Tobacco harm reduction, or THR, is losing political ground in some key countries.
Now, to be clear right up front, this shift isn’t happening because the risk continuum suddenly stopped being true. It didn’t. This is about politics.
Premiering on Monday 16 February: https://t.co/FnRREy6IFj
Magic Molecule:
If you put it a transdermal patch or gum made by Big Pharma, regulators approve it and @WHO puts it on its Essential Medicines List.
If you put it in a pouch or vape, it is magically transformed into a "tobacco product" and stigmatized, taxed and banned.
Today I spoke to several smokers in the smoking areas just outside the Brisbane Ekka grounds ( no smoking anywhere in grounds),
3/4 of smokers believe smoking is safer than nicotine vaping!
That’s a national disgrace and shows just how deadly Australia’s public health misinformation campaigns are & have done a job!
A royal commission into this needs to happen immediately!
@jamomartin@ALIVEadvocacy@RossCadell@Anne_Ruston@TammyTyrrell_@mattjcan@D_LittleproudMP@sussanley
Australian government rejects research that found vape ban increased smoking among young people.
"Mark Butler refuted the report's findings and said government-led research showed that fewer young people are vaping and fewer young people are smoking."
https://t.co/W2VmHRskHD