REMINDER
If nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes") are, in fact, safer than smoking, and help smokers quit, they are (obviously) profoundly different from recreational drugs like alcohol, caffeine & cannabis.
So, what if we just ask ex-smokers who vape how they're doing?
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(2) Among ex-smokers who quit by switching to nicotine vapes, 93% say their health improved. 62% say "improved dramatically." The 5% who said "no change" said "I was healthy to begin with."
Healthier. This is so different from daily screaming headlines.
(3) Among ex-smokers who quit by switching to nicotine vapes ("e-cigarettes"), 90% say they now have fewer and less sever lung infections. We're healthier. Does no one care?
(5) Among ex-smokers who were previously diagnosed with asthma, almost 9 in 10 (87%) say their asthma symptoms improved. 48% say "I no longer need an inhaler."
(6) My father died, gasping for breath. That is not a good way to go. He died from #COPD after smoking 2 packs a day most of his life. I smoked, and quit with #SaferNicotine vapes. Now, almost every day, I'm accused of working for big tobacco. I hate big tobacco (see above).
(7) FACT: Smoking kills the cilia in your lungs. Healthy cilia remove debris, dust, particulates, bacteria, fungal spores, gunk.
Congratulations. You have invited PAVE to tell you about the dangers of vaping. Here's a head's up on what they are going to tell you....
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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."