Dv Willis

Some of my best friends are brexiters

[Bradmageddon @bradgearon]

The most important question is not whether vaping is perfect.

The important question is whether it can replace smoking.

A modern low-power nicotine vapor device operates on astonishingly little energy. A small coil at around 10 watts quietly heats a few milliliters of liquid throughout the day. There is no burning tobacco, no ash, no smoke, no smoldering ember reaching hundreds of degrees while producing thousands of combustion compounds.

Instead, the user receives nicotine through a compact electronic device designed to deliver it efficiently with far fewer toxic byproducts than a traditional cigarette.

For many smokers, the breakthrough is not merely the chemistry. It is the ritual.

The cigarette after dinner.
The cigarette with coffee.
The cigarette during a break.

Replace that one cigarette consistently with a satisfying vapor device, and something interesting often happens: the brain begins to associate nicotine satisfaction with the new device instead of the cigarette. The craving itself can migrate.

This suggests a practical harm-reduction strategy. Rather than demanding that every smoker quit nicotine immediately, society could focus first on eliminating combustion.

Imagine a future device built specifically for smokers making the transition. It would be compact but substantial in the hand, slim enough to carry comfortably, efficient enough to run all day on a small battery, and supported by pocket-sized refill capsules that occupy almost no space.

The goal would not be to celebrate nicotine.

The goal would be to make burning tobacco obsolete.

Humanity has repeatedly used engineering to reduce risk. We replaced candles with electric lights. We improved automobile safety through decades of refinement. We improved countless technologies through better materials, better design, and better manufacturing.

If millions of people are going to seek nicotine regardless, the logical question becomes: how can we deliver it with the lowest achievable risk?

That question deserves continued research, continued engineering, and continued innovation.

The ideal future may be one in which nicotine use itself declines. But until then, replacing combustion with lower-risk alternatives could save countless lives.

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Crazy isn't it Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party had an 'antisemitism crisis' and now Zack Polanski's Green Party does.

While Nigel Farage's Reform party, with Nigel Farage and loads of Nazi lovers, doesn't.

It's like it's some kind of scam used against Left Wing parties.

[Prohibition Does Not Work @PDNWmedia]

✍️ Read Professor @SincDavidson’s guest blog:

Prohibition does not work. It never has. Alcohol prohibition taught this. The war on drugs taught this. Illicit tobacco taught this. Now vape prohibition is teaching it again.

Prohibition does not abolish demand. It abolishes lawful supply. The market does not disappear; it gets taken over by criminals.

Different century. Same failure.

https://t.co/qpFBFgXRJQ

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Fortunately, Britain has a Bermuda-registered mass circulation newspaper owned by a French-domiciled billionaire, a television station owned by a Dubai hedge fund and a political party backed by a Thailand-based crypto tycoon to remind us of the importance of patriotism

[John Truncali @TruncaliJohn]

Bad government policies on vaping can have unintended consequences, especially when they fail to distinguish between adult smokers seeking a lower-risk alternative and youth who should not be using nicotine products at all.

One of the most common criticisms is that policymakers often regulate vaping products as if they are identical to combustible cigarettes, despite growing evidence that vaping exposes users to far fewer toxic chemicals than smoking. When regulations make legal vaping products difficult to access, some adult smokers may continue smoking cigarettes instead of switching to a potentially less harmful alternative.

Flavor bans are another controversial policy. While supporters argue they help reduce youth appeal, critics point out that flavors are frequently cited by adults as an important reason they successfully moved away from cigarettes. Eliminating legal flavored products can reduce options for adult smokers while potentially driving consumers toward illicit or unregulated markets.

Another concern is that public messaging sometimes focuses almost exclusively on the risks of vaping without providing context about the much greater health risks associated with smoking. Critics argue this can create public confusion, leading some smokers to incorrectly believe vaping is just as harmful as cigarettes.

Effective policy should balance two goals: preventing youth access and use while preserving harm-reduction options for adults who smoke. Policies that focus on strict age verification, enforcement against illegal sales, product quality standards, and accurate public education may be more effective than broad restrictions that affect adult smokers and former smokers alike.

#congress #FDA #vapingawareness #HarmReductionWorks #PublicHealth #vapenews #vaoecommunity #KnowTheFacts #WeAreNotBigTobacco See less

[Clearing the Air @clearingthe_air]

Ban the pouch, keep the cigarette? 🚬🚫 France's strict new ban on nicotine pouches has sparked outrage in Sweden, highlighting a growing divide in Europe over tobacco control. Why do smoke-free alternatives continually face tougher rules than combustible cigarettes? https://t.co/Jv8xAE5IdN

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

British politics in a nutshell

Step 1: invent or exaggerate a problem
Step 2: blame migrants, the poor, students, minorities or anyone with the least power
Step 3: promise action
Step 4: forget you’ve already had 14 years to act
Step 5: Create a new party & Repeat

[Politics In The U.K. @politixintheuk]

"WE WANT BORDERS!" they cried...

[Seth @fiercepatricks]

Why is homosexuality constantly singled out, while adultery is literally listed in God's Ten Commandments and often gets overlooked?

[LinonX @LindaGarbutt8]

@TalkTV @IsabelOakeshott “No one’s business” she says? And yet…….👇

[Ryan Costello @RyeCostello]

Per this account, Trump consulted three monarchs on a planned renewal of the war on Iran, but not Congress or the American people:

[Dv Willis @sleepa]

@JoolsJuevans @JagerbombsORtea @RobBurl @unherd @Chattysalerton A lot of the presenters are pretty moderate centrist but the news bulletins are full on Telegraph territory.

[Stella Tsantekidou @Stsantek]

It’s not fifty quid from a mate, it’s £5 million from the UK’s biggest political donor, who was already in a political relationship with Farage and his party. A year later and the only draft bill Reform has ever published on any policy issue, including their flagship issue of immigration, or Farage employer GBnews’s favourite subject free speech, is crypto. Less than 1% of Reform’s voting base is engaged with crypto. The bill is radical and detailed. Whose interests is he serving?

[David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitch]

Ffs why don't the political correspondents, programme hosts and the activist pollsters just get together and decide who should be prime minister and save the rest of us the bother?

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

This is all happens in 2023. Farage goes apoplectic on GB News about Coutts/Nat West. He is supported by Boris Johnson. GB News owner makes a mint shorting NatWest stock. Boris Johnson offered a GB News slot https://t.co/KiQQs83lcL

[Nightmare Opera @ImanOpera]

@ZPoet @otokyo Yes, we'll be tortured for eternity if we don't pick the correct religion out of thousands, tell ourselves it's true constantly and never question it. Makes sense 😅.

[HENRY MORRIS @mrhenrymorris]

You've changed man.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

..says man who wouldn't hold a by-election when he changed parties.

[JamesR @JCRDarwin]

10 years cigarette free today!
If it wasn’t for #vaping I would still be on track for an early death.
My GP congratulated me last week on test results equal to those of a non smoker.
Harm reduction does work and it’s about time Governments around the world got onboard!

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

Donald says we would have won the Vietnam War if he'd been president.
Maybe he should have just served.