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Ruth Bonita

@iPHC2

Independent global public health practitioner and advocate for NCDs being higher on the global agenda

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Joined September 2010
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Alex Wodak AM@AlexWodak1 May 2024
Thank you @TammyTyrrell_ for your common sense, compassion & pragmatism re vaping. No one has as yet been able to explain why low risk vapes are severely restricted in Australia while deadly cigarettes are readily available. Completely nuts @SenatorJordon @AdamBandt @LivePippas
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Simon, that would be only a relevent statement if vapes were tobacco products, but they are not! Tarring vapes with the same cancer causing tar found in combustible tobacco only makes one look uneducated and silly! "There is no good evidence that vapes cause cancer" said the CEO of the Cancer council yesterday! Is she lying?
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Highly recommend reading @Clive_Bates analysis here. Very important. Hard to believe Alice in Wonderland thinking of tobacco control survived this long
Pippa Starr - Let's Improve Vaping Education! 🇦🇺 (@LivePippas) profile picturePippa Starr - Let's Improve Vaping Education! 🇦🇺
@LivePippas20 Feb 2024
Replying to @LivePippas
@Clive_Bates, a far better long term analyst than me makes a lot of points even clearer here: clivebates.com/ten-perverse-…
Ten perverse intellectual contortions: a guide to the sophistry of anti-vaping activists - The...

Ten perverse intellectual contortions: a guide to the sophistry of anti-vaping activists - The...

This puts it nicely: Life is short and shorter for smokers. Just legalise vaping. That statement is a plain-speaking and […]

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Replying to @cdoug @FDATobacco
Disposables ARE now the most "popular" vapes with US teen vapers. The 2023 NYTS shows: 7.7% use nicotine vapes “at least once in the past month” 35% use them frequently, so may routinely buy products = 2.7% 60.7% of THOSE use disposables = 1.6% of teens
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Replying to @cjsbishop
@cjsbishop and @NicolaWillisMP the People want public housing. Read the People's Review of Kāinga Ora here: tiny.cc/PeoplesReviewKO #people4publichousing #kaingaora
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MKR@MKR1MKR215 Feb 2024
Replying to @swimdaily @ColinMendelsohn @iPHC2
@AlboMP @Mark_Butler_MP @AdamBandt @Anne_Ruston @healthgovau @LibertariansAus
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Deeply upsetting that former long-standing public health colleagues now happily engage in wholesale sophistry & any unscrupulous tactic they think might work to attack tobacco harm reduction
Charles A. Gardner, PhD (@ChaunceyGardner) profile pictureCharles A. Gardner, PhD
@ChaunceyGardner12 Feb 2024
Replying to @RobbCab @VoteArjay @Rawgster @TahirTturk @neutrinomoon @StephenCordwell @TimDohe48826526 @kingvapealot @fdsfifi @mcherup @GillianP1965 @rarecommoner @FlaviusMaximus1 @PanShoIsSteamed @trumpenator @TheDrknownaswho @Alexand44421735 @drjoesDIYhealth @Bludn_Gore @PlanetOTheVapes @AranenZen @mrmiley @jkelovuori @HansPeterAlbre1 @BradK87287 @SteveDo35227481 @Mrpresident_k04 @Crackers1967 @RedfearnMike @Algore09algor @ashesofignominy @PruenRichard @boydy_73 @shaunigus @Hill60 @Bantalunia1010 @apathymiller @AlexWodak @ColinMendelsohn @theofoukkare @vaper_the @LivePippas @FionaHPatten @Mark_Butler_MP @UNAIDS @WHO
Old-school tobacco control's Newspeak: Harm reduction = "industry interference" Liquid aerosol = "smoke" Tobacco-free products = "tobacco products" Artificial tobacco flavor = "unflavored" 1.9% daily use = "whole new generation addicted" 61% drop in use = "epidemic"
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👀 Watch Aotearoa New Zealand MP Chlöe Swarbrick deliver the most formidably cogent summary of the 20th century economic order - and how it ruined everything.
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How unexpected! Who would have thought it would come to this? abc.net.au/news/2023-10-28/v…
More than 30 arsons investigated as black market 'chop-chop' war heats up

More than 30 arsons investigated as black market 'chop-chop' war heats up

Police are stepping up their efforts to tackle the illegal tobacco market, after a string of arson attacks against shops in Victoria.

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Listen at 3.08 as new finance minister, Nicola Willis, admits scrapping smokefree laws will help fund tax cut! newshub.co.nz/home/politics/…

Willis admits scrapping smokefree laws will help fund tax cuts, Seymour calls it 'realistic...

The incoming Government is promising to scrap the ban on the sale of cigarettes to future generations.

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Will you join over 500,000 New Zealanders who are fighting for people and planet across Aotearoa? Join the @actionstation movement here ➡️ ctt.ec/fdKBz+
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@nickofnz4 Oct 2023
You do not need an EasyVote Card to vote. You do not even need to be enrolled and you do not need to take identification with you when you go to vote. If you are a NZer over the age of 18, just show up to a polling booth and you will be able to vote. #nzpol – at Auckland, New Zealand
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Good to see this thoughtful effort at reframing #vaping as a double - edged sword.⁦@matthewscott111⁩ ⁦@drayeshaverrall⁩ ⁦@hapaitehauora⁩ ⁦@HealthCoA⁩ newsroom.co.nz/pasifika-comm…
Pasifika communities grasp vaping’s double-edged sword

Pasifika communities grasp vaping’s double-edged sword

Te Whatu Ora research finds smoking is down in Pasifika communities, but concerns about the long-term impact of vaping abound.

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More than half of the cost of living crisis explained by rise in corporate profits our.actionstation.org.nz/pet… via @actionstation
For the People: Tax Corporate Profits

For the People: Tax Corporate Profits

Now is the time for the Government to increase the tax on corporate profits and put it back into the people.

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Let’s get some discussion going on how to deal with the vaping in schools – advice for teachers @HealthCoA @ASHNZ2025 @AlexWodak @hapaitehauora @drayeshaverrall @hapai_tc @https://colinmendelsohn.com.au/schools/
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How to deal with the vaping in schools – advice for teachers colinmendelsohn.com.au/schoo…
How to deal with the vaping in schools - advice for teachers - Dr Colin Mendelsohn

How to deal with the vaping in schools - advice for teachers - Dr Colin Mendelsohn

VAPING BY STUDENTS at Australian schools is increasing and is understandably creating great concern for teachers and difficulties with enforcement. While most Australian schools have clear guidelines...

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Not quite enough! a modest addition to current tobacco control measures. #Vaping as an alternative way of accessing nicotine, works too! One third decline in smoking in NZ in past 2 years suggests Smokefree 2025 goal will be reached.⁦@ASHNZ2025⁩ a theguardian.com/society/2023…
Cigarette packs could soon include advice on how to quit smoking

Cigarette packs could soon include advice on how to quit smoking

Government launches consultation on including inserts in packs that outline the benefits of quitting tobacco

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Replying to @ProfEdwardsNZ @AlexWodak @VapingAlliance @NannyFreeState @GrimmGreen
Transformation is following demand (not driving it). In the Middle East alone Bhutan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi all have some form of vape ban. Public health has to take some share of blame in sustaining smoked tobacco markets in those regions.
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Poor, middle-aged Australians are more likely to SMOKE and die from cancer – and the gap is widening in the absence of Tobacco harm reduction #vaping theconversation.com/poor-mid… via @ConversationEDU
Poor, middle-aged Australians are more likely to die from cancer – and the gap is widening

Poor, middle-aged Australians are more likely to die from cancer – and the gap is widening

A gap between rich and the poor in cancer deaths for middle-aged people is growing. Deaths from cancer have fallen over time, but less so in our poorest regions where there is less health care access.

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It’s all in the results - one third decline in smoking in past 2 years in NZ - most likely a result of switching to vaping by cigarette smokers. ⁦@ASHNZ2025⁩ ⁦@minhealthnz⁩ ⁦@drayeshaverrall⁩ protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Dc…
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