50 years ago, Big Tobacco perfected #MerchantsOfDoubt tactics: Just convince everyone "experts disagree" about smoking risks.
Today, our own health officials claim experts disagree about tobacco #HarmReduction.
...while in reality, agreement is strong & growing.
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Over 60 official public statements from respected scientific & public health organizations, and government bodies in over a dozen countries.
All statements are hyperlinked in this document to the originals on those organizations' own websites. docs.google.com/document/d/1Ty…
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...Yes, even these say "SAFER"
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Note that the 60+ orgs above are obvously a cherry-picked list. The ONLY argument being made here is that there is strong and growing consensus that nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") are SAFER than tobacco cigarettes.
Public health officials should stop claiming otherwise.
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(2) "Middle school use is up."
#FactCheck: MISLEADING. Middle & high school nicotine vaping dropped 61% over the past 4 years. 1.9% of teens vape nicotine daily, so may be 'hooked' (down >50% in the past 4 years).
Consider "the Standard Narrative" *pushed* by tobacco control:
• Whole new generation addicted to nicotine
• E-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking
• Ecig use increased exponentially, especially among teens
• They target teens
• Nicotine harms developing brains
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(1a) Where is this "whole new generation addicted to nicotine"?
In the USA, teen nicotine USE is lower today than at any time in the past 50 years.
#FactCheckMe: @CDCgov and @NIH survey data
(1b) Where is this "whole new generation "addicted" to nicotine"?
The above numbers do not measure "addiction." For that, we need to look at frequent and daily use.
#FactCheckMe: @CDCgov survey data
Daily Brain Harm News
15 past-Presidents of the top professional society in tobacco control call "nicotine brain harm" claims "speculative" because there is no human evidence.
Yet @CDCgov continues to tell the public "nicotine harms developing brains" is a known fact.
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(2) How do we sort that all out? First, we should consider what actually can, tragically, cause permanent life-long harm to developing brains.
- under-nutrition
- toxic stress factors (neglect, abuse, loss of parents,
and exposure to violence)
(3) Next, we should consider the evidence "nicotine harms developing brains":
Young rats have subtle reversible brain changes (not necessarily harms) that are comparable to changes caused by caffeine.
This is the evidence used to claim nicotine is a "brain poison."