Charles A. Gardner, PhD
@ChaunceyGardner
My goals are (a) reduce smoking-related DEATH and (b) reduce teen nicotine USE. Both involve change. To change something, we need to be able to measure it...
This happened. So... Why aren't public health experts telling the public this happened? It's their own data. Numbers are correct and easy to #FactCheck from govt & trusted sources. Ask me. I'm happy to share links.
When a federal health agency is more likely to approve a Marlboro than a mango-flavored vape, it’s no surprise that lawmakers and the public remain misinformed about nicotine and harm reduction. dcjournal.com/the-fdas-failu…
When you see McDonald’s litter do you encourage people to stop eating fast food? When you see a discarded shopping bag do you encourage people to stop grocery shopping completely? To avoid litter? Maybe just STOP LITTERING and leave harm reduction products alone.
Vaping impacts both our health and the environment. Vapes are littering the streets where @LessWasteLaura lives. Let’s take care of our health and the planet—think twice before starting to #vape.
Predictably: "Smoking increases among young Australians since ‘vaping sales ban’ in 2024."
Well well... It looks like @RoyMorganAus has brought back finding 9936 from hiding (albeit somewhat updated) and with a comment: roymorgan.com/findings/9936-… And a separate finding 9937 has been created for the "revised" version (link in next tweet). H/t @Algore09algor.
The FDA’s Failure Fuels Confusion and State Overreach on Vaping. "If we’re serious about ending the smoking epidemic, then the FDA must stop dragging its feet and start putting public health over bureaucracy." dcjournal.com/the-fdas-failu…
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. I will never forget (and cannot unsee) the time I was shuffling through US Customs, returning to the United States, and turned around to realize that you and your wife and entourage were all just behind me. nbcnews.com/news/obituarie…
MUST READ Well-referenced review of research on therapeutic benefits of caffeine, nicotine, cannabinoids and psilocybin. It's time to de-demonize these substances... over the screaming objections of people who suffer from Prohibition Use Disorder (PUD). smw.ch/index.php/smw/…
Quitting smoking in Rhode Island just got more expensive, as the state budget passed includes an 80 percent tax increase on nicotine pouches. reason.org/commentary/nic…
"Prevent" Cancer @preventcancer is disappointed by the FDA's decision to authorize a low risk, non-combustible nicotine product that has been shown to effectively displace traditional cigarettes, which [checks notes] "Cause" Cancer.
Common sense in Sweden! Nicotine abstinence-only NGOs must adopt THR or risk losing government funding. "Moralism in a storm – A Non Smoking Generation is threatened by withdrawn support" Google Translate is your friend: snuset.se/snuskuriren/mo… Cc @cjsnowdon
🚨 WHO calls “harm reduction” a tobacco industry narrative. But their own treaty, the FCTC, defines it as tobacco control. They’re now contradicting the very treaty they’re meant to uphold. clearingtheair.eu/post/who-fails…
This remarkable achievement could not have happened without the FDA, cigarette companies, state legislators, journos, astroturfed nonprofits. It was a team effort and you're all doing great. 🥂
The smoking rate in the EU is twice what it is in the UK and has barely fallen in the last decade. It nevertheless thinks it can create a “nicotine-free generation” by 2040 and is lying about the risks of safer nicotine products. What a clown show!
My statement on the next #MFF ⤵️
US teen use of ANY tobacco or nicotine product has dropped to a 50-year low, down 49% over just the past decade. So, now Tobacco Control is reduced to *pushing* draconian coercive taxes and bans to prevent something that maybe MIGHT (but hasn't) happened.
Governments tax cigarettes and alcohol endlessly because they think it will deter people from using these sinful, age-restricted products. Now Rhode Island is taxing nicotine pouches at 80%, which is like saying it's a sin to use nicotine in any form other than NRT. @gbentley1
🇺🇸 Many Veterans want to quit smoking. E-cigarettes and vapes offer a far less harmful alternative to tobacco. 🎖️You deserve access to safer options — not stigma. ✅ A step in the right direction is a step towards success. #Veterans #Health #TobaccoFree #Vape #MentalHealth
“Regular use of e-cigarettes or nicotine patches by pregnant smokers does not appear to be associated with any adverse outcomes.” “The previous finding of an association of EC use with positive changes in respiratory symptoms was replicated. 👇🏼
EU is tightening its grip on nicotine policy, and few are watching more closely than flagship news outlet @clearingthe_air . Publisher @peterbeckett joins RegWatch to unpack what’s coming. @ChaunceyGardner @cdoug @JeffreyGWillett @JMacNYC @alli_vapes @INNCOorg @GFNicotine…
Juul Labs is the only company in the U.S. market with a vapor Marketing Granted Order that doesn't also sell cigarettes. So, "Big Tobacco" may be a bit misleading. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
Yolonda Richardson hired Brian King after he was fired from the FDA Center for Tobacco Products. The same Brian King who agreed flavored Zyn products were "appropriate for the protection of public health." If you feel this strongly, why would you hire him?
A large randomized clinical trial (n=1045) in Australia found that ECIGS produce a significantly higher cigarette abstinence rate at 7 months (28.4%) than nicotine replacement therapy (9.6%) in low-income smokers. This is consistent with prior trials. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40658956/