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Skip Murray

@imaracingmom

28 Dec

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It has taken me months, but the good news is I've finally moved past denial.
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The bad news is I woke up in full blown anger and I'm a hot mess. I've never handled anger well. Not other people's and not mine. Other people's anger makes me feel fear. I know pain is coming, be it physical or emotional, I know angry people are going to hurt me.
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You'd think after so much experience on the receiving end of people's anger, I'd be better at dealing with my own. Nope, it is a source of failure for me. I either bottle it up and cry, lash out at people, or do and say really stupid things.
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Skip Murray

@imaracingmom

24 Dec

@SaferWiki

If VLNC helps some people stop smoking, I will be glad to see it. I'm concerned about sending people the wrong message about nicotine. I'm going to park some random thoughts throughout the day in this 🧵, as I work on the @SaferWiki VLN page. safernicotine.wiki/mediawiki/inde…
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Some people are concerned when people making the switch from smoking to vaping dual use. What happens if people dual use cigarettes and VLNC? Is smoking less/day a good thing? Is it reducing harm? Some against vaping have said "no".

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My concern is sending consumers the wrong message about nicotine. It's not the nicotine that causes death and disease. If someone likes smoking and doesn't want to quit they need to understand that VLNC isn't safer, it's less addictive.

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Skip Murray

@imaracingmom

17 Dec

I hate politics. I don't understand politics. Some of my friends love politics, find it fascinating. I don't get that, either. I got asked about politics last night. The person found it shocking that I don't know what it means to be a Democrat or Republican.
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I can't define Liberal, Progressive, Conservative, Libertarian. I don't understand Capitalism vs Socialism.

I have the same struggles with religions.

Politics and Religion are things important to many people. And yet both cause so much division and hate.
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After struggling my whole life to fit in an belong somewhere, you'd think that I'd be all gung ho to get really involved in politics and religion. But I don't/can't.

I find that who I vote for and what I believe are things that are personal to me, ...
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Skip Murray

@imaracingmom

15 Dec

A couple of days ago the pod fell out of my Lux and got lost. Yesterday, I stopped at the shop of my competitor and friend, Vapor North. Melissa smiled as I walked in the door and shouted "Vape Emergency!". She also uses the Lux and gave me the one I use.
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She gave it to me because I couldn't find something that was "just right" and she felt I might like that device. (I love it!). So as I open my wallet to get ready to pay for a pod, she opens the box from her Lux and gives me the spare pod from hers. Would not let me buy one.
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We talked biz for a bit. Her lease is up in March and she's not sure she's going to renew. She knows I'm closing my shop. We share a couple of mutual tears as our hearts break for each other.

I get pissed when I'm called a shill for the tobacco industry...
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Skip Murray

@imaracingmom

7 Nov

🧵 Thread 🧵

I. DON'T. WANT. TO. WIN!!!

Before you read my thread, please read this story:
fox8.com/news/teen-carr… (Photo from that story)
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I have been fighting for years. Proudly standing beside many of you, we have fought fiercely for Tobacco Harm Reduction. We have perfected trolling. We can cite a study in our sleep. We can spot the enemy from a mile away. We despise the other side.

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They call themselves Public Health and Tobacco Control. We put our guard up as fast as theirs goes up over the scent of Big Tobacco being within arms length of anything.

It's been war for as long as we can remember. We're pissed that many of them won't change their minds.
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