Alan
@algore09algor.bsky.social
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US govt attacks harm reduction!World attacks tobacco harm reduction! NEJM: ‘Harm reduction is evidence-based health care that is rooted in public health principles. There is no single best form of harm reduction- .. array of services that meet patients where they are’
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
The Erosion of Harm Reduction | NEJM
The U.S. administration has continuously chipped away at public health interventions
addressing substance use disorders and the opioid crisis, including vital harm-reduction
activities.
www.nejm.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
US govt attacks harm reduction!World attacks tobacco harm reduction! NEJM: ‘Harm reduction is evidence-based health care that is rooted in public health principles. There is no single best form of harm reduction- .. array of services that meet patients where they are’
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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1/2 Decades relying well funded law enforcement to reduce illicit drug availability in Australia➡️70-90% people who use drugs reporting yearly every illicit drug easy/very easy to buy. Why would illegal cigarettes be different? Of course anti illegal cigs will fail plus➡️ severe unintended effects
They'll fight tooth and nail to never admit policy failure. You can here it here plain and simple as they gang up on the only person (Theo) offering an alternate point of view www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... This is what they did to Colin (and you Alex) repeatedly.
What impact is the illicit tobacco trade having on smoking rates? - ABC listen
Last week authorities shut down two illicit tobacco stores in Sydney... the first to be closed under new state laws targeting the illegal tobacco trade.
It's a $10 billion trade that has flourished i...
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
1/2 Decades relying well funded law enforcement to reduce illicit drug availability in Australia➡️70-90% people who use drugs reporting yearly every illicit drug easy/very easy to buy. Why would illegal cigarettes be different? Of course anti illegal cigs will fail plus➡️ severe unintended effects
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WHO embraces harm reduction for drugs, but not for nicotine or alcohol? In medicine, it’s understood every treatment has risks. Key is weighing risks against benefits. Benefits quitting smoking enormous, & downsides of switching to smoke-free products small
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COP11 preview: ‘Why won’t the WHO simply look at what works?’ - Snusforumet
As delegates head to Geneva for the WHO’s COP11, tobacco policy faces a crossroads: following ideology or fact-based impact.
snusforumet.se
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
WHO embraces harm reduction for drugs, but not for nicotine or alcohol? In medicine, it’s understood every treatment has risks. Key is weighing risks against benefits. Benefits quitting smoking enormous, & downsides of switching to smoke-free products small
snusforumet.se/en/cop11-pre...
snusforumet.se/en/cop11-pre...
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Do tobacco harm reduction opponents really believe nonsense they sprout or do they realise it’s all crap & just fake believing it? Which is worse? Got to be one or the other! @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
I am in the midst of this as a HR practitioner. After 25 years in this role I am dismayed by the current rhetoric and dehumanisation of people accessing HR services.
November 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Do tobacco harm reduction opponents really believe nonsense they sprout or do they realise it’s all crap & just fake believing it? Which is worse? Got to be one or the other! @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
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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...
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
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJsY...
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“Substantially reducing the number of people who use the most hazardous form of nicotine delivery—smoking —is possible if more people who smoke or would smoke can be diverted to less hazardous forms of nicotine use”
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Two decades of global tobacco control: time for a rethink - Internal and Emergency Medicine
Two decades after the adoption of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the introduction of its MPOWER implementation package, global declines in smoking p...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
“Substantially reducing the number of people who use the most hazardous form of nicotine delivery—smoking —is possible if more people who smoke or would smoke can be diverted to less hazardous forms of nicotine use”
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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“scientific review analyzed 104 studies involving over 30,000 participants finding vaping with nicotine more successful in smoking cessation. No significant differences in side effects among the groups” @theracp.bsky.social #auspol @actinosproject.bsky.social
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Vapes more effective than other quit smoking aids, landmark Cochrane review finds - Clearing the Air
A major scientific review has found that vapes containing nicotine are more effective at helping people quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement
clearingtheair.eu
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“scientific review analyzed 104 studies involving over 30,000 participants finding vaping with nicotine more successful in smoking cessation. No significant differences in side effects among the groups” @theracp.bsky.social #auspol @actinosproject.bsky.social
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clearingtheair.eu/en/post/vape...
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Evidence vaping & other smoke-free ways of taking nicotine reduce smoking deaths & disease keeps getting stronger while claims against keep get weaker. Unfortunately policy on vapes & cigarettes ignores evidence @actinosproject.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
Suspicious Changes! In the USA since 2007:
- adult vaping skyrocketed
- adult smoking plummeted
- teen nicotine use plummeted
- lung cancer continued to drop
- COPD continued to drop
- child asthma... suddenly started dropping
Who benefits from portraying this as alarming?
- adult vaping skyrocketed
- adult smoking plummeted
- teen nicotine use plummeted
- lung cancer continued to drop
- COPD continued to drop
- child asthma... suddenly started dropping
Who benefits from portraying this as alarming?
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Evidence vaping & other smoke-free ways of taking nicotine reduce smoking deaths & disease keeps getting stronger while claims against keep get weaker. Unfortunately policy on vapes & cigarettes ignores evidence @actinosproject.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
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International experts explain why tobacco harm reduction is very important. Especially now in lead up to COP for Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
clivebates.com/papers-and-l...
clivebates.com/papers-and-l...
Expert Wall: statements on FCTC and tobacco harm reduction (2025) - The Counterfactual
Statements of independent experts on tobacco science and policy in advance of the 11th Session of the FCTC Conference of the Parties (COP-11) held in Geneva, 17-22nd November 2025.
clivebates.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 PM
International experts explain why tobacco harm reduction is very important. Especially now in lead up to COP for Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
clivebates.com/papers-and-l...
clivebates.com/papers-and-l...
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Very powerful graph showing feeble reduction smoking with conventional @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social
MPOWER policy vs dramatic reduction when high rates of smoke-free nicotine products @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @profglantz.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
MPOWER policy vs dramatic reduction when high rates of smoke-free nicotine products @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @profglantz.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Two decades of global tobacco control: time for a rethink - Internal and Emergency Medicine
Two decades after the adoption of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and the introduction of its MPOWER implementation package, global declines in smoking p...
link.springer.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Very powerful graph showing feeble reduction smoking with conventional @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social
MPOWER policy vs dramatic reduction when high rates of smoke-free nicotine products @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @profglantz.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
MPOWER policy vs dramatic reduction when high rates of smoke-free nicotine products @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @profglantz.com
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sweden’s journey proves a smoke-free future does not require eliminating nicotine, only eliminating harm from burning. Giving smokers choices rooted in science & compassion, Sweden reached its goal years ahead of schedule & improved public health outcomes
www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/11/10/h...
www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/11/10/h...
How Malaysia Can Finally Win The War On Smoking
Malaysia has long aspired to become a smoke-free nation. Yet despite years of health laws and taxation regimes, one in five Malaysian adults still smoke today
www.businesstoday.com.my
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Sweden’s journey proves a smoke-free future does not require eliminating nicotine, only eliminating harm from burning. Giving smokers choices rooted in science & compassion, Sweden reached its goal years ahead of schedule & improved public health outcomes
www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/11/10/h...
www.businesstoday.com.my/2025/11/10/h...
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Australia adopts vape & smoking policy Mission Creep on steroids! New policies are introduced every few months in yet another sign of policy failure. But more govt doubles down, sooner policy collapse will happen #auspol
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
“This cognitive dissonance at a policy level, a refusal to connect cause and effect because doing so would mean admitting failure.”
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/when-he...
“This cognitive dissonance at a policy level, a refusal to connect cause and effect because doing so would mean admitting failure.”
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/when-he...
When Health Becomes Policing: The Minns Government’s War on Landlords
When that black market grows (as it inevitably does), the government blames “greedy retailers,” “criminal syndicates,” or now, “negligent landlords.” But it never blames the prohibitionist policies th...
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Australia adopts vape & smoking policy Mission Creep on steroids! New policies are introduced every few months in yet another sign of policy failure. But more govt doubles down, sooner policy collapse will happen #auspol
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
“This cognitive dissonance at a policy level, a refusal to connect cause and effect because doing so would mean admitting failure.”
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/when-he...
“This cognitive dissonance at a policy level, a refusal to connect cause and effect because doing so would mean admitting failure.”
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/when-he...
When Health Becomes Policing: The Minns Government’s War on Landlords
When that black market grows (as it inevitably does), the government blames “greedy retailers,” “criminal syndicates,” or now, “negligent landlords.” But it never blames the prohibitionist policies th...
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
“This cognitive dissonance at a policy level, a refusal to connect cause and effect because doing so would mean admitting failure.”
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/when-he...
“This cognitive dissonance at a policy level, a refusal to connect cause and effect because doing so would mean admitting failure.”
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/when-he...
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Only matter of time before anti tobacco harm reduction jihad collapses. Who would have guessed in 1985 USSR & its satellites would all be gone in ~5 years? @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @jamomartin.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social
@actinosproject.bsky.social
@actinosproject.bsky.social
The FCTC was supposed to help reduce tobacco harm. Instead, it’s been turned into a political weapon
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Only matter of time before anti tobacco harm reduction jihad collapses. Who would have guessed in 1985 USSR & its satellites would all be gone in ~5 years? @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social @jamomartin.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social
@actinosproject.bsky.social
@actinosproject.bsky.social
The FCTC was supposed to help reduce tobacco harm. Instead, it’s been turned into a political weapon
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The FCTC was supposed to help reduce tobacco harm. Instead, it’s been turned into a political weapon
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @squigglyrick.bsky.social
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Australia’s legal cig market has decreased by 2/3, from about 11 billion cigarettes sold in 2022 to 3.5 billion by end of 2025. @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
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‘The crisis we’re in’: Australia’s tobacco underbelly dwarfs legal market
Astonishing new figures have revealed the scale of Australia’s tobacco underbelly, which will dwarf the legal market after doubling in volume in just three years.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Australia’s legal cig market has decreased by 2/3, from about 11 billion cigarettes sold in 2022 to 3.5 billion by end of 2025. @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
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Sale of illegal cigarettes in Australia doubled since 2022, from 3.1 billion to a whopping 6.6 billion by end 2025. Not sustainable!! @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
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Major tobacco company blames Albanese govt’s excise for black market boom
British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) has blamed the Albanese government’s enormous excise for the unprecedented surge in black market business and multi-billion-dollar revenue losses.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Sale of illegal cigarettes in Australia doubled since 2022, from 3.1 billion to a whopping 6.6 billion by end 2025. Not sustainable!! @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
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Thank you Prof Tikki Pang for being so clear about bankruptcy of anti Tobacco Harm Reduction cult. It has to collapse & it will @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
What's the REAL WHO’s Stance on Tobacco Harm Reduction?
The WHO says it supports public health — but where does it really stand on vaping and harm reduction? 🤔They keep saying we “need more research” — but the evidence is already clear.
The WHO says it supports public health — but where does it really stand on vaping and harm reduction? 🤔They keep saying we “need more research” — but the evidence is already clear.
November 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thank you Prof Tikki Pang for being so clear about bankruptcy of anti Tobacco Harm Reduction cult. It has to collapse & it will @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
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So much compelling evidence available now #vaping much lower risk than smoking & one of most effective quit smoking aids available. Great Volkow now acknowledges this. @sanho.bsky.social
The canary in the coal mine: LUNG CANCER
In the 1950s, this was the evidence "signal" that finally convinced public health cigarettes kill people.
Nicotine vapes entered UK & US markets 18 years ago.
2007-2024: adult vaping ↑ ; adult smoking ↓
...and lung cancer continues to drop, so?
In the 1950s, this was the evidence "signal" that finally convinced public health cigarettes kill people.
Nicotine vapes entered UK & US markets 18 years ago.
2007-2024: adult vaping ↑ ; adult smoking ↓
...and lung cancer continues to drop, so?
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
So much compelling evidence available now #vaping much lower risk than smoking & one of most effective quit smoking aids available. Great Volkow now acknowledges this. @sanho.bsky.social
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Recognise him? It’s Al Capone! Al taught us when demand for drug (alcohol) is strong & availability restricted/illegal, supply shifts to black market & can get vy violent. Just what happened with cigs/vapes in Australia @jamomartin.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Recognise him? It’s Al Capone! Al taught us when demand for drug (alcohol) is strong & availability restricted/illegal, supply shifts to black market & can get vy violent. Just what happened with cigs/vapes in Australia @jamomartin.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social
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For 1st time, more Great Britain adults use vapes >smoke cigarettes. 5.4 million >16 years vaped daily/occasionally in 2024 vs 4.9 million smoke. ie 10% of population vape vs 9.1% smoke—a figure that’s down from 10.5% in 2023 @ianamossyd.bsky.social
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
For 1st time, more Great Britain adults use vapes >smoke cigarettes. 5.4 million >16 years vaped daily/occasionally in 2024 vs 4.9 million smoke. ie 10% of population vape vs 9.1% smoke—a figure that’s down from 10.5% in 2023 @ianamossyd.bsky.social
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Policy on nicotine vapes & other low risk options now impervious to ever increasing quantity & quality of scientific evidence or even severe unintended negative consequences of failure. But policy heading inevitably for collapse sooner or later @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/vape...
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
Vapes more effective than other quit smoking aids, landmark Cochrane review finds - Clearing the Air
A major scientific review has found that vapes containing nicotine are more effective at helping people quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement
clearingtheair.eu
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Policy on nicotine vapes & other low risk options now impervious to ever increasing quantity & quality of scientific evidence or even severe unintended negative consequences of failure. But policy heading inevitably for collapse sooner or later @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
clearingtheair.eu/en/post/vape...
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
Vapes more effective than other quit smoking aids, landmark Cochrane review finds - Clearing the Air
A major scientific review has found that vapes containing nicotine are more effective at helping people quit smoking than traditional nicotine replacement
clearingtheair.eu
November 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Many countries where smoke-free nicotine options now rapidly replacing deadly cigarettes-despite misinformation tsunami & govt indifference/hostility. Iceland is another country rapidly switching from high to low risk @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Many countries where smoke-free nicotine options now rapidly replacing deadly cigarettes-despite misinformation tsunami & govt indifference/hostility. Iceland is another country rapidly switching from high to low risk @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
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Smoking cigarettes daily almost extinct in Norwegian women aged 16-19 thanks to substitution by safer, smoke-free nicotine products. That’s one big step for tobacco harm reduction. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
@algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Smoking cigarettes daily almost extinct in Norwegian women aged 16-19 thanks to substitution by safer, smoke-free nicotine products. That’s one big step for tobacco harm reduction. 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
@algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social