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American Vapor Manufacturers

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May 26

@FDA

Although @FDA has banned 99.9% of vaping products and rejected tobacco harm reduction, it's willing to take a sensible harm-reduction approach with other products. Why the double standard? The agency is run by hypocrites and motivated by politics. THREAD 🧵

Case in point:
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May 24

@reaganudall

After @reaganudall’s scorching audit, @FDATobacco’s response has been mostly lip service, finagling for more money, and double-down on failed policies. But the health inequities imposed by de facto prohibition on vaping *are* horrendous, so let’s look close at this news.
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https://twitter.com/FDATobacco/status/1660658288193617923

If CTP’s new equity chief, Dr. Le Fauve, wants to improve how the agency’s approach impacts vulnerable populations, there’s lots to redress. Start with the fact that countless minority and low-income Americans rely on nicotine vaping to quit cigarettes.

Not only is vaping vastly less harmful than smoking and by far the single most effective way to quit, it’s also much more affordable than cigarettes — and also much less costly than the pharmaceuticals, patches, gums, and other NRTs that the agency has long favored.

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American Vapor Manufacturers

@VaporAmerican

May 19

Pop quiz: which intervention dramatically cuts smokers' exposure to the deadly chemicals in combusted tobacco *and* helps them stay off cigarettes?

A. Bird watching
B. Nicotine gum
C. Vaping

Write down your answer, then read on as we examine the latest evidence. THREAD. 🧵

According to a new paper published in Nature Scientific Reports, "ENDS (vaping) expose users to substantially lower levels of toxicants than combustible cigarettes, confirming their potential for harm reduction. " nature.com/articles/s4159…

The study compared exposure to harmful and potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) in smokers, exclusive vapers, dual-users and non-users of either product, using data from the PATH Study. Results:

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American Vapor Manufacturers

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May 18

@jacobgrier

How do we stop governments from criminalizing vaping and punishing adults who use the technology to quit smoking? @jacobgrier joins us on Shaping Vaping to explain how we end the "New Prohibition." theavm.org/shaping-vaping…

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@mbsiegel

Subscribe to Shaping Vaping on iTunes and Spotify, then check out our archive of interviews with leading harm-reduction thinkers, including @mbsiegel, @cjsnowdon, @ColinMendelsohn, @Clive_Bates and many more.
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American Vapor Manufacturers

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May 16

@reaganudall

The @reaganudall audit of @FDATobacco made one thing clear: the agency's attempt at vaping regulation has been a disaster. A group of 23 experts has penned a letter to @DrCaliff_FDA explaining how FDA can right its ship. THREAD 🧵
umtrn.sph.umich.edu/Letter.php

@Clive_Bates

As usual, @Clive_Bates helpfully clarified the key questions and explained how they should be answered. Let's take these in turn.
clivebates.com/rethinking-u-s…

Step 1: FDA needs to disincentivize smoking by regulating cigarettes for the harmful products they are. The situation is upside down at present—99.9% of vaping products are illegal, while cigarettes are widely available.

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