Yes. So misinforming adults who smoke about the relative risks reduces smoking cessation and keeps those who try nicotine vapes in the dual use phase of their transition longer.

And US public health agencies are NOT helping reduce adult misperceptions.

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I just finished training a new cohort of therapists and look forward to the great work they will do! Thank you everyone!

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Navigating the holidays can be tough for veterans. 🎄 Dive into our latest episode where Doc V explores Survivor's Guilt and Moral Injury with actionable insights for therapists. Listen now! #VeteranSupport #HolidayStress

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New FDA report: Teen nicotine use is now at an all-time low; teen use of cigarettes is at a "historic low" (near nil); teen use of nicotine vapes is down 70% to a 10-year low.
www.fda.gov/news-events/...

And the US media continues to portray teen nicotine use as a "public health crisis." 😕

US teen nicotine use:
-deadly cigarette use has dropped 90% to near zero
-safer nicotine vape use is now at a 10-year low
(less than half the number who smoked in 2011)
-nicotine use from any source is now at a 50-year low
(down 49% over the past decade)
www.fda.gov/news-events/...

Crisis?

So much to do this month! I’m doing a workshop for EMDR therapists that work with Veterans on the 21st with EMDRIA Military SIG. If you are an EMDR therapist working with Veterans, join the Special Interest Group (SIG).

The VA is slow to adopt vaping for harm reduction, though they admit cigarettes are more harmful. Smokefree.gov states: "You may want to consider quitting cigarettes first due to the many health harms from smoking cigarettes."

#vaping #harmreduction #veterans

The VA acknowledges harm reduction as "part of a continuum of options that helps reduce the risk of death and other negative health consequences from substance use," yet it stops short of exploring vaping as a tool for smoking cessation. This needs to change.
#VAPING #harmreduction #vetetans

Being creative with AI to explore the effects of secondhand smoke:
“Secondhand smoke can cause sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), respiratory infections, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children” CDC
#vaping #tobaccoharmreduction

www.cdc.gov/tobacco/seco...

New study finds no clinically significant difference in respiratory symptoms between vapers and non-users. Another win for harm reduction! #HarmReduction #Vaping

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Happy Thanksgiving! Yesterday I added to my Call Sign: Wizard podcast and discussed the #Transgender military ban.

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