CDC 2019 YOUTH RISK BEHAVIOR SURVEY REPORT: While the ANTZ focus on the misleading 32.7% of high school youth “currently” vaping (having at least 1 puff in the past 30 days,) we’d like to point out the GOOD NEWS that DAILY vaping (a better indicator of “addiction”) is just 7.1% and the 6.0% currently smoking is down from 23% in 2005 (once again showing that there is NO vaping “gateway effect” to youth smoking.) Additionally, daily youth smoking is down to just 1.1% from 7.2% in 2005.
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/factsheets/2019_tobacco_trend_yrbs.htm
MONTANA: (UPDATE) Good news! After 20 lawmakers objected and a legislative poll was conducted, MHD was forced to withdraw its flavor ban this past Friday. Congratulations to all of the advocates who fought long & hard to get the truth out & change minds!
MONTANA: (UPDATE) Good news! After 20 lawmakers objected and a legislative poll was conducted, MHD was forced to withdraw its flavor ban this past Friday. Congratulations to all of the advocates who fought long & hard to get the truth out & change minds!https://t.co/2Dt3XBohdn
— CASAA (@CASAAmedia) August 20, 2020
https://www.mtpr.org/post/montana-health-department-withdraws-proposed-ban-flavored-vape-products
EXPOSING ANTZ BIAS: After exposing mice only to cigarette SMOKE, without testing if vaping even produced (or significantly reduced) the same potential risk, researchers list vaping as a health threat to future generations. This is what passes for valid science in tobacco control?
EXPOSING ANTZ BIAS: After exposing mice only to cigarette SMOKE, without testing if #vaping even produced (or significantly reduced) the risk, researchers list vaping as a health threat to future generations. This is what passes for valid science in TC?https://t.co/aevO3sF0rs
— CASAA (@CASAAmedia) August 21, 2020
https://news.fiu.edu/2020/can-a-pregnant-woman-who-smokes-be-hurting-her-future-grandchildren
OREGON: (HEADS UP!) Ignoring that adults are returning to smoking in areas where vapor products are excessively taxed, sales restricted and flavors banned, anti-vape group recommends vapor products be excessively taxed, sales restricted and flavors banned, in order to reduce youth use. They also continue to lie that nicotine vaping has a link to lung injuries and COVID-19.
OREGON: (HEADS UP!) Ignoring that adults are returning to smoking in areas where vapor products are excessively taxed, sales restricted and flavors banned, anti-vape group recommends vapor products be excessively taxed, sales restricted and flavors banned.https://t.co/nyhChmAULG
— CASAA (@CASAAmedia) August 21, 2020
SHADY ANTZ TACTICS: EVALI is clearly about vitamin E acetate in illicit THC products, yet they mysteriously end the article about helping people quit unrelated nicotine vapor products.
Would an article about Alcohol-Related Liver Disease (ARLD) end with “We can help people kick the soda habit and reduce the risk of health complications. Although ARLD has been associated with people drinking alcohol, many people drink soda in addition to alcohol”?
Only if the true goal was conflating nicotine vaping with EVALI (in the minds of the unknowing public) to gain support for bans and taxes.
PUBLIC USE BANS: If you think this doesn’t affect you, just remember that many vapers don’t fight ordinances adding vaping to or expanding smoking bans, saying they “already don’t vape where they can’t smoke.” If ANTZ get their way, that will soon be EVERYWHERE, including private residences.
ANTZ gross exaggeration of risk to bystanders leads pastor to "protect" non-smoking seniors from negligible risk of brief exposure OUTSIDE; doing nothing for seniors who actually smoke. Puts them at GREATER RISK by forcing them off property at all hours.https://t.co/ZBbsxnaRsX
— Kristin Noll-Marsh (@Noll_Marsh) August 21, 2020