Alan CMA

just a family man living his best life #Nicotine must be legal in Australia

[Alan CMA @Algore09algor]

Do you still trust @RoyMorganAus when it comes to telling the truth about vaping and smoking?
@ALIVEadvocacy @LivePippas

[Alan CMA @Algore09algor]

Roberto hits the nail on the head with this.

The latest “third-hand vaping” headlines need context. Yes, residue from vaping can be studied in animal models. That is how early-stage science explores hypothetical risks. But laboratory signals are not the same as demonstrated real-world harm.

What often gets lost is the most important question in public health: compared to what?

Even if third-hand vape exposure warrants further study, it remains fundamentally different from the well-established toxicity of third-hand cigarette smoke.

This is exactly why nuance matters.

Precautionary science should inform sensible discussion, not be weaponised to erase the overwhelming harm reduction benefit of moving people away from combustible tobacco.

Context matters. Comparative risk matters. Harm reduction still matters.

[Roberto Sussman @RobertoSussman]

"Third Hand" vaping in animal models https://t.co/exOjhWtruw

[Roberto Sussman @RobertoSussman]

"Third Hand" vaping in animal models https://t.co/exOjhWtruw

[Pippa Starr - Let's Improve Vaping Education! 🇦🇺 @LivePippas]

Retired doctor, harm reduction expert and order of Australia medallist says,
"Australia’s steep cigarette excise increases and restrictive vaping policies have fuelled a massive illegal tobacco market while undermining the country’s long-standing harm-minimisation approach to public health."

Cont..
https://t.co/xdKq954Doq

[Martin C @NannyFreeState]

What an utter disgrace from the @EU_Commission. Led by the lies of @OliverVarhelyi, it is blithely dismissive of democratic accountability and scientific integrity and is effectively embracing corruption instead.

[WVD @worldvapedayWVD]

Reminder #WorldVapeDay is May 30 and #WorldNoTobaccoDay is May 31. You are invited to change your profile picture to either the Universal Symbol for THR (left) or the #WVD logo (right), or use both as the banner on your social media accounts. Please share and help spread the word

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

Regulate smarter. Don't repeat history. #HealthPolicy #AsiaPacific #HarmReduction https://t.co/d4jZ6itQaO

[CAPHRA (Coalition of AP Harm Reduction Advocates) @caphraorg]

CAPHRA warns Southeast Asia not to repeat Australia’s nicotine policy failure

The Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA) is warning Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines not to repeat the policy mistakes that helped fuel Australia’s growing illicit nicotine and tobacco market.

Read more here: https://t.co/uNy3knLFhD

The original Nature Article is here: https://t.co/7FBqNKLTrY

[THR Global @THR_Global]

The THR Global symbol represents people coming together through shared experience, support, and purpose. Each of the five elements represents one of the five principles that guide the platform.
https://t.co/MVPbK1mTUC

[Jonathan Foulds PhD @JonathanFoulds]

What percentage of US High School students do you believe were using e-cigarettes or nicotine pouches or cigarettes regularly (20 or more out of the past 30 days) in 2025? Guess for each one then look at the graph below for the actual percentages. https://t.co/WZiNcirZw0

[VapingIT, SPE, EEI @Vapingit]

This shows a couple things. The delivery method of nicotine IS important, and the portrayal of research with manipulated interpretations that twist the very definition of the word "science".

It also shows the power of constructive criticism to debunk those interpretations so even a peon like me can understand it.

I thank those who tirelessly devote their time doing so.

[Phil @phil_w888]

12 years!

[Mallory Gates @MalloryGates14]

More Bloomberg community notes

[Charles A. Gardner, PhD @ChaunceyGardner]

@Vapingit Yes. And when even the International Monetary Fund weighs in on this... it's an important point.
https://t.co/T9RzYtmX9i

[Bud South 🇺🇸 ✝️ 🪶 @BudFeather]

@Vapingit 12 for me…

[Martin C @NannyFreeState]

“We find ourselves in this senseless situation where nobody is talking about regulating or banning cigarettes anymore, but everyone is talking about banning smoke-free products” - Because 'public health' is protecting their jobs, it's not about health. https://t.co/8tkO6HofjS

[Alan CMA @Algore09algor]

"Instead of treating illicit market growth as a reason to reconsider the policy direction, the documents treat it as an acceptable trade-off. That changes the entire political narrative around Australia’s vaping laws."

https://t.co/30Je6t9dOS

[WVD @worldvapedayWVD]

Wonderful news leading up to #WorldVapeDay! And a great way to celebrate a smoke-free life with products that contain no tobacco for #WorldNoTobaccoDay.

[WVD @worldvapedayWVD]

Look who's celebrating 3 years smoke-free on #WorldVapeDay!
🙌👏🎉🎈🚭🎶🏁
This is #winning!
#WVD #WNTD #WorldNoTobaccoDay

[Michael Landl @LandlMichael]

Millions of former smokers switched to vaping and got off cigarettes. World No Tobacco Day campaigns against the products that helped them do it. #WorldVapeDay puts those people front and centre. That is the difference. https://t.co/1AzswXl7YN

[Alan CMA @Algore09algor]

Start with the headline claim: that youth smoking has fallen “because of smart policies” and is now being “endangered” by vaping and regulatory shifts. Youth smoking in the US has indeed collapsed over 25 years, but that decline began long before modern vaping took off. It tracks more closely with long-term shifts in social norms, taxation, indoor smoking restrictions, and reduced youth initiation into smoking cultures. The article credits policy in a way that implies a fragile achievement now on the verge of reversal, but there is no clear empirical basis for the idea that vaping has meaningfully reversed youth smoking declines at the population level.

In fact, even in the article’s own framing, youth cigarette smoking is at ~1.7%. That is historically unprecedentedly low. To argue that this is being “endangered” requires evidence of rising youth smoking trends attributable to vaping policy changes, not just speculation about future risk. That evidence is not demonstrated here.
The discussion of vaping prevalence is also selectively interpreted. Citing that “8% of high school students use vapes regularly” is presented as alarming, but it is not contextualised: frequency of use, dependence rates, dual use patterns, and trajectory over time matter. A large share of youth vaping is experimental or intermittent, and youth nicotine use is not equivalent to established long-term addiction in the way the article implies. The rhetorical move is to treat all use as equivalent to entrenched harm.

Then there is the gateway claim, “teens are 3–4 times more likely to smoke if they vape.” This is one of the most commonly cited associations in tobacco control advocacy, but it is also one of the most methodologically disputed. The key issue is confounding: adolescents who are more impulsive, more sensation-seeking, or already embedded in risk environments are more likely to both vape and later try cigarettes. Longitudinal association does not automatically establish causation. The article treats this as a settled mechanism rather than contested epidemiology.

[Bloomberg Opinion @opinion]

.@MikeBloomberg: Banning flavored e-cigarettes was a monumental victory for public health. The FDA's reversal will be deadly for kids https://t.co/D5aOGKRZBa