"The WHO FCTC has become structurally dependent on a single private donor Mike Bloomberg whose philanthropic network now dominates the treaty’s evidence pipeline, civil-society representation, and policy advice", via Roger Bate We see you #FCTCCOP11 substack.com/inbox/post/179…

🚨COPCast: This episode features lively discussion between Christopher Snowdon & Maria Papaioannoy-Duic  🇨🇦. Snowdon’s work includes ‘sin taxes’, state funding of charities, happiness economics, ‘public health’ regulation, gambling & the black market. Listen here: youtu.be/qXk-zjDR6RQ

I had such a pleasure doing these podcasts during COP2.0 thank you so much Taxpayers Protection Alliance for this opportunity to learn from the fellow experts that attended! #goodcop Rights4Vapers Christopher Snowdon

So... listening to the BC Legislature and AG Sharma of the BC NDP defend this bill with lies. Is just too much! Listen for yourselves! Also BC Lung Foundation you are a registered charity, a reminder that you are not allowed to lie! click on the link and Choose Committee A Afternoon!

I am watching all these people on X freak out over government over reach. Yet these same people want to regulated abortion, ban vaping and safer nicotine products, bring back prayer into schools, and a laundry list of other things. Seriously, you are fighting for you to be

How is she still an MP? Should there be a byelection for her seat? I mean wasn't "moonlighting" frowned up at one point? GIve up your seat Freeland!

I enjoy nicotine. As do others. I also don’t have to list all the other things o don’t do to validate my enjoyment of nicotine. It’s insane that something that is equal to caffeine is vilified the way it is. I also should be able to have choice.

🇪🇺 What do EU lawmakers really think about vaping? And what does COP11 mean for the future of harm reduction in Europe? In the latest Vaping Unplugged, WVA Director Michael Landl talks with Barnaby Page from E-Cig Intelligence about the newest MEP survey — plus a breakdown of

If someone quits cigarettes and starts using a vape, are they still a “smoker”?

N.J. Stem Cell Transplant Nurse Donates Her Own Stem Cells to Save a Stranger: 'Give Someone a Second Chance at Life' (Exclusive) people.com/nj-nurse-donat…

My favourite tweet this week by the one and only Clive Bates

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the U.S. May your day be full of food, laughter, love, and gratitude for the people who make life brighter. I’m especially grateful to have met so many of you and to be working alongside you to make real change in this world. 🧡

AG's Sharma’s defence of Bill 24 sounded less like a Minister and more like someone reciting tobacco control talking points under pressure. That wasn’t talk from someone that wrote this policy that was parroting on autopilot. A parrot has more improvisation. 🦜

Well Nova Scotia Gov. you joined the bandwagon with the double tax. But what are you expecting? You banned flavours. What tax are yiu going to collect?

Do your thing, Theo Moudakis. Freedom of Expression. And my freedom is to say your “art” is giving bargain-bin basic. Misogynistic caricatures? Please. Lazy and dated.

"The proposals pushed at #COP11 keep people smoking. More alternatives mean fewer smokers. More choice means less disease. It really is that simple." Check our more of THR advocate Maria Papaioannoy's Maria Papaioannoy-Duic  🇨🇦 analysis of #COP11 in this article👇 thefirebreak.org/p/what-i-saw-a…

Just saw Gilgit-Baltistan proudly ban THR products.Meanwhile, every second shop GB still sells loose cigarettes to 12 yr kids. Congratulations, saved the children from strawberry-flavored air while openly selling them cancer sticks. Peak Pakistan energy. linkedin.com/posts/ziauddin…

Sir, I would urge you to notice that The New York Times has been vilifying nicotine vaping for years — the single most popular and effective quit-smoking method ever created. (NIH hasn’t helped much either). x.com/DrJBhattachary…

Draft complete. The full outcomes from Rights4Vapers’ inaugural Safer Nicotine Summit are now in the hands of a thoughtful editor. It’s been a long time since I’ve written this much, but every word was worth it.

Diacetyl-the chemical that causes popcorn lung & has been detected in sum e-liquid flavorings but at levels 1,000's of times lower than in popcorn factories. Cigarettes are significantly higher in concentration of diacetyl than any vape and smoking is not a major risk factor 4 it