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Simon Breheny
@Simon_Breheny
Melbourne, VictoriaJoined September 2010
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1/15 “Gateway” fears about e-cigarette use leading to cigarette smoking are a major justification for restrictive policies on e-cigarettes. But what does the actual evidence say about “gateway”?
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🎧 ‘Let’s talk e-cigarettes’ & podcast. & interview @MoffitNews Prof Brandon on his study of tailored advice to dual users of combustible & #ecig to #QuitSMOKING. buff.ly/2LDMjbI On #iTunes & #Spotify
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The descendants of Australia’s most influential brewing family have discovered the secret recipe for their ancestors beer, long thought lost.
James and Justin Breheny brought the brew back to life, and 100 years later, it is now on tap. #9News
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What a headline.
Read the full @PHE_uk report, released earlier this week, here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl
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Let's accelerate tobacco harm reduction, why to seat comfortably and do nothing or use a restrictive precautionary approach, when we can save every year from 1 million upto 3 million of lives from until 2060.?.
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Remember, if someone’s work relies on fighting a social ill, it’s easy for them to become financially incentivised to ignore progress and demonize real solutions.
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A 2020 update on the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction has been published at gsthr.org. An outstanding contribution by . Here are his conclusions, based on the worldwide evidence:
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"Civilisation should be guided by our best understanding of what's actually true but with an understanding that we don't have a complete map of lots of stuff."
How is Liquorland not trending?
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As recognised here by the FDA, nicotine is not the primary cause of smoking-related disease.
This is key to understanding why nicotine-containing reduced risk products are better for adult smokers.
fda.gov/tobacco-produc
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The latest addition to a rapidly growing list of Australian state and federal MPs that support legalising vaping is @JohnsenMp. It's so encouraging when our politicians understand the evidence and act on that basis. #TheScienceIsIn
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There is a terrible downside to banning smoke-free products — people who continue to consume nicotine are forced back to the only legal means available: combustible cigarettes.
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“They are also switching back to traditional cigarettes from vaping devices in the wake of federal restrictions on e-cigarette flavors.” reason.org/commentary/cig
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I've just finished reading 's Science Fictions, which should be read by anyone interested in the integrity of science. Ritchie examines the four pillars of malfeasance in science — fraud, bias, negligence and hype — and recommends a clear path to best practice.
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For my 5000th tweet, I'd like to remind everyone that vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking. #harmreduction
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Public Health England: gov.uk/government/pub
Royal College of Physicians:
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The authors of a paper published this week modelled the health impact of vaping in 360 possible scenarios and found that allowing vaping increased life-years saved across the population (vs a no-vaping scenario) in 99% (357/360) of those scenarios.
academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-ar
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Firefighting wildfires via the air... how to “reload” without landing. Amazing. #CaliforniaWildfires
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Another amazing illusion from the amazing : The ring on the left seems to be bigger and expanding, the one on the right smaller and contracting... but they're both the same size and neither is expanding or contracting at all. 😮
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Working at home under lockdown, while listening to 's new album. Swings and roundabouts. #DjesseVol3
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This is so wrong.
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Huge police presence in the city. Almost every person walking the streets is being asked for ID and to explain why they’re out. An anti-lockdown protest was planned for this morning and officers aren’t taking any chances @9NewsMelb
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This animation represents a truly monumental achievement: the avoidance of unimaginable amounts of human suffering. ourworldindata.org/child-mortalit
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Completely reasonable. Mowing the lawn is a contactless service.
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Jim’s Mowing founder @Thejimpenman says he will keep his business running in Victoria throughout the stage four lockdown, telling his employees he will pay their fines if they are caught.
skynews.com.au/details/_61781
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Very much looking forward to the long-awaited release of this documentary.
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Almost six months on, this video is worth another boost. It’s still one of the best things the media has produced on vaping — an honest account of the risks without losing sight of the substantial public health gains that accrue when smokers are permitted to make the switch.
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Excellent film from @TheEconomist: 'Vaping: what people are getting wrong'. Features analysis from Professor of Health Psychology @UCLBehaveChange @robertjwest and Economist Health Policy Editor @natashaloder. Via @europethra
#tobaccoharmreduction
youtu.be/O4_l-klxqCQ
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A great opinion piece by in today. '...thinking well in order to act well'. Prudence has given way to fear in too many areas of public policy.
Ergas' piece here:
theaustralian.com.au/commentary/pru
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A spectacular and heartbreaking insight into the once-great New York Times.
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"A new consensus has emerged in the press, but perhaps especially at [the NY Times]: that truth isn’t a process of collective discovery, but an orthodoxy already known to an enlightened few whose job is to inform everyone else."
@bariweiss resigns:
bariweiss.com/resignation-le
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Welcome, townies. Thank you for supporting local small business.
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🇺🇸FDA Authorizes Marketing of IQOS as an MRTP
The agency found that an IQOS exposure modification order is appropriate to promote the public health.
Exhausted but happy😃
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Adorable.
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I've just followed a number of AAP journalists that have been made redundant because I've been touched by their camaraderie. It's a small gesture but I'm looking forward to seeing what they achieve next.
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Can I make this plea: many of the finest journalists I have ever worked with are now looking for jobs. You can tell they are quality because they have the letters AAP on their CVs. Please hire them. They will work hard and deliver every day with good humour and enormous energy.
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Why make it harder for smokers to purchase a less harmful product?
theconversation.com/why-the-ban-on
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Judith Sloan has a piece in today’s , which talks about policy-making in an uncertain context. Good insights, which are applicable to a wide range of policy areas. It’s inspired me to read Kay and King’s book.
theaustralian.com.au/commentary/it-
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