Great thread Samaritans

Sleep well xx

The latest CochraneTAG podcast features Jamie Hartmann-Boyce Nicola Lindson discuss the harm reduction potential of vapes and nicotine pouches for cigarette users. podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/lets-ta…

Radio 2 today on psilocybin to treat extreme depression. Apparently the side effects are justified by the effectiveness. Why can’t this logic be applied to #vaping to treat tobacco dependence?? No doctor on programme said we don’t know long term effects re psilocybin

Larry the Cat Chris 🕷🐦 Also

WFH? Try looking at the relentless anti-vaping propaganda that the U.K. has been fire-hosed with

Has WFH jeapordised UK's stop-smoking ambition? Decline in no of cigarettes smokers puff each day has stalled in wake of pandemic - Daily Mail Online dailymail.co.uk/health/article…

Another nail in the coffin for a dying Leicester city centre.
Not at all surprised, just waiting for it to happen. Sadly.

Fortunately, stop smoking services were able to persuade many potential quitters to try an alternative, such as a vape or NRT. Services that embraced vaping would have seen more success than those who remained resistant to the idea.

There are 4 weeks left for the government consultation on its draconian vape tax proposals. The NNA has produced a guide on how to make a submission at the link below ⬇️. Please read, respond, and share. #NoVapeTax #NoVapeTax UK
nnalliance.org/nnanews/news/3…

In just 20 trips as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss used £1.8m, £90,000 per trip.

Because she used this 350 seater jet as her ‘private plane’.

Like if the she needs to pay it back.
RT if the lettuce needs to go to jail.

Two men have been charged with felling the tree at Sycamore Gap, Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31.

They are charged with Criminal Damage which has a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail.

Out now! April episode of 'Let's Talk E-cigarettes'
Spotify & iTunes
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce & Nicola Lindson talk #vapes & interview Jaqueline Avila UMass Boston re harm-reduction potential of #ecig & nicotine pouches for #cigarette
users w/ low SES.
Cancer Research UK Policy funded
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/lets-ta…

Many anti-vaping submissions to the Senate Inquiry are flawed and misleading. They confuse correlation with causation, exaggerate risks, cherrypick data, draw false conclusions and rely on discredited sources

Here are some of the more egregious claims ⤵️
colinmendelsohn.com.au/senate-2/…

Shame on Iran's femicidal regime #NikaShakarami #WomanLifeFreedom
bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

lol

Are you a healthcare worker or policy maker & want to know if #ecigs help to #quitsmoking & if they are safe for quitting? April 2024 update to briefing doc
CochraneTAG
&
Oxford Tobacco Addiction Group (OXTAG)
Findings from Jan 2024 Cochrane living review thanks to
Cancer Research UK Policy
cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/elect…

Digging

War-on-drugs activist salutes a win for the cigarette trade at the expense of people who would rather use the relatively benign drug nicotine without dying in agony or living in misery.

Logically equivalent to banning clean needles to prevent drug use. Vile ethics.

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