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26 Jun, 5 tweets, 3 min read
The Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health is excluding people who spoke at either @GFNicotine or @gtnf.
Well that counts me out! I presented a poster at #GFN19 and was a panel member at #GTNF20.
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Huh, it /is/ specifically about ending smoking though. A focused goal on the most harmful nicotine delivery mechanism, tobacco smoking..
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.. So at least they are letting smokers in. After all, #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs, right?
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Oh, but only if you are a smoker who is a medical or multi-professional.
Working class smokers? Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
(But stay the heck away from this conference about stopping you smoking.)
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.. I guess the @thaigovernment does not want to try /too hard/ to end the Thailand Tobacco Monopoly (renamed to the Thailand Tobacco Authority to muddy the waters & blacken the lungs..).

One thing is for sure. It's #NotAboutHealth.
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@GregHuntMP / @TGAgovau pls note:
Reports are coming in that some batches of #varenicline (marketed as Champix or Chantix) have been recalled due to contamination with #nitrosamines.
[At low levels of - much lower than #cigarettes.]
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#Israel has issued a recall on those batches of #varenicline as has #Greece, while #SouthKorea is conducting an ongoing investigation..
Hopefully our TGA in #Australia is aware of the problem and is investigating as well.
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But this thread is less about varenicline specifically and more about product recalls, quality control & #nicotine containing products such as #snus, #HTP / #HnB & (most) #eCigarettes. Product recalls are not possible in an illicit mkt or practical in a poorly regulated mkt.
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@LeemingLachie / @AngiraB_ / @dailytelegraph! In UR June 11th article 'Vape Craze, A Real Drag', @MauriceGSwanson is quoted as saying: "If you buy vaping pods, they say they don't contain nicotine but they do. I can bet you next week's salary that they have nicotine in them." 1/4
Well if by 'vaping pods' he means the sealed disposable vapes, I'll take him up on that bet.
One week of my income against one week of his salary. I could use the money! 2/4
He can nominate an accredited Australian based testing lab and pay for the analysis (or you can, I'm not fussed either way).
I'll supply four different types of sealed disposable vapes (or you can buy them - DM me 4 deets). If any of the four contains nicotine - I lose. 3/4
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People in #TobaccoControl often chant a mantra to the effect "#ThinkOfTheChildren!"
Of course, children should be considered, & protected, but why not focus on the harm facing adult smokers? If they can #QuitSmoking by 40 years old (some say 35), they can avoid any serious health implications.
Well, I've thought (probably too) much on this, and suspect these folks all hold the same beliefs:
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Senescent, sour, Sydney moonhowler @SimonChapman6 has been 'shaking his cane' at #tobacco shops for selling #vapes. Thing is, they are a 'highly addictive' **0%** #nicotine strength.

Hey .. one is even sour, so may be right up his alley.

How ya' like /them/ apples, Simon? 😏
As such.. it is not 'highly addictive', 'highly habituating', or even 'mildly habituating'.

I picked those two up in Sydney the other day at a tobacconist - who was proud to tell me they had no nicotine at all.
Reassuringly, one of those is actually /made in #Australia/. So applying sensible consumer regs(1) for Quality Control should be easy, and save us (consumers) from having to get them from countries that do not demand high standards in construction or ingredients.
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