Prof Wayne Hall nails it in Addiction Journal

AU's prescription model for #vaping has
1⃣Not prevented high rates of youth vaping
2⃣Failed to allow smokers to legally access vapes
3⃣Generated a large illicit market

Time for an adult consumer model
Read ⤵️
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38685719/…

Many anti-vaping submissions to the Senate Inquiry are flawed and misleading. They confuse correlation with causation, exaggerate risks, cherrypick data, draw false conclusions and rely on discredited sources

Here are some of the more egregious claims ⤵️
colinmendelsohn.com.au/senate-2/…

AU Senate Inquiry into #Vaping
Public Hearings start tomorrow
➡️Wednesday 1 May, 10.15am-5.15pm
➡️Thursday 2 May, 1.45-3.45pm

My time slot 1.45pm Thursday

Watch live or on replay with 𝙿𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚊’𝚜 𝙻𝚒𝚟𝚎 and comment in chat
youtube.com/watch?v=Tvdvh9…

Program ⤵️

Leading experts in criminology and law enforcement say AU's harsh restrictions on #vaping amount to prohibition and have created a large, dangerous black market

Attempts to restrict the market further will almost certainly fail

More ⤵️
colinmendelsohn.com.au/prohibition-2
Senator Marielle Smith…

Exactly. The long-term risk gambit is a strategy, not a genuine concern. It is a double standard applied to #vaping for strategic purposes, but not applied to any other new medicine or consumer product

More here⤵️
colinmendelsohn.com.au/vaping/#what-a…

Victorian Parliament Inquiry into #vaping
Hearing: 9am Monday 29 April
Disappointing to see no pro-vaping health experts invited to give evidence. Unfortunately the Committee will only hear one side of the story

Livestreamed ⤵️
parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/i…

Q. What proportion of all AU vapers are <18

A. Only 4.3% of all current vapers are <18
(NDSHS 2023)
However, gov policy is disproportionately focussed on the small harms to this small minority, and neglects the greater needs of the much larger number of adult #vapers

More ⤵️…

Disappointing that Assistant Minister Ged Kearney has drunk the Butler coolaid on #vaping and is equally misinformed

health.gov.au/ministers/the-…

Does #vaping nicotine harm the lungs in adults who have never smoked?

A review of the evidence so far finds no evidence of harm to lung health in short-medium term studies. However more research is needed in long-term and heavy users

colinmendelsohn.com.au/adult-lungs/

AsthmaFndation…

An anthem for Australia's vapers

'One vaper's harsh critique of Australian flawed #vaping laws: government overreach, loss of autonomy. Mark Butler must resign!'

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On YouTube here ⤵️
youtu.be/w_0TmZRBIIE