Thread by @ClovisSangrail4

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Again. What if we just ask adult ex-smokers how they're doing after they've switched to #SaferNicotine vaping?

OVERALL HEALTH

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LUNG INFECTIONS: 90% have fewer lung infections than when they smoked.

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COPD: 93% of smokers with COPD who switch to nicotine vapes say their lung health has improved.

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ASTHMA: 89% of smokers with asthma who switch to nicotine vapes say their symptoms have improved. 48% say they no longer use an inhaler.

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DENTAL HEALTH: 88% of smokers who switch to nicotine vapes say their dentist tells them that their oral health has improved.

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LUNG FUNCTION: The average smoker can hold his/her breath for only 35 seconds. 94% of smokers who switch to nicotine vapes say they can hold their breath for more than a minute.

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SMOKING CESSATION: 87% of vape shops report they help more than 5 smokers quit each month. There were, in 2019, 10,000 vape shops in the USA, helping >600,000 Americans quit each year.

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CLOSED VAPE SHOPS: 30% of ex-smokers who switched to nicotine vapes say their local vape shop has closed (NOTE: Survey conducted before #COVID19).

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BANS: 24% of adult nicotine vapers will relapse to smoking if nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") are banned where they live.

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BANS: 12% of adult nicotine vapers will relapse to smoking if nicotine vape 'flavors' are banned where they live. NOTE: At least 4.3 million Americans have quit smoking with nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"), so a nationwide 'flavor' ban would cause 516,000 more smokers.

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ANTI-VAPING MISINFORMATION: 55% of adult nicotine vapers know a smoker who will not try nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") because of anti-vape misinformation. 15% know a vaper who relapsed to smoking because of anti-vape misinformation.

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DUAL USE: 67% of ex-smokers who now vape nicotine quit within one month. 87% quit withing six months of trying vaping.

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SMOKER'S JOURNEY: 43% of ex-smokers who now vape nicotine say they "quit by accident." NOTE: No one ever quit by accident with nicotine patches or gum.

81% remained dual users for less than six months.

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Repeating the previous survey with slightly different language...

SMOKER'S JOURNEY: 78% of ex-smokers who now vape nicotine say they quit completely in less than a month (including 41% who "quit by accident"). 88% remained dual users for less than one year.

CODA:
The lived experience of ex-smokers who vape nicotine should matter. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUS

Human lives should matter more than #MoralPanic about "dependence."

Adults should have a right to save their own lives.
#HumanRights #VapingSavesLives