Anne_Ruston @SenatorJordon @mattjcan @D_LittleproudMP @RossCadell @DrAmandaCohn @adambandt @AlboMP @Mark_Butler @jamomartin @theofoukkare @BrianTaxpayers @BrianWalkerMLC @MLCGame @Clive_Bates @caphraorg @MarewaGlover @AlexWodak @RossCadell

@CritiquesAAP Very important to understand! ⬆️ twitter.com/BlogThr/status…

The concept of "being addicted" to something is meaningless without a consequence. The consequence of being addicted to Nicotine before flavored ENDS = Disease & Carcinoma! The consequence of being addicted to Nicotine after ENDS? So far, negligible !

Proposed new taxes on nicotine vaping products that increase with nicotine strength may have unintended negative health consequences, according to LSBU's @LynneDawkins Read more 👇 lsbu.ac.uk/about-us/news/…

No Smoke Less Harm Report Launch Join global public health experts to launch a new report about the science of nicotine titled "No Smoke Less Harm." @SmokeFreeSweden @Stingfreesnus eventbrite.com/e/no-smoke-les…

UK Govt is apparently going through with banning sale of tobacco products to future adults. Current adults will still be able to buy cigarettes. The new NZ Govt repealed this policy before it could take effect. ICYMI my latest research results reveals consumer perspectives on this policy: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@AfricaHRA My report on smoking among #Indigenous peoples of the world backs you up. Thanks you talking about the inequity. coreiss.com//file/display/…

Indigenous people in low and middle-income countries experience an alarmingly high burden of smoking-related morbidity and mortality, with #tobacco use being a major factor in indigenous health inequities. ahra.info/policy-impact-… #SmokingCessation #THR #HarmReduction

How New Zealand adults who smoked understand novel tobacco ‘endgame’ policies. Qualitative analysis using the associative propositional evaluation model to determine comprehension. @MarewaGlover, Emma Hurrell sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“.. urgent need for strategic interventions to mitigate the spread of misinformation while promoting evidence-based narratives.” Ngoma, Matatiyo, Oke, Adebisi, Shomuyiwa #EVALI #COVIDー19 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pu…

Counselling can increase quit rates, but ecigs also help smokers with no intention to quit (accidental quitters) as it's just better way to get nicotine. #endvapeban @PMOIndia @mansukhmandviya @thephfi @icmrdelhi @imaindiaorg @mohfw_India health.harvard.edu/staying-health…

@vapeindia @PMOIndia @mansukhmandviya @thePHFI @ICMRDELHI @IMAIndiaOrg @MoHFW_INDIA Very true! here are some accounts by people how #QuitSmoking accidentally using #nicotine #vapes. #AccidentalQuitter thethr.blog/accidental-qui…

Researchers from the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR), along with colleagues from six global regions (Africa and the Middle East, North America, Latin America and South America, Asia-Pacific area, Western and Eastern Europe), have recruited (on its first wave) a unique cohort of 500 people who vape without an established smoking history, and 260 people as controls, to monitor the respiratory effects of nicotine vaping. coehar.org/what-are-the-e…

Sweden’s smoking prevalence is down to 5.6%. New Zealand’s smoking prevalence at 22/23 was 6.8%. This is a huge public health achievement. Could NZ catch up to Sweden?

@jkelovuori @GillianP1965 @broomstick33 @AlexWodak @doctorworkman @abcnews My mistake. I'd linked to a private draft of the video. This is the one that went public. youtube.com/watch?v=Wxk_o3…

Join @Hello_Alex and @LoganExhales of @CASAAmedia as they speak with @Stingfreesnus - inventor of #StingFreeSnus and 'an outspoken Swedish advocate for snus'. youtube.com/watch?v=mPO3eA…

@AsandaGcoyi on what she's been busy with in the past year and the exciting developments in the world of #vaping and regulation in #SouthAfrica. Via @AfricaHRA youtube.com/watch?v=MDXgzV…

Important blog from THRSP Scholar @amodibecky "There are no current thematic strategies that seek to help women & girls who #smoke. I believe listening to voices of women & girls who smoke is the first step to solving this #publichealth crisis." Blog👇 thethr.blog/the-unheard-vo…

“.. our results support existing evidence which suggests #nicotine use is not a major risk factor in the development of #smoking-related disease.” Khouja, Sanderson, Wootton, Taylor, Church, Richmond, Munafò journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/a…

"Monitoring and controlling microbial contamination .. can greatly reduce nitrosamine formation. It is high time for the government to come up with appropriate policies to standardise the manufacturing and storage of #SLT products in #India." theprint.in/opinion/no-gut…