Won’t someone please “think of the children”? A logical fallacy and so much more. Snippets 👇 and following tweet. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin…

THEO VON: “Was there anybody who was immune to COVID-19?” DR. MCCULLOUGH: “There’s one adult group. You’re going to laugh.” [Theo Von listens closely for the reveal] DR. MCCULLOUGH: “Smokers… They got very mild cases. And they don’t get long COVID.” THEO VON: “Why?” MCCULLOUGH: “Because smokers maintain a level of nicotine in the bloodstream… Smoking blocks the spike protein. It’s amazing. I thought smokers were going to go down.” THEO VON: “Do you think that’s a good idea [to use nicotine patches] on a regular basis?” DR. MCCULLOUGH: “I think [it’s a good idea] if they have long COVID... Nicotine, don’t forget, is a nootropic. A nootropic is a drug that makes the brain function more effectively... It’s addictive, but it’s not harmful to the human body... Nicotine patches are perfectly safe.”

1. What would it take to convince healthcare leaders & policy makers that smoking cessation should be funded and delivered within lung cancer screening programmes? thorax.bmj.com/content/early…

"In Victoria, the illegal tobacco and vape market is estimated by authorities to be worth more than $900 million a year, implying that there is a multi-billion-dollar national black market." Without a paywall here: archive.vn/4Asba

Based on the 2018 @CDCgov National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS), @US_FDA declared a "teen vaping epidemic." The 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 CDC NYTS surveys show a 70% drop in teen use. It's now at a 10-year low. cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/… But @DrMakaryFDA disagrees?

YOUTH VAPING EPIDEMIC language is back in style thanks to @DrMakaryFDA

MAHA doesn’t include cigarette smokers or 20 million ex-cigarette smokers in America. #hoodwinked

"The illicit tobacco trade is extremely dangerous as evidenced by the fires we have seen here and interstate, and the Malinauskas government is doing everything it can to shut it down in South Australia." Without a paywall here: archive.vn/Lcu1z

It's fun watching state legislators enact protectionist policies in order to give big tobacco a monopoly on vaping products in their states. Is fun the word i'm looking for? badgerherald.com/news/wiscon…

VAPE BANS need to stop!! Vaping has allowed me to quit smoking cigarettes for almost 6 years!! I can't even purchase BLANK (EMPTY) cartridges anymore!!! Government overreach needs to STOP!!!

Do e-cigarette "sin taxes" protect youth? This IS a reasonable question to ask. Sin taxes are supposed to REDUCE public harm. What if they increase smoking? That would be bad, right?

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Decries Supposed Fast-Tracking of Safer Alternatives to Cigarettes But Says Nothing About FDA's Inaction on Real Cigarettes tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com…

Rapid switch from smoking to vaping is helping close NZ’s big health inequalities by Ruth Bonita newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/10/co…

🚨 Here is a rough transcript of today's outlandish presser by DOJ / FDA / ATF -- an absolute debacle of ignorance, fear-mongering, and outright deceit. Not to mention thuggish cruelty toward small biz & ordinary Americans trying mightily to quit smoking. static1.squarespace.com/stat…

STAT: "“If we don’t start correcting public perceptions on nicotine, we could have a situation where someone would think that a cigarette with very low nicotine is going to be less harmful to them than a nicotine pouch,” said Hartmann-Boyce." archive.vn/4MzSh

F*ck the FDA for ignoring adults. F*ck the FDA for ignoring the law for PMTA's. F*ck the FDA for ignoring youth use dropping over 70% and using kids as a prop. F*ck the FDA for giving the Vape industry to BT and F*ck FDA for playing politics over the health of Americans.

Five Years After the PMTA Deadline, the Tobacco Control Act Still Protects Cigarettes Over Smokers @lmstroud89 👇 dcjournal.com/five-years-aft…

Sigh. We need to do this AGAIN: Prohibition Use Disorder (PUD) is a serious mental health problem! Symptoms include: Unnatural obsession with children Uncontrollable urges to tell others how to lead their lives OCD-like feelings of disgust toward things you consider unclean

Just checking on our friends in Australia. 🫣 archive.is/sLNqm

The lady doth protest too much, methinks sph.nus.edu.sg/news/no-singa…