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Joe Gitchell
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Consult to Juul Labs on nicotine vapor for tobacco harm minimization.
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Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · Oct 4
Definitely not my happiest hour and perhaps an odd first post to Bluesky, yet here we are.

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Authors file complaint with publisher as journal retracts vaping paper
A paper that found smoking rates in the United States fell faster than expected as more people started using e-cigarettes has been retracted over the objections of its authors, who have filed a com…
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#BrutalTruths
clairezagorski.bsky.social Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 9d
He’s going to try and escalate even further with Venezuela, illegally, and he’s going to say it’s bc of fentanyl.

Venezuela does not make or move fentanyl into the US.

(It would be a huge deal if they did.)

Do not fall for it. Overdoses are indeed horrible but Venezuela isn’t to blame.
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
jgitchell.bsky.social
I'm really enjoying the #ECigSummitUK today and was reminded of this commentary in #TobaccoControl that will be 25 years old next year.

#HistoryMajor

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Figure 1 from https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/10/3/201
December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
I risk being a #Sealion when engaging in this way (my interlocutor's quote-skeeting vs replying makes it harder to follow, I know.)

I'm not seeking absolution, @jonathanstea.bsky.social, but I do welcome constructive suggestions for better interactions that might be helpful to others.

🙏🦭
December 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Another SoMe platform reminded me to re-share this 4-panel comic as a memory.

And, sadly, it feels timeless. But with so much hope!

#UsNotThem
4-panel comic with an alien asking a human "Are humans good or bad?"
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Reminder that I bigly love (if struggle to always implement) this guidance from @tamarhaspel.bsky.social about how to communicate better.
10 ways to communicate better
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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tcrgbath.bsky.social
Register for next week's @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social seminar with @micahberman.bsky.social.

Professor Berman will present on 'Global Public Health Law: Transdisciplinary Approach to Practice and Advocacy'.

📅 Tuesday 2 December

🕓 3.30pm (UK time)

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/c21ph-semi...
C21PH Seminar Series - 2 December 2025
Professor Micah Berman will be presenting on 'Global Public Health Law: Transdisciplinary Approach to Practice and Advocacy'
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November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
So, people who strive to improve to improve health and welfare in the context of nicotine:

Are you prepared to get less wrong, together?
alexwodak.bsky.social Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · Nov 21
Yup. Best approach is having diversity of views within decision making apparatus. Look at how dysfunctional communist decision
making structures were.
jgitchell.bsky.social Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · Nov 21
Indeed!

But we're still going to end up needing to see the opthalmologist and the dentist before we're through.

See excerpt from Haidt's The Righteous Mind:
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Please read this post marking #WorldCOPDDay from @skipscorner.bsky.social writing in @filtermag.bsky.social.

#UsNotThem
#SupportNotStigma

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People With COPD, Like My Husband, Are Being Failed - Filter
I was deep in thought at the store, flipping through my binder of coupons and trying to stretch our grocery ...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
This event from @nam.edu looks bigly good!

@haroldpollack.bsky.social @meganranney.bsky.social @aaronecarroll.bsky.social

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Science, Values, & Trust: Improving How We Communicate in Health Policy - NAM
Distinguishing between science and values can help to bridge divides, foster more productive public dialogue, and improve health policy.
nam.edu
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Nicotine Nerds!

#ShapingVaping at 11:30am ET today! Special guest Dr Garrett McGovern!

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Shaping Vaping Podcast
YouTube video by American Vapor Manufacturers
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November 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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alexwodak.bsky.social
Clive Bates anticipates what will happen at forthcoming Conference of Parties meeting Geneva 17-21 November re international tobacco control. Anti harm reduction zealots in control @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJsY...
WHO FCTC COP11: Clive Bates Exposes Flaws in Global Tobacco Policy and Harm Reduction Debate
YouTube video by Global Forum on Nicotine
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November 13, 2025 at 6:32 AM
jgitchell.bsky.social
#MakeNewMistakes

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Joe Gitchell (@joegitchell)
This will ring a few noncombusted nicotine bells.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
I created my first Substack post, based on my opening remarks at the #FDLI Tobacco and Nicotine Product Conference on 28-29 Oct.

Please read and help me get less wrong.

open.substack.com/pub/joegitch...
Setting goals for nicotine regulation and policy
Using Regulatory Stances to move forward
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
I almost fell(afel) over reading this.

I'm glad @adamrothman.bsky.social's day jobs keep him pretty busy because this stuff provokes audience pita/pity.
adamrothman.bsky.social Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · Nov 5
One of the expert witnesses in the sandwich case testified that he examined the evidence under a gyroscope.
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Do you love to get less wrong?

@ourworldindata.org can scratch that itch.
ourworldindata.org Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Nov 3
A decade ago, the most frequent opinion among smokers was that vaping was less harmful than tobacco. But ten years on, the opposite is true: over a third say that vapes are just as or even more dangerous. You can see this shift in the chart.

The scientific evidence is clear that this is incorrect.
Two bar charts comparing perceptions of the harm caused by vaping versus cigarettes among smokers in England for the years April 2015 and April 2025. The title is "Most smokers in England now think that vaping is more harmful than cigarettes — but the opposite is true". While vaping is not risk-free, experts consider it to be much less harmful to health than tobacco. In April 2015, the data shows that: - 35% of respondents believed vaping was less harmful than tobacco. - 35% thought it was equally harmful. - 14% considered vaping to be more harmful. - 16% were unsure. By April 2025, the perception had shifted significantly: - 12% believed vaping was less harmful. - 35% thought it was equally harmful. - 38% now viewed vaping as more harmful, making this group the largest. - 15% remained unsure. This is based on a survey of 27,000 current smokers. The data source is identified as "Smoking in England (2025)." The chart is attributed to "Our World in Data" with a CC BY license.
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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alexwodak.bsky.social
Probably no one in world has done more to persuade millions of nonsense that vaping is as, or even more, dangerous than smoking than @profglantz.com This article responds to some other common anti vape myths @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social
ourworldindata.org/vaping-vs-sm...
Is vaping less harmful than smoking, and does it help people quit?
Answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about vaping and its effects.
ourworldindata.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
jgitchell.bsky.social
#BrutalTruth
clairezagorski.bsky.social Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · Oct 31
One of the most bewildering things in this hellscape are the people who are *excited* for a civil war.

Most people who die in wars aren’t going out like Master Chief in a blazing firefight. They’re dying from disease, hunger, and the consequences of lost infrastructure.
October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Tuesday Wisdom.
clairezagorski.bsky.social Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · Oct 28
We have to start having students write timed essays in a Blue Book again. I don’t see a way around it.

I imagine we will eventually develop a reliable way to detect LLM usage in an essay, but the tools available now are unreliable and it’s unethical to tank a student on that alone.

Pen, paper.
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Opportunity to hear @drlucymcbride.bsky.social interview @susandominus.bsky.social on Monday at 4pm ET!

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Joe Gitchell (@joegitchell)
Sign up for this!!! I am biased as @Susan Dominus is a college buddy….AND she is such a clear and powerful writer. Don’t believe me? Go back and hit her NYT Magazine pieces on Adam Grant, on the over...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
jgitchell.bsky.social
There are many people for whom the charts below are very far from #ActualWinning.

They might be right.

But no one, nor group, has the monopoly on correctness or stupidity.

So, how can we determine if this is #ActualWinning or #TiredOfWinning?
alexwodak.bsky.social Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · Oct 27
Safer smoke-free nicotine products cannibalising deadly cigarettes in 6 countries as smokers switch to preferred, low-risk disruptive innovations-vapes, heated tobacco products, snus, nicotine pouches @jgitchell.bsky.social @chancethegardener.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Be careful, as this may not warm your heart cockles.
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
jgitchell.bsky.social
If you're not following @robsandia.bsky.social, you should address that shortcoming.

His judgment on pizza remains under suspicion, but I'm picking up the rest of what he's laying down.

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Joe Gitchell (@joegitchell)
I’m unwilling to accept @Rob Sand’s claim that Mabe’s is the best pizza in Iowa, though in the spirit of “be curious, not judgmental”, I’ll wait to reach a final decision until I’ve tried it! Great P...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Gotta love @stuartjritchie.bsky.social & @tomchivers.bsky.social getting an assist from @dingdingpeng.the100.ci for the latest episode of Science Fictions looking at what we know about well-being across the lifespan.

That at least makes me happy!

substack.com/@stuartritch...
Episode 88: Wellbeing
Listen now | Cheer up - it might never happen
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October 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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alexwodak.bsky.social
Vaping “been commercially available for > 2 decades, & there is increasing evidence of their potential to improve population health”. Exactly! Technological changes sometimes ⬆️ & sometimes ⬇️ risk. Authorities sometimes clearly got it wrong & increased risk mis perception by public
October 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM