The THR Blog

The THR Blog provides information & advocacy related to Tobacco Harm Reduction (vaping, snus, HTP & nicotine pouch) products.

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

#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.
https://t.co/ZbyoBa4lmr

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

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)
https://t.co/L4p8BFvlFM

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

@CritiquesAAP Very important to understand! ⬆️
https://t.co/erM2lFbEqZ

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

When people or groups mention ‘addiction’, make sure you are both on the same page. Most use it to mean a different thing than addiction as defined by authoritative sources such as @NIDAnews, @APAPsychiatric, @MerriamWebster, or @AddictionCentr.

Here are their definitions.

[London South Bank University - LSBU @LSBU]

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 👇
https://t.co/8SedaIlzRy

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

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
https://t.co/QfOdIk608m

[Prof Marewa Glover @MarewaGlover]

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 The new NZ Govt repealed this policy before it could take effect.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: https://t.co/nZZ2R1tSJC

[Prof Marewa Glover @MarewaGlover]

@AfricaHRA My report on smoking among #Indigenous peoples of the world backs you up. Thanks you talking about the inequity. https://t.co/M13P9s6G7v

[Africa Harm Reduction Alliance @AfricaHRA]

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.

https://t.co/tNADkGuH16

#SmokingCessation #THR #HarmReduction

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

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
https://t.co/aV4q5q4z5l

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

“.. 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
https://t.co/zKa7uD2mxD

[AVI @vapeindia]

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

https://t.co/zEBLRQ8L2T

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

@vapeindia @PMOIndia @mansukhmandviya @thePHFI @ICMRDELHI @IMAIndiaOrg @MoHFW_INDIA Very true! here are some accounts by people how #QuitSmoking accidentally using #nicotine #vapes.

#AccidentalQuitter
https://t.co/30AX6VwQQs

[Riccardo Polosa @RiccardoPolosa]

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.
https://t.co/fh7CWZsr5V

[Prof Marewa Glover @MarewaGlover]

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?

[The Vaper @vaper_the]

@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.
https://t.co/Si0rlWIrvJ

[The Vaper @vaper_the]

Join @Hello_Alex and @LoganExhales of @CASAAmedia as they speak with @Stingfreesnus - inventor of #StingFreeSnus and 'an outspoken Swedish advocate for snus'.

https://t.co/bGciHUVEKx

[The Vaper @vaper_the]

@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
https://t.co/UvzkgcjCsq

[The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction @GlobalStateTHR]

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👇

https://t.co/AzfVBbkWJ3

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

“.. 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
https://t.co/zN8P1QkysV

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

"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."
https://t.co/Viv6mLLGwU

[The THR Blog @BlogThr]

@amodibecky Read more and add /your/ voice, on Rebecca's blog!
https://t.co/PjuAgT7eNB