U.S. Surgeon General on Twitter: "I strongly believe stigma kills more people than cigarettes or opioids. The reality is that addiction can happen to anyone. We must share our stories and work together to break down silos. #ThursdayThoughts"

U.S. Surgeon General VADM Jerome M. Adams. (Note: Tweets prior to 9/12/17 were from previous Surgeons General.)

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1. OurWarOnCancer‏ @OurWarOnCancer Jan 16
  Replying to @Surgeon_General
  
  Yes! Stigma prevents many smokers and former smokers from seeking screening and treatment for #lungcancer. Stigma also affects funding levels--if it didn't lung cancer research would not be so poorly funded/death relative to other cancers. @NIHDirectorpic.twitter.com/sQNp14Y8Sr
  
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1. South Tampa Vape‏ @SouthTampaVape Jan 16
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  I beat the stigma of smoking 6 years ago by switching to vaping. Was congratulated all around. Now stigmatized again, due to erroneous reports and bald faced lies about the dangers of vaping.
  
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1. AddyTuney‏ @AddyTuney Jan 16
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  Appr 480,000 deaths from deadly combustible tobacco per year. Appr 70,000 deaths related to opioids. The stigma of addiction is an important issue to tackle but let's start with how flavored nicotine e-liquid vaping can save those 480,000.
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1. Carol Thompson‏ @SmokersRights1 Jan 16
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  A patient whose obit said she died of breast cancer, and whose family said they donated to a breast cancer charity, due to stigma against lung cancer patients. https://connection.asco.org/blogs/helping-patients-face-lung-cancer-stigma … Thank the Cancer Society for the hate!
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1. john‏ @ixBlackouts Jan 16
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  Yep that sounds about right. The BLATANT LIES AGAINST LEGAL NICOTINE ELIQUIDS Misconstrued with ILLEGAL THC VAPING PRODUCTS. The US state and federal government representatives believe the LIES and create a STIGMA leading to UNNECESSARY and PREVENTABLE DEATHS.
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