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===2022: [https://filtermag.org/tobacco-control-common-ground/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=filter Can the US Tobacco Control Debate Ever Find Common Ground?]=== | |||
*With the occasional exception, dialogues about tobacco are dominated by elites—the leaders of [anti-nicotine] advocacy groups, government regulators and academics. Adults who smoke or vape are not often heard, except on Twitter, where they are very active. | |||
*It’s hard to know why the groups that oppose vaping are reluctant to engage with critics. Perhaps it’s because they are mostly winning the debate. They have support in Congress, at the regulatory agencies and at the state and local level. Most Americans now believe, wrongly, that e-cigarettes are just as dangerous or more dangerous than combustible cigarettes. The relentless anti-vaping messaging from the CDC, FDA and the Bloomberg-funded coalition government has been effective. | |||
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===2021: Comment by Alex Wodak to blog by Clive Bates: [https://www.clivebates.com/holding-the-bloomberg-anti-vaping-propaganda-complex-to-account/ Holding the Bloomberg anti-vaping propaganda complex to account]=== <!--T:33--> | |||
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*"If US Government and Taliban can sit down and try to negotiate an end to military activities in Afghanistan then supporters and opponents of tobacco harm reduction should be capable of a polite and respectful discussion to identify and expand common ground. After all, both want to see a worldwide substantial and rapid reduction in smoking related deaths. Need to be carefully planned and have excellent Chair. How about it?" | *"If US Government and Taliban can sit down and try to negotiate an end to military activities in Afghanistan then supporters and opponents of tobacco harm reduction should be capable of a polite and respectful discussion to identify and expand common ground. After all, both want to see a worldwide substantial and rapid reduction in smoking related deaths. Need to be carefully planned and have excellent Chair. How about it?" | ||
*[https://www.harmreductionaustralia.org.au/alex-wodak/ Alex Wodak Bio:] "Dr Alex Wodak is a physician who was Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney (1982-2012) but has now retired. Major interests include prevention of HIV among people who inject drugs, prevention of alcohol problems and drug policy reform. Dr. Wodak is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and was President of the International Harm Reduction Association (1996-2004). He helped establish the first needle syringe programme and the first supervised injecting centre in Australia when both were pre-legal and often works in developing countries on HIV control among among people who inject drugs. Dr Wodak helped establish the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, the Australian Society of HIV Medicine and the NSW Users AIDS Association." | *[https://www.harmreductionaustralia.org.au/alex-wodak/ Alex Wodak Bio:] "Dr Alex Wodak is a physician who was Director of the Alcohol and Drug Service, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney (1982-2012) but has now retired. Major interests include prevention of HIV among people who inject drugs, prevention of alcohol problems and drug policy reform. Dr. Wodak is President of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation and was President of the International Harm Reduction Association (1996-2004). He helped establish the first needle syringe programme and the first supervised injecting centre in Australia when both were pre-legal and often works in developing countries on HIV control among among people who inject drugs. Dr Wodak helped establish the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, the Australian Society of HIV Medicine and the NSW Users AIDS Association." | ||
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*"Human rights activists and health workers in Uganda have embarked on a Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) campaign aimed at reducing or minimizing harm or risks suffered by people and communities as a result of using tobacco products." | *"Human rights activists and health workers in Uganda have embarked on a Tobacco Harm Reduction (THR) campaign aimed at reducing or minimizing harm or risks suffered by people and communities as a result of using tobacco products." | ||
*"He stressed that the THR advocacy is not going to fight or conflict with the on going government programs, but to raise an intellectual conversation seeking a deeper understanding of THR and nicotine." | *"He stressed that the THR advocacy is not going to fight or conflict with the on going government programs, but to raise an intellectual conversation seeking a deeper understanding of THR and nicotine." | ||
===2018: Joe Gitchell [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1chwTliAyE How to feel AND think about nicotine and those who use it]=== <!--T:37--> | ===2018: Joe Gitchell [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1chwTliAyE How to feel AND think about nicotine and those who use it]=== <!--T:37--> | ||
*Presentation at the Global Forum on Nicotine | |||
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