Well, a form of english anyway.

94% of the norths population are Irish or British, What mass imigration are you talking about?

The most interesting aspect of the Lancet article is that two highly respected public health figures, Ruth Bonita and Robert Beaglehole, are arguing in one of the world’s most influential medical journals that tobacco control has reached a point where it must embrace harm reduction as a core strategy, alongside demand reduction and supply reduction. They explicitly cite the experiences of New Zealand and Sweden as evidence that smoking declines can accelerate when smokers have access to lower-risk nicotine alternatives. @drjoesDIYhealth @jamomartin @Anne_Ruston @caphraorg @MarewaGlover @Clive_Bates thelancet.com/journals/lance…

“The design appears less like an open consultation and more like a path towards a pre-selected conclusion: more restrictions, more bans, and greater regulatory control over all nicotine-based products.” eunews.it/en/2026/06/11/crit…

Fascinating case of unintended consequences that have made the situation worse. "By telling families to avoid these foods [peanuts and eggs], we may have contributed the very problem we were trying to prevent." How many more things does health policy have completely backwards? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

The overwhelming reaction of the establishment to the Belfast pogroms in Britain and in Ireland is to have their cake and eat it - condemning violence while continuing to fan the flames of racist violence by punching down on immigrants and pushing a 'genuine concerns' narrative

"Too much of this debate has devolved into performance and moral signaling. Support a lawful pathway for smoke-free alternatives, and you are accused of not caring about kids. Suggest that adults should have access to lower-risk options, and you are treated as if you have abandoned public health entirely. That framing may generate applause and outrage, but it is no substitute for serious policymaking." @CatoHealth washingtonexaminer.com/resto…

After years of misinformation about smoke-free alternatives vapers are taking up cigarettes again! Another stunning success for the prohibitionist public health lobby… #ProhibitionDoesNotWork youtube.com/embed/ZPbonencdl…

Proof prohibition is a failure.

Ireland is going to ban flavours! We need you tell the EU why this is a terrible idea. Follow the link below and let them know 👇 ec.europa.eu/info/law/better…

Read this thread everyone in tobacco control in Ireland and reflect on your choices.

Many people mistakenly believe that e-cigarettes are as harmful as cigarettes, which can slow the end of smoking. Our grantee Movimiento Pro-Vecino is researching these perceptions and their impact: youtube.com/watch?v=pkJwVmFD…

Truth, the only acceptable protest is the protest that changes nothing.

"A policy failure on all fronts." Australia is so screwed thanks to tobacco control industry extremists. #ClownCountry

An international group of public health experts, researchers, and consumer advocates is calling on nicotine consumers across Europe to make their voices heard. snusforumet.se/en/tpd3-consu…

Let’s get some facts straight. New Zealand is not an outlier. The evidence is clear — countries that have allowed adults who smoke access to risk-reduced alternatives are experiencing rapid extraordinary drops in smoking prevalence. Sweden is down to 4.8% Iceland is around 6% Saint Kitts and Nevis daily smoking prevalence is 6.1% New Zealand is at 6.8% Norway is at 7–8% USA at 9.9%! Under 10% for the first time! UK and Finland are around 10–13% mark… Japan has experienced extraordinary reductions in smoking prevalence — more people now use heated tobacco products (noncombustible) than smoke cigarettes! Greece has long had one of Europe’s highest rates, but the pace of quitting smoking has picked up sharply post-2020. • Notable drops: From ~42% in 2020 (Eurobarometer) down to 36% by 2023, then further to ~31.6% daily / 27.5% current in 2024 — a ~10% relative decline in a short window. This is not an unusual pattern where risk-reduced alternatives to cigarettes are regulated. Other high prevalence countries are seeing faster reductions than the previous Tobacco Control approach which netted glacially slow change. The outlier and shocking example of failure is Australia proving that prohibition leads to a booming illicit market, cheaper cigarettes and as Australia is discovering, increasing smoking.

"the informed respondent can only answer “Neither agree nor disagree”. But that renders their response irrelevant, suppresses their insights, and lends weight to responses from those holding simplistic views on policymaking issues." ethra.co/news/187-impossible…

"The survey is impossible to answer for anyone with an understanding of the differences in risk between different tobacco and nicotine products and a rational public health interest in the role that low-risk alternatives to smoking could play in reducing the burden of cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory disease in the European Union." ethra.co/news/187-impossible…