HEALTH SCANDAL EXPOSED
- Pippa Starr
- Aug 18
- 2 min read
VAPING LIES, DATA COVER-UPS & A BLACK MARKET OUT OF CONTROL
18 August 2025
By Pippa Starr
They told you vaping is a “Gateway drug.
,it causes “Popcorn lung"
and is "Just as bad as smoking.”
It turns out you were lied to!
For years, Australians have been fed a diet of fear.
But now the truth is out: government health messaging has been misleading, ideologically driven, and deadly.
At the centre of this scandal is a pattern of cover-ups: buried research, twisted science, and a refusal to admit the obvious, that nicotine vaping saves lives.
THE COVER-UPS THEY HOPE YOU MISS
🗂️ Roy Morgan Data Suppressed
New Roy Morgan findings showed smoking rates stalling for the first time in decades.
Vaping was revealed as the most effective quit tool.
Majority of Australians want regulation, not prohibition.➡️ The report was buried. Officials sat on it for months until a leak forced it into daylight.
💧 Wastewater Tells the Truth
The latest national wastewater analysis has blown a hole in the government’s narrative:
Nicotine consumption is soaring, despite bans.
Demand hasn’t dropped — it’s simply shifted to illegal channels.
The black market is now entrenched, powerful, and profitable.
When Australians flush, the truth flows. The evidence shows prohibition has failed.
DEADLY CONSEQUENCES
Over 50% of smokers now wrongly believe vaping is as harmful as cigarettes, a myth pushed by taxpayer-funded scare campaigns.
“Australia’s failed model has done more to protect tobacco sales than to protect public health”, said Dr Colin Mendelsohn, Tobacco Harm Reduction Expert
Meanwhile, every 90 minutes another Australian dies from smoking. Many could have lived longer, better lives, if they’d been told the truth!
THE FACTS THEY BURY
✅ Vaping is at least 95% safer than smoking, no combustion, no tar, no 70+ carcinogens.
✅ Nicotine is not deadly, it’s the smoke that kills.
✅ “Popcorn lung” is a myth.
✅ EVALI was caused by illicit THC oils, not nicotine vapes.
✅ Vaping is more effective than patches or gum for quitting.
WORLD LEADERS VS. AUSTRALIA
In New Zealand → Regulated adult retail, age checks, accurate education → smoking rates fall.
Australia → Prescription/Chemist-only bans, scare campaigns, thriving black market → smoking rates stall.
Who really benefits from this chaos? Big Tobacco and organised crime?
🗣️ A CALL FOR TRUTH
Australia faces a public health emergency.
Experts are demanding:
Truth-telling from health departments.
Smart regulation instead of failed prohibition.
Support for smokers instead of vilification.
Crackdowns on youth sales, not adult access.
📊 SIDEBAR: BY THE NUMBERS
2.3 million Australians smoke.
1 in 2 long-term smokers will die from their habit.
Every 90 minutes is how often smoking kills another Australian.
0 confirmed cases of popcorn lung from vaping.
Billions in black market profits flowing to organised crime.
