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@truthinitiative embraces tobacco #HarmReduction, but paints it as a tobacco & vape industry plot.
11 million US adults use #SaferNicotine vapes daily/regularly to quit or reduce smoking. We don't work for industry.
@robinkoval should talk to us.
truthinitiative.org/our-top-issues…
@truthinitiative embraces tobacco #HarmReduction, but paints it as a tobacco & vape industry plot.
11 million US adults use #SaferNicotine vapes daily/regularly to quit or reduce smoking. We don't work for industry.
@robinkoval should talk to us.
truthinitiative.org/our-top-issues…
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@truthinitiative paints tobacco #HarmReduction (THR) as a tobacco & vape industry plot.
15 past-Presidents of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco embrace THR. They are veterans of the fight against big tobacco. Not part of a "plot."
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.210…
@truthinitiative paints tobacco #HarmReduction (THR) as a tobacco & vape industry plot.
15 past-Presidents of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco embrace THR. They are veterans of the fight against big tobacco. Not part of a "plot."
ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.210…
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@truthinitiative embraces tobacco #HarmReduction, but falsely claims it's a tobacco & vape industry plot.
...then falsely claims the vape market is "focused on growth and acquisition of new users, most of whom are youth and young adults."
@robinkoval
truthinitiative.org/our-top-issues…
@truthinitiative embraces tobacco #HarmReduction, but falsely claims it's a tobacco & vape industry plot.
...then falsely claims the vape market is "focused on growth and acquisition of new users, most of whom are youth and young adults."
@robinkoval
truthinitiative.org/our-top-issues…
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@truthinitiative say vape firms' key market is "youth." Here's how stupid that claim is. A market is people who may buy products. So:
45 million adults (11m daily/regular vapers + 34m smokers).
NOT the few teens who buy (frequent users).
(7.6% of 14m high schoolers = 1m)
@truthinitiative say vape firms' key market is "youth." Here's how stupid that claim is. A market is people who may buy products. So:
45 million adults (11m daily/regular vapers + 34m smokers).
NOT the few teens who buy (frequent users).
(7.6% of 14m high schoolers = 1m)
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@truthinitiative's statement claims US teen vaping remains "epidemic":
They cite only "current use" numbers (≥ once/month), ignoring the fact that daily use is MUCH lower. And they ignore their own survey which found teen vaping dropped 30% in 2020.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33856888
@truthinitiative's statement claims US teen vaping remains "epidemic":
They cite only "current use" numbers (≥ once/month), ignoring the fact that daily use is MUCH lower. And they ignore their own survey which found teen vaping dropped 30% in 2020.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33856888
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@truthinitiative then says ecig use by adults is "only" 4%. This makes it seem like FAR more teens vape, until you realize there are 255 million adults and only 14 million high school kids.
4% of 255m = 11m adults (daily/regular use)
7.6% of 14m = 1m teens (frequent use)
@truthinitiative then says ecig use by adults is "only" 4%. This makes it seem like FAR more teens vape, until you realize there are 255 million adults and only 14 million high school kids.
4% of 255m = 11m adults (daily/regular use)
7.6% of 14m = 1m teens (frequent use)
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@truthinitiative: "the [adult] 'harm reduction' opportunity these products purport to provide has yet to be realized"
Yes @robinkoval: That's because you & @BloombergDotOrg mounted a massive anti-vape campaign that convinced most smokers vaping is more harmful than smoking.
@truthinitiative: "the [adult] 'harm reduction' opportunity these products purport to provide has yet to be realized"
Yes @robinkoval: That's because you & @BloombergDotOrg mounted a massive anti-vape campaign that convinced most smokers vaping is more harmful than smoking.
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...so "only" 11 million US adult smokers now vape daily/regularly. "Only" 5.4 million have quit smoking completely.
Fewer quit smoking and more remain dual users BECAUSE OF the $200m/year @robinkoval & @MikeBloomberg's anti-vaping campaigns.
Reminder: Smoking kills
...so "only" 11 million US adult smokers now vape daily/regularly. "Only" 5.4 million have quit smoking completely.
Fewer quit smoking and more remain dual users BECAUSE OF the $200m/year @robinkoval & @MikeBloomberg's anti-vaping campaigns.
Reminder: Smoking kills
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@truthinitiative: "Because industry incentives are to grow & retain markets ...the tobacco industry should have no part in defining the parameters of a #HarmReduction approach."
That's fine @robinkoval, but adult PEOPLE who use #SaferNicotine SHOULD.
truthinitiative.org/our-top-issues…
@truthinitiative: "Because industry incentives are to grow & retain markets ...the tobacco industry should have no part in defining the parameters of a #HarmReduction approach."
That's fine @robinkoval, but adult PEOPLE who use #SaferNicotine SHOULD.
truthinitiative.org/our-top-issues…
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@robinkoval: Millions of adult people who use #SaferNicotine are ignored, stigmatized and falsely accused of working for the tobacco industry.
Until you begin to listen to us with empathy and respect, you will never understand #HarmReduction.
@robinkoval: Millions of adult people who use #SaferNicotine are ignored, stigmatized and falsely accused of working for the tobacco industry.
Until you begin to listen to us with empathy and respect, you will never understand #HarmReduction.
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