Thread by @ColinMendelsohn

1/ @SimonChapman6 was on @abccanberra this morning with @adammshirley creating fear and confusion about #vaping. Let me clarify a few points.

Starts 17m20s
abc.net.au/radio/canberra…

2/ "We don’t know what the long-term consequences are going to be”

It is beyond reasonable doubt that #vaping will be far less risky than smoking. @RCPLondon estimates that the long-term risk is likely to be no more than 5% of the risk of smoking

3/ “Very easy to get nicotine for #vaping from the doctor”

Actually no. The process is
▪️Complex & time-consuming for GPs
▪️Delayed by @TGAgovau approval
▪️Importing by a 3rd party
▪️Import permit needed
▪️Much more costly

It will be easier to go next door and buy a cigarette!

4/ "It took 40 years before the risks of smoking were known"

If cigarettes were invented today, we would know immediately that they were deadly. There has been huge progress in medical and analytical science since then. We have detailed knowledge of the toxicology of vapour.

5/ "Potential for addictive nicotine to get tens of millions of people into its clutches"

Almost all people who #vape are former smokers already addicted to nicotine. Vaping nicotine is less addictive than smoking. Nicotine dependence from vaping is rare in young non-smokers.