American Popcorn Lung Association (@lungpopcorn) 's Twitter Profile
American Popcorn Lung Association

@lungpopcorn

Parody account. Our mission is to prevent a rampant health scourge that has never afflicted any vaper ever.

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Cliff Douglas (@cdoug) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New from MarcGunther: "The terrible irony is that the misguided crusade against vaping will keep more people smoking, cause more death and disease and, astoundingly, benefit the tobacco industry." medium.com/the-great-vape…

ASH New Zealand (@ashnz2025) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Finding all the vaping hype confusing? We recommend this really helpful peer reviewed mythbuster on vaping from our colleagues at ASH UK.

CDC (@cdcgov) 's Twitter Profile Photo

DYK? More than 1 in 20 US adults have COPD, a leading cause of death. If you smoke & have COPD, talk to a doctor about treatment options. This #COPDAwarenessMonth, take steps to improve symptoms for a longer, healthier life. bit.ly/3R2mCQb

Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@chaunceygardner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

SURVEY for ex-smokers who quit by vaping nicotine 5-or-more years ago, and continue to vape daily. QUESTION: Since I quit smoking, my health has...

Marc and Bernie (@seismicpirate) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Charles A. Gardner, PhD American Popcorn Lung Association Bechara Choucair U.S. FDA CDC It so happens that I circumnavigated the globe only a few years before I sucessfully quit my 41-year smoking habit with flavored nicotine vapor products. Thinking about it, quitting smoking with vaping was both easier and more enjoyable than sailing around the world, smoking.

<a href="/ChaunceyGardner/">Charles A. Gardner, PhD</a> <a href="/LungPopcorn/">American Popcorn Lung Association</a> <a href="/choucair/">Bechara Choucair</a> <a href="/US_FDA/">U.S. FDA</a> <a href="/CDCgov/">CDC</a> It so happens that I circumnavigated the globe only a few years before I sucessfully quit my 41-year smoking habit with flavored nicotine vapor products. 

Thinking about it, quitting smoking with vaping was both easier and more enjoyable than sailing around the world, smoking.
Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@chaunceygardner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Behold the UK teen nicotine vaping "epidemic." Note: "more than once a week" does not imply "addiction." Daily use might, but that's much lower. If you have a magnifying glass, you can see teen vaping doubled from 2020-2023. But doubling a tiny number = another tiny number.

Behold the UK teen nicotine vaping "epidemic."

Note: "more than once a week" does not imply "addiction."  Daily use might, but that's much lower.

If you have a magnifying glass, you can see teen vaping doubled from 2020-2023.  But doubling a tiny number = another tiny number.
Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@chaunceygardner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How to create irrational #MoralPanic: (case study) First, give the public teen "current use" numbers (≥ once/month). Next, pivot quickly to "a lifetime of the horrors of nicotine addiction," Do NOT let the public know almost no teens have measurable signs of dependence.

How to create irrational #MoralPanic:
(case study)

First, give the public teen "current use" numbers (≥ once/month).

Next, pivot quickly to "a lifetime of the horrors of nicotine addiction,"

Do NOT let the public know almost no teens have measurable signs of dependence.
Dr. Robert M. Califf (@drcaliff_fda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The data from this year’s National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) show we’ve made significant progress in reducing youth’s access and addiction to tobacco products, and there’s still more work to be done.

CDC Tobacco Free (@cdctobaccofree) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In 2024, youth e-cigarette use dropped to the lowest level in a decade, and youth nicotine pouch use remained low. However, 1.63 million U.S. middle and high school students currently use e-cigarettes and 480,000 use nicotine pouches. Read more MMWR: bit.ly/mm7335a3

In 2024, youth e-cigarette use dropped to the lowest level in a decade, and youth nicotine pouch use remained low. However, 1.63 million U.S. middle and high school students currently use e-cigarettes and 480,000 use nicotine pouches. Read more <a href="/CDCMMWR/">MMWR</a>: bit.ly/mm7335a3
Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@chaunceygardner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

LOGIC 101 IF you know that a much safer thing is an effective product substitute for deadly cigarettes... THEN not making the safer thing more: - Affordable to people who smoke - Available to people who smoke - Acceptable/palatable to people who smoke IS LITERALLY MURDER

LOGIC 101

IF you know that a much safer thing is an effective product substitute for deadly cigarettes...

THEN not making the safer thing more:
- Affordable to people who smoke
- Available to people who smoke
- Acceptable/palatable to people who smoke

IS  LITERALLY  MURDER
Jeff Stier (@jeffastier) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New FDA Commissioner must revamp FDA Tobacco so that it uses science to drive policy - not the other way around. Jonathan H. Adler reviews the latest study-part of a growing body of research highlighting importance of flavored e-cigarettes to help smokers quit. reason.com/volokh/2025/01…

American Popcorn Lung Association (@lungpopcorn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sadly, we agree. We looked and looked. Out of 114 million adults who vape nicotine worldwide, you'd we could find at least ONE popcorn lung victim. Nope. We failed. Can't find any. Not one. None. So our grant support dried up and we all lost our jobs. :-(

Dr. Tom Frieden (@drtomfrieden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I joined eight former CDC directors—spanning Republican and Democratic administrations—to share this warning: our nation’s health is at risk.  The very systems that protect us from disease, cancer, and future health threats are being dismantled. nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opi…

Alan Phoxxe (@alanphoxxe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Vaping Advocacy and Education Project - All 22 educational THR videos youtube.com/playlist?list=… #VAEP #TalkAboutVaping #DoTheVapeTalk #YouveBeenPlayed #HarmReduction #HarmReductionSavesLives #vape #vaping #TakeDownTobacco #TobaccoFree #KeyConcepts #SaferNicotine #WeQuitWithVape

Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@chaunceygardner) 's Twitter Profile Photo

frostedsugarcookiehater Occam’s Razor🦦 StarFrost // 0% Shannon Watts Thank you for sharing that. It's a myth invented 10 years ago to scare teens away from e-cigarettes. 140 million people now vape nicotine worldwide. There are no vape-induced "popcorn lung" cases. None. cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/c… It's not biologically plausible.

<a href="/shelbyyemc2/">frostedsugarcookiehater</a> <a href="/DiegoFett1313/">Occam’s Razor🦦</a> <a href="/TimeIsAfterUs/">StarFrost // 0%</a> <a href="/shannonrwatts/">Shannon Watts</a> Thank you for sharing that.  It's a myth invented 10 years ago to scare teens away from e-cigarettes.  140 million people now vape nicotine worldwide.  There are no vape-induced "popcorn lung" cases.  None.
cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/c…

It's not biologically plausible.
American Popcorn Lung Association (@lungpopcorn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yes. US adult use of deadly cigarettes has dropped below 10% for the first time in 100 years. According to Goldman Sachs and the Federal Trade Commission, US cigarette sales are now dropping >5% per year, FAR faster than historical trends from 1965-2020.