Did you know? Nicotine does not cause cancer; combustion does!
🔥 It’s the toxic smoke from burning tobacco that's deadly, not the nicotine itself.
This truth is critical. It's why offering safer alternatives saves lives! https://t.co/Xn43QRM7Af #Nicotine#Vaping #HarmReduction
Is nicotine harmful? Nicotine is the chemical that makes cigarettes addictive. But it is not responsible for the harmful effects of smoking. Nicotine does not cause cancer, and people have used nicotine replacement therapy safely for many years #Nicotine
A special thanks to all attendees who took some time from their busy holiday schedule to stop by and listen the THR message I had to share with them. https://t.co/49dk1CagOr
DRT-THR Burkina has spend 120 min. talking and interacting with students of 2IE in Ouagadougou this Tuesday 19 April morning... About the global and local tobacco pendemic and how THR advocates address the issue
In 2016, The Royal College of Physicians released the report, Nicotine without Smoke:
"...the likely harm to health and society of e-cigarettes at about 5% of the burden caused by tobacco smoking."
The rest of the world is still catching up.
https://t.co/DKPjF4Tnmq
On #WorldConsumerRightsDay let us promote knowledge about safer nicotine products & the basic rights of tobacco consumers. Access to safer, affordable nicotine products is the right of every smoker on the continent
WHO admits that vaping is a significant harm reduction strategy for smokers.
So, why do they dictate to the world governments to repeat fear based narratives about vaping?
The pharmaceutical industry that funds WHO profits from smoking-related diseases.
https://t.co/tIK9gc7nh2
Collège de méd.generale:
"We consider the electronic cigarette as a tool for RDRD and believe that we should not discourage the smoker who is initiated to vaping with a view to weaning, advising them that it is important to avoid cigarette+vape use."
❗️EVENT ALERT❗️
There is a lot of misinformation about vaping. @LizKatsiashvili will be joined by Prof. Bernd Mayer @beli_erf to spread facts not fiction this coming Tuesday on Spaces. Tune in:
🗓️Tuesday, 15 March
⏰6pm CET
#event#vape#science
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https://t.co/nL2RIBrt7D
🤔 Is vaping as harmful as smoking? No! It has been proven to be 95% less harmful.
Join us to dispel more myths about vaping with @LizKatsiashvili and @beli_erf.
#event#vape#science
Set a reminder now 👇
https://t.co/nL2RIBrt7D
'Ambitions to achieve a smoke-free world will be enhanced through the rapid substitution of cigarettes by safer alternatives such as vaping, as more consumers choose to reduce their own health harms by using nicotine in less risky ways.' @GlobalStateTHR https://t.co/FhGOD9F7UM
Six reasons why the war against nicotine doesn't make sense!
➡️ Reason 2:
Indeed, people should not be encouraged to start consuming #nicotine. But public health authorities must abstain from preventing current smokers from switching to #vaping and other alternatives.
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The package leaflet from Nicorette's inhalator says: "It is the toxins in cigarette smoke such as tar, lead, cyanide, and ammonia that cause smoking-related disease and death, not the nicotine."
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