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@DrMtyndall @Filtermag_org The same way it should be for substance users, and those with mental health conditions. For example a lot of folks with bipolar or schizophrenia will die from cigarettes. They smoke cigarettes at twice the average rate. Safer alternatives will save lives.

@Juliemkal Is she related to Simon? (Chapman) 🙄

@be_vapes Apparently, she sees smokers as weak willed, so those who swap to vaping are no better than junkies. There's one in every crowd.

The 2 educators from our team have been conducting meetings with doctors in another Oz state. Unfortunately, the doctors have not had the benefit of attending nicotine & vaping education sessions. As a result, these doctors have been more resistant to accepting verified 1)4

@Juliemkal Thats a disgusting comment from a doctor! If she thinks vapers are junkies, what does she think of smokers? They must be more acceptable in her head.

examining the science further, while the remaining 6 reject the evidence altogether. I will share a comment from one doctor with the two educators:  she said, "People who vape are junkies."  Junkies!, how dare she. This very derogatory remark is concerning, unethical, and 3)4

A must read article that all policy makers should read and understand! “Entire careers have been built around anti-vaping activism. Entire organisations rely on the continuation of moral panic to justify relevance, funding and media visibility.” open.substack.com/pub/09algor/p/…

In Australia, 85% of the total nicotine market is now illicit. Why? Because when you make the legal process a headache, people look elsewhere. From pharmacy-only rules to restricted flavors, over-regulation has created a massive underground industry.

Finally — some good news! somosinnovacion.global/argentina-pone… Argentina takes a pragmatic turn in harm reduction policies: the ban on Innovative Nicotine Products is repealed and a National Registry is created with quality requirements, technical documentation and oversight. This measure acknowledges that the absolute ban failed and that regulating with evidence allows for better control, consumer protection and progress towards less harm. An example of public policy based on reality and results, similar to the successful cases of Sweden, the United Kingdom and Japan. Innovation and smart regulation can save lives. VIA @AylenVanIseldyk

Yesterday’s hearing into Australia’s illicit tobacco crisis didn’t just expose a black market problem. It exposed something far more uncomfortable, a system straining under the weight of its own @jamomartin @drjoesDIYhealth @Anne_Ruston @JulianHillMP @mattjcan @LiberalAus @The_Nationals @RossCadell open.substack.com/pub/09algor/p/…

If a policy doesn’t save lives, it has no place in this debate. You don’t ask arsonists to help design the fire safety plan. You don't hand black markets a platter of bans! Then why should we respect lobbyists that advocated for the current Govt policy mess that has caused an escalating death and usage rate from tobacco and a massive escalation in organised crime! Harm reduction is the best and now the only solution! Nicotine doesn't kill! Bad policy, cigarettes, and turning your back on harm reduction kills 66 Australians every day! Those policy advocates/lobbyists should hang their head in shame as their back is turned away to the camera from the 66 body bags stunt they pulled in a desperate effort to hoodwink the public once again. Combined tax payer income cost of policy wonks below is well over $2 million a year! The cost to lives, is more than devastating! I tell you this as an UNPAID genuine caring tobacco harm reduction advocate who knows better and has seen the devastion of what these professional tax embezzlers have caused for far too long!

What’s going on with the booze wars?

What happens when you pump $20 billion a year into the criminal underworld? We’re finding out. 🔥 🔥 abc.net.au/listen/program…

@LivePippas Babble weasel! Exactly, brilliant description Pippa lol they are having a full day of weaseling today. Time to send in a fox or two! Is there anyone who doesn't babble weasel to give real life facts to the enquiry. I guess not, the enquiry is loaded in their favour, of course!

🔥Watching these public servants in todays Illicit Tobacco crisis inquiry trying convince people that price is not an overarching factor that influencences the illicit tobacco and vapes market, as they babble weasel words would be comical if it wasn't so serious. 🤯

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🥳 Happy Wastewater Analysis Day! 🥳 How's the Aussie drug war going? Not great. Record consumption for nearly every major drug type ✅ National expenditure up 24% to $14.3 billion dollars ✅ Street prices for most drugs continue to decline in real terms ✅

Proper vape shops created communities of ex-smokers helping other smokers quit. In 2019, 10,000 US vape shops were helping over a million adults quit smoking every year. And then, anti-vape zealots shut them down...

@Algore09algor Hope all is ok Al, hope you feel better today.

Panic attacks suck especially when you land up in hospital!

@LivePippas Oh Simon, your halo just slipped over your ears & eyes. Why isnt alcohol on your radar? You know there are serious car accidents caused by drunks? None i can recall from a driver vaping before or during driving. Do you just ignore this coz you like a drink. Very hypocritical!

What does a professional hypocrite look like?

@Juliemkal @rwade300 @LivePippas You're on a very important mission Julie! That has to come first and then maybe, neither of us will have to consider a move to NZ. You and your team are doing a sterling job 👏 thank you!

@be_vapes @rwade300 @LivePippas I've been looking into it for some time now. Presently, my colleagues & I have an initial aim of educating & converting 500 doctors. We hit 83 today. A couple of them are travelling to South Oz soon & want to educate doctors there. Once our work is done, NZ may be my new home.

If anyone in the rest of the world thinks they can ban vaping and conflate cigarettes with vaping just like they have here downunder, then think again! It’s been the biggest failure of every unimaginable scale and worse! The word on the ground is it’s about to collapse! Good!

@Juliemkal @rwade300 @LivePippas Ill be watching him from New Zealand lol, wanna come too Julie? 😄

@be_vapes @rwade300 @LivePippas My goodness, if he became PM. We'd all have to become fruitarian like him. Meat, sugar, fast foods, smoking, and vaping will all be banned. He'll allow alcohol as he likes one or two tipples.

Imagine if anybody had told the government this multiple times over the past 8-10 years..... Oh wait.....🤦‍♂️