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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that found smoking rates in the United States fell faster than expected as more people started using e-cigarettes has been retracted over the objections of its authors, who have filed a com…
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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.

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Setting goals for nicotine regulation and policy
Using Regulatory Stances to move forward
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November 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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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 · 5d
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 · 7d
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
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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
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#BrutalTruth
clairezagorski.bsky.social Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 10d
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
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Tuesday Wisdom.
clairezagorski.bsky.social Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 13d
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
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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 · 15d
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
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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
jgitchell.bsky.social
#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

@mikepesko.bsky.social and chums offer up plenty of brain pain.

E-Cigarettes in Historical Context: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
E-Cigarettes in Historical Context
This Viewpoint discusses the potential for e-cigarettes to displace smoking, restrictive regulations, and public misperceptions amid enduring nicotine demand and persistent smoking-related disease.
jamanetwork.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Bigly recommend hitting this @meghandaum.bsky.social interview of @olgakhazan.bsky.social about Olga's book, Me, But Better.

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Joe Gitchell (@joegitchell)
So glad I listened (sorry, wasn’t watching—I was conscientiously doing morning household chores!) to @Meghan Daum interview @Olga Khazan about Olga’s book, Me, But Better. And maybe she already has, ...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Can't wait to read this (the whole issue looks so good!).

And it reminded me that I was lucky enough to have Prof Kamensky as my TA in spring semester, 1991!
theatlantic.com The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29d
Only 24 years of Eliza Schuyler’s life were spent with Alexander Hamilton, Jane Kamensky writes. What would it mean to write her into the history of America’s founding?
The Many Lives of Eliza Schuyler
She lived for 97 years. Only 24 of them were with Alexander Hamilton.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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The written exchange between @tcrgbath.bsky.social's @brittakm.bsky.social & @ash.org's #Romeo-Stuppy in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social and @clivebates.bsky.social in @pubpeer.com is worth a look.
October 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Getting my Kuhn & Piaget on, this makes sense to me to understand the profound and persistent polarization in the field.

We need a way to get less wrong, together.

Grapefruit for #VaporLock?

@profglantz.com @alexwodak.bsky.social @chancethegardener.bsky.social @skipscorner.bsky.social
jgitchell.bsky.social Joe Gitchell @jgitchell.bsky.social · Oct 11
#ScreamTest / #CheerTest serves as the paradigm / schema / heuristic for many in the field of nicotine and tobacco research, and the continuum of risk cannot be assimilated.

#VaporLock
a red grand cherokee is parked on the side of a road
Alt: a red grand cherokee is parked on the side of a road
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October 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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#ActualWinning

Go go go, @nabarund.bsky.social !
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Sign up for @skipscorner.bsky.social's 'stack!

What does Mr Sweanor get wrong?
alexwodak.bsky.social Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · Oct 10
Excellent discussion from David Sweanor on choice between trying to eradicate tobacco or more practical option of substantially reducing harm from smoking @sanho.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @chancethegardener.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/skipscor...
The opposition to tackling cigarette smoking
David T. Sweanor J.D.
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October 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Readers of @ntrjournal.bsky.social may find this #PubPeer post from @clivebates.bsky.social responding to an LtE from Profs Bero and Cohen of interest.

#CoI

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PubPeer - Letter to the Editor: The World Conference on Tobacco Contro...
There are comments on PubPeer for publication: Letter to the Editor: The World Conference on Tobacco Control – Mixed Perspectives and Controversies (2025)
pubpeer.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Bigly recommend listening to the Unlocking Behaviour Change 'cast from #JamieWest (not sure of his blewski handle) and @robertjwest.bsky.social.

Lots of info and insight, entertainingly and efficiently conveyed.

#ChickenSexing

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Unlocking Behaviour Change Podcast Episode 20: Notice the difference!
YouTube video by Unlocking Behaviour Change
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October 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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alexwodak.bsky.social
Excellent presentation by Floe Foxon & Ray Niaura explains why claims based on cross sectional studies that vaping nicotine is Gateway to smoking severely flawed. Instead evidence supports replacement of smoking by vaping

youtu.be/Gk84qe7NsY0

@jgitchell.bsky.social @chancethegardener.bsky.social
Is Vaping E-Cigarettes a Gateway to Smoking, and Does Vaping Predict Smoking?
YouTube video by Floe Foxon
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October 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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clairezagorski.bsky.social
Buckle up, we have Jesus fursona discourse from an art historian.

This is what the internet does best.
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
jgitchell.bsky.social
Hard co-sign.
clairezagorski.bsky.social Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · Sep 23
Bear in mind that if you let the fascists sap and kill your sense of humor, they’ve won a major battle.
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM