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Assessing the Italian version of the respiratory symptom experience scale (IT-RSES) in smokers and former smokers: a validation study
01 May 2025 Pasquale Caponnetto , Saul Shiffman , Graziella Chiara Prezzavento & Riccardo Polosa https://rdcu.be/ekA0h Abstract...

Alan Gor
May 1, 2025


Fear First, Facts Later: Griffith’s Blurred Minds Academy Pushes Panic Over Evidence
what it’s really doing is undermining public understanding and pushing young people further from evidence-based conversations. There is no mention of proportionality, relative risk, or tobacco harm reduction.

Alan Gor
Apr 30, 2025


Prohibition Is Killing Remote Communities — It’s Time to Embrace Harm Reduction
Alan Gor 27 April 2025 “They Just Want to Quit — But We’re Giving Them Nothing That Works” Why Australia’s remote Indigenous communities...

09algor
Apr 27, 2025


Trading Vapes for Pills: Are We Really Helping Young People Quit, or Just Handing Over Their Health to Big Pharma?
Al Gor 25 April 2025 A new study out of the US is making waves, particularly in Australia, where policymakers are eager to latch onto...

09algor
Apr 25, 2025


Safer Solutions: Clearing the Air Around Vaping-Related Lung Injuries
25 April 2025 In 2019, a rash of mysterious lung illnesses appeared around the country. That summer, 14 states reported cases of...

Alan Gor
Apr 25, 2025


Misplaced Parental Fears and Ideological Framing in Anti-Vaping Narratives
Alan Gor 18 April 2025 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17579139251319668 Becky Freeman et al Promote Parental Fear Over Evidence...

09algor
Apr 18, 2025


The Govt's Vaping Policy Could Be Killing Thousands of Australians
Mark Butler's vaping policy could be killing Australians by turning them back to smoking!
The annual death toll has now grown to 24000 Aus

Pippa Starr
Apr 17, 2025


Queensland Health’s Vaping Report: Policy-Based Evidence, Not Evidence-Based Policy
Alan Gor 16 April 2025 https://www.choreport.health.qld.gov.au/our-lifestyle/electronic-cigarettes If you ever needed a case study of how...

09algor
Apr 16, 2025


Changes in vaping trends since the announcement of an impending ban on disposable vapes: A population study in Great Britain
15 April 2025 Sarah E. Jackson , Lion Shahab , Harry Tattan-Birch , Vera Buss , Jamie Brown https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1...

09algor
Apr 15, 2025


Policy by Echo Chamber: A Critical Look at Becky Freeman’s Role in Shaping Vaping Regulation
Alan Gor 14 April 2025 The Sax Institute’s interview - 28 May 2024 - with Associate Professor Becky Freeman offers a glimpse into the...

09algor
Apr 14, 2025


"Like Antibiotics"? The Dangerous Nonsense of Australia’s Vaping Analogy
Alan Gor 08 April 2025 Australia’s war on vaping has reached a new level of absurdity. In their desperate attempts to justify draconian...

09algor
Apr 8, 2025


Pharmacy-Only Vaping Model Failing as Three-Quarters of Pharmacies Refuse to Stock Products
New data from a survey of 315 Australian pharmacies has revealed the collapse of the government’s Pharmacy-Only Vaping Model, with the vast

Pippa Starr
Apr 8, 2025


Smokers Trying to Quit Often Do Not Use Effective Cessation Aids, UK Study Finds
04 April 2025 Vaping, which was used in 40.2% of quit attempts, was the most commonly used cessation aid and associated with the highest...

09algor
Apr 3, 2025


Comparative Evaluation of Cigarette Smoke and a Heated Tobacco Product on Corneal Oxidative Stress in an Air/Liquid Interface Model
03 April 2025 Sebastiano Giallongo ; Francesco Bellia ; Andrea Russo ; Matteo Fallico ; Riccardo Polosa ; Niccolò Castellino ; Antonio...

09algor
Apr 2, 2025


Australia’s New Tobacco Laws: Performative, Ineffective, and Harmful
Alan Gor 02 April 2025 The Australian government’s latest wave of tobacco regulations is yet another example of performative policymaking...

09algor
Apr 2, 2025


What You Don't Know About Vaping In Australia
There is a very large group of people whose voices have been purposefully and effectively silenced by the Australian Government, #vaping

Pippa Starr
Mar 29, 2025


Australian Labor Govt Budget Smoked Out By Their Own Donors?
by Pippa Starr 26 March 2025 Australia’s War on Nicotine Has Backfired—The Black Market Is Winning, and We’re All Paying the Price! When...

Pippa Starr
Mar 26, 2025


Evaluating the Effect of the JUUL2 System With 5 Flavors on Cigarette Smoking and Tobacco Product Use Behaviors Among Adults Who Smoke Cigarettes: 6-Week Actual Use Study
26 March 2025 Nicholas I Goldenson1 ; Saul Shiffman2 ; Mark A Sembower2 ; Arielle Selya2 ; Steve Pype2 ; Ryan A Black1...

09algor
Mar 25, 2025


Cross-sectional study on smoking types and stroke risk: development of a predictive model for identifying stroke risk
25 March 2025 Chao Ding 1† Minjia Yuan 2† Jiwei Cheng 1* Junkai Wen 1* Background: Stroke, a major global health concern, is responsible...

09algor
Mar 24, 2025


Fanning the flame: analysing the emergence,implications, and challenges of Australia’s defacto war on Nicotine
24 March 2024 https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186/s12954-025-01163-6?sharing_token=Eg1-Tswt8j2UkfrHZQ_TKG_BpE1tBhCbnbw3BuzI2RNcshzWUbF...

09algor
Mar 24, 2025

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