This is why I vape! So I can be these dear wee man's daddy for a long time yet. He is no anecdote n nor is my deliberate quitting!
Up ya pipe fda n cdc, you lovers.
@business For the first time in decades there's a politician openly advocating for Australians, and the establishment hates it. They want to crush her. Political revolution is coming.
In all of my 59 years I’ve never noticed a trans person in the toilet or change room. Maybe they have been there. I wouldn’t care. I just go to the toilet and leave. I was sexually assaulted by a white teacher in a school. Not in a toilet not by a trans person. #npc#auspol
What sort of world do we live in when smokers are being punished for quitting smoking?
I think its past time we punished those who lie about worlds most effective quit methods.
Sound fair?
SUGGESTIONS: (1) Tell the public what CDC/FDA surveys actually show. (2) Stop listening to "experts" who claim otherwise (that's like listening only to anti-vaxxers).
Adult current use (daily or some days)
Nicotine vaping: Q1 2019: 3.9%; Q4 2024: 8.1%
Cigarette use: Q1 2019: 14%; Q4 2024: 9.6%
(260m adults, so 21m adults now vape; 25m smoke)
https://t.co/a41PBpkdK0
Middle & high school “current use” (≥once/month)
2019: 4.5% smoked; 20% vaped nicotine (3.7% daily) https://t.co/6LfoX9OipS
2025: 1.4% smoke; 5.2% vape nicotine (1.4% daily)
(27m teens, so 1.4 million teens now vape)
https://t.co/Qp0htjMiGD
https://t.co/bPAXw7ZD0n
Experts say there are ways parents can counteract the allure of e-cigarettes, teach kids about the dangers of vaping and help them quit. https://t.co/wqxjvcd6Qz
Despite the article headline:
"E-cigarettes and Erectile Dysfunction," the most it suggests is that "erectile dysfunction, a predominantly vascular condition......may "plausibly" be influenced by electronic cigarette use." There are no studies establishing causality, so it concludes more studies are needed.
https://t.co/hux2OYSCQ3
@RushmoreExt23@ClevelandClinic "Well, we're there. We're officially there.
I'm sure I'll have more to say about this later. But for now, I'm just too damn depressed."
https://t.co/m6ZEoe4N3p
The Federal excise has made tobacco products so expensive it has led Australian tobacco consumers to the illegal black market. Around 70-75% the cost of legal tobacco products in Australia is the Federal excise, which is raised twice a year.
Organised crime is running rampant with the tobacco black market, which is now valued at around $5 billion.
ABS figures show about 80% of tobacco or nicotine products now consumed in Australia are illegal.
Government revenue from the excise has declined from $16.3 billion in 2019-20 to a projected $3.6 billion in 2026-27 and a forecasted $2.1 billion in 2029-30.
The ABS has also reported nicotine consumption in Australia (tobacco and vape products) has risen 40% in the past eight years – government policy is no longer effective in reducing consumption.
One Nation will cut the tobacco excise by 50%, and freeze indexation until 30 June 2028 (with an option to review and extend). This will reduce the retail price of tobacco products by around 35% (about $17 off a pack of 20 cigarettes).
The aim is to reduce the incentive for consumers to go to the black market. This would improve consumer and business safety, reduce the black market and related criminal activity to manageable levels for law enforcement agencies, and potentially reverse the decline in government revenue.