Alan
@algore09algor.bsky.social
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Any Kiwis if you’re listening please chime in. No evidence of New Zealand vape black market as NZ makes legal vapes easy to get. But NZ & Australia both have sky high cigarette excise, both have sky high cig black market @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social
Has New Zealand's Governments - being soooooo Greedy for Cigarette Tax Revenue - that they have Forced Smokers on to the Black Market?
Australia has.
Australia has.
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Any Kiwis if you’re listening please chime in. No evidence of New Zealand vape black market as NZ makes legal vapes easy to get. But NZ & Australia both have sky high cigarette excise, both have sky high cig black market @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social
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“It was ugly spectacle of prohibitionist countries demanding bans, despite well-documented consequences for illicit trade & obvious ethical problem of banning safer nicotine products & leaving millions who smoke with cigs as only legal nicotine products”
Clive Bates
filtermag.org/cop11-attack...
Clive Bates
filtermag.org/cop11-attack...
“Ugly” COP11 Attacks THR, But Nations Avert Worst Damage - Filter
The World Health Organization’s 11th Conference of the Parties (COP11) to its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) ended on ...
filtermag.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“It was ugly spectacle of prohibitionist countries demanding bans, despite well-documented consequences for illicit trade & obvious ethical problem of banning safer nicotine products & leaving millions who smoke with cigs as only legal nicotine products”
Clive Bates
filtermag.org/cop11-attack...
Clive Bates
filtermag.org/cop11-attack...
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Q: Who would have predicted UK ban on disposable vapes would lead to surge in illegal sales with 63% of users still buying them easily from black market?
A: Just about everyone!
Bans just outsource supply to organised crime @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
A: Just about everyone!
Bans just outsource supply to organised crime @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Officials stunned by unintended consequence of major product ban: 'Not yet working as expected'
Since the U.K. banned disposable vapes, there's been a surge in illegal black market sales, with most users still able to buy them easily.
www.thecooldown.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Q: Who would have predicted UK ban on disposable vapes would lead to surge in illegal sales with 63% of users still buying them easily from black market?
A: Just about everyone!
Bans just outsource supply to organised crime @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
A: Just about everyone!
Bans just outsource supply to organised crime @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
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WHO COP11, its tobacco control conference, faced pushback against strict measures targeting vapes & nicotine products. Some countries advocated for harm reduction over prohibition. COP11 ended with voluntary guidelines, signaling a rejection of top-down model
worldvapersalliance.com/cop11-wrap-u...
worldvapersalliance.com/cop11-wrap-u...
COP11 Wrap-Up: The WHO Loses Control Over Its Prohibitionist Agenda
Last week, the WHO hosted COP11 and instead of reinforcing its grip on nicotine policy, it revealed how fragile its agenda has become.
worldvapersalliance.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
WHO COP11, its tobacco control conference, faced pushback against strict measures targeting vapes & nicotine products. Some countries advocated for harm reduction over prohibition. COP11 ended with voluntary guidelines, signaling a rejection of top-down model
worldvapersalliance.com/cop11-wrap-u...
worldvapersalliance.com/cop11-wrap-u...
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Thank you. That enabled me to find the actual article: “Children are now using vapes at higher rates than adults. M Bloomberg & W Gates. The Journal of Just Pulling Things Out of Your Arse, 2025. pp 206-207”. @profglantz.com
The "Journal of Just Pulling Things Out of Your Arse" is doing a booming business... and laying waste to the Amazon with its demand for paper.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Thank you. That enabled me to find the actual article: “Children are now using vapes at higher rates than adults. M Bloomberg & W Gates. The Journal of Just Pulling Things Out of Your Arse, 2025. pp 206-207”. @profglantz.com
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‘Addiction to tobacco-derived nicotine will probably not diminish until there is available on market competitive
nicotine source which is “clean” in the sense that it does not deliver carcinogens or toxins to consumer in the wake of
the nicotine’
Grey & Boyle, Lancet 2003
nicotine source which is “clean” in the sense that it does not deliver carcinogens or toxins to consumer in the wake of
the nicotine’
Grey & Boyle, Lancet 2003
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
‘Addiction to tobacco-derived nicotine will probably not diminish until there is available on market competitive
nicotine source which is “clean” in the sense that it does not deliver carcinogens or toxins to consumer in the wake of
the nicotine’
Grey & Boyle, Lancet 2003
nicotine source which is “clean” in the sense that it does not deliver carcinogens or toxins to consumer in the wake of
the nicotine’
Grey & Boyle, Lancet 2003
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range of tobacco harm-reduction products incomplete without clean addictive source of nicotine can compete commercially with cigarettes. Non-addictive NRT is a partial answer only, as evidenced by fact that it has subsumed only a minor portion of nicotine market.
N Grey, P Boyle, Lancet 2003
N Grey, P Boyle, Lancet 2003
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
range of tobacco harm-reduction products incomplete without clean addictive source of nicotine can compete commercially with cigarettes. Non-addictive NRT is a partial answer only, as evidenced by fact that it has subsumed only a minor portion of nicotine market.
N Grey, P Boyle, Lancet 2003
N Grey, P Boyle, Lancet 2003
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‘lessons learned from real-world experiment in harm reduction with Snus.Most important-nicotine addiction can be diverted from cigs to orally absorbed nicotine-delivery product, which is competitive with cigs as nicotine source.2nd: if Snus is gateway, more likely exit from cig addiction than entry
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
‘lessons learned from real-world experiment in harm reduction with Snus.Most important-nicotine addiction can be diverted from cigs to orally absorbed nicotine-delivery product, which is competitive with cigs as nicotine source.2nd: if Snus is gateway, more likely exit from cig addiction than entry
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‘If accepted nicotine addiction here for foreseeable future, new & better range of addictive recreational nicotine needed. Any risks linked with such product dwarfed by magnitude of tobacco problem. This product will not be achieved without political acceptance of concept’
Grey, Boyle, Lancet 2003
Grey, Boyle, Lancet 2003
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
‘If accepted nicotine addiction here for foreseeable future, new & better range of addictive recreational nicotine needed. Any risks linked with such product dwarfed by magnitude of tobacco problem. This product will not be achieved without political acceptance of concept’
Grey, Boyle, Lancet 2003
Grey, Boyle, Lancet 2003
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Who cares how smokers quit as long as they stop! Why can’t tobacco control just allow harm reduction to complement conventional policies? Why hostility? Why need for phoney discounted arguments? @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
Funny thing happened on the way to buy some death sticks: I quit smoking. And then I noticed EVERYONE had quit smoking. And it was good.
But then I saw thousands of jobless tobacco control experts tearing their hair, gnashing their teeth and lamenting: "NO! You quit the wrong way!!!"
But then I saw thousands of jobless tobacco control experts tearing their hair, gnashing their teeth and lamenting: "NO! You quit the wrong way!!!"
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Who cares how smokers quit as long as they stop! Why can’t tobacco control just allow harm reduction to complement conventional policies? Why hostility? Why need for phoney discounted arguments? @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social
Consequences of prohibition
6% of people have gone back to cigarettes
@alexwodak.bsky.social
@drbfreeman.bsky.social
@melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
6% of people have gone back to cigarettes
@alexwodak.bsky.social
@drbfreeman.bsky.social
@melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Officials stunned by unintended consequence of major product ban: 'Not yet working as expected'
Since the U.K. banned disposable vapes, there's been a surge in illegal black market sales, with most users still able to buy them easily.
www.thecooldown.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Consequences of prohibition
6% of people have gone back to cigarettes
@alexwodak.bsky.social
@drbfreeman.bsky.social
@melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
6% of people have gone back to cigarettes
@alexwodak.bsky.social
@drbfreeman.bsky.social
@melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
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UK survey showed >44% support regulating not banning nicotine pouches; 30% suggest stop-smoking services recommend pouches alongside vapes. Majority back limits on pouch strength, similar to vape regulations
www.talkingretail.com/news/industr...
www.talkingretail.com/news/industr...
www.talkingretail.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
UK survey showed >44% support regulating not banning nicotine pouches; 30% suggest stop-smoking services recommend pouches alongside vapes. Majority back limits on pouch strength, similar to vape regulations
www.talkingretail.com/news/industr...
www.talkingretail.com/news/industr...
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COP11 Geneva discussed tobacco control yet lack of individual rights in global health policy decisions. Foreign influences eg Bloomberg promote draconian measures infringe personal freedoms. Need balanced approach respects individual choices & harm reduction
dailyfriend.co.za/2025/11/22/b...
dailyfriend.co.za/2025/11/22/b...
Bureaucrats and busybodies: COP11’s “experts” SA can do without - Daily Friend
This week the richest country on Earth is hosting the biennial banquet-ball of bankers, bureaucrats, and busybodies.
dailyfriend.co.za
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
COP11 Geneva discussed tobacco control yet lack of individual rights in global health policy decisions. Foreign influences eg Bloomberg promote draconian measures infringe personal freedoms. Need balanced approach respects individual choices & harm reduction
dailyfriend.co.za/2025/11/22/b...
dailyfriend.co.za/2025/11/22/b...
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Good reason why @tcrgbath.bsky.social doesn’t cite data to support its claim. Because its claim is wrong. #Vapes are world’s most popular & most effective quit smoking aid #Bloomberg @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social
Evidence shows that children are now using e-cigarettes at higher rates than adults, a consequence of targeted marketing by the nicotine industry.
Under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child #UNCRC, children and young people have the right to health.
Under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child #UNCRC, children and young people have the right to health.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Good reason why @tcrgbath.bsky.social doesn’t cite data to support its claim. Because its claim is wrong. #Vapes are world’s most popular & most effective quit smoking aid #Bloomberg @chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social
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How WHO got others to do its dirty work silencing & attacking tobacco harm reduction at a recent important international meeting @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
www.thefirebreak.org/p/what-i-saw...
www.thefirebreak.org/p/what-i-saw...
What I Saw at the FCTC COP11 on Tobacco Control
Inside, But Locked Out: A Report from the GoodCOP 2.0 “Conference of the People”
www.thefirebreak.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
How WHO got others to do its dirty work silencing & attacking tobacco harm reduction at a recent important international meeting @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
www.thefirebreak.org/p/what-i-saw...
www.thefirebreak.org/p/what-i-saw...
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7 countries strongly supported tobacco harm reduction at @who.int COP 11 FCTC meeting in Geneva last week but only 1 country supported THR during COP 10. @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
7 countries strongly supported tobacco harm reduction at @who.int COP 11 FCTC meeting in Geneva last week but only 1 country supported THR during COP 10. @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social @algore09algor.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @jmenezes.bsky.social
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1/3 ABCTV 7.30 Report tonight another hit job on vapes. Does ABC ever interview vape supporter? Concerns about what’s in black market vapes but NZ regulates vapes sensibly & doesn’t have vape black market. Most vapers started smoking first & then switched to vapes @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
1/3 ABCTV 7.30 Report tonight another hit job on vapes. Does ABC ever interview vape supporter? Concerns about what’s in black market vapes but NZ regulates vapes sensibly & doesn’t have vape black market. Most vapers started smoking first & then switched to vapes @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social
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Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking
If all the genuine vape stores weren't forcibly closed down perhaps more users wouldn't have to resort to admittedly inferior (but still vastly safer than smoking) disposable product
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking; Anti vaping = Pro smoking
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Severity of nicotine dependence very much influenced by how it’s taken. MAOIs in tobacco accelerate nicotine metabolism which is another reason why more severe nicotine dependence with smoking
It may interest you - the other week I had to fast for a blood test (no caffeine, nicotine, only water). Mixed up a bottle of 0 nic liquid. Was (very) surprised that I had no withdrawals after 22 hours without nic. I am usually on 10mg (neither high or low).
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Severity of nicotine dependence very much influenced by how it’s taken. MAOIs in tobacco accelerate nicotine metabolism which is another reason why more severe nicotine dependence with smoking
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Huge quantities illegal drugs still arrive Australia, eg 1/2 tonne cocaine, despite massive spend law enforcement. Yet anti vape cult delusional claim illegal vapes can be stopped by more law enforcement! Pull other leg @igas2.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Half tonne of cocaine retrieved from WA waters, as livestock vessel chief charged
Police charge the chief officer of an international livestock carrier and three others, after half a tonne of cocaine was found floating off Western Australia's coast.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Huge quantities illegal drugs still arrive Australia, eg 1/2 tonne cocaine, despite massive spend law enforcement. Yet anti vape cult delusional claim illegal vapes can be stopped by more law enforcement! Pull other leg @igas2.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Quite a few experts who once opposed vaping changed their mind and started supporting vapes. But have any vape supporters reversed their position? Don’t think so.
AG Miller shifted his stance after reviewing science showing that moving smokers from combustibles to safer alternatives like e-cigs and pouches could save lives. Experts across politics saw the same evidence — harm reduction works.
November 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Quite a few experts who once opposed vaping changed their mind and started supporting vapes. But have any vape supporters reversed their position? Don’t think so.
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Sadly this analysis = spot on. Opposition to safer smoke-free nicotine options is hysterical cult which perversely protects deadly cigarettes. History will be kind to harm reduction supporters but will trash cultists @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/cop11-m...
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/cop11-m...
COP11, Media Spin, and the Manufactured Narrative of “Industry Interference”
The real interference at COP11 isn’t coming from Philip Morris.
It’s coming from Bloomberg-funded NGOs that dominate the process, shut out opposing voices, and smear anyone who challenges prohibition...
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sadly this analysis = spot on. Opposition to safer smoke-free nicotine options is hysterical cult which perversely protects deadly cigarettes. History will be kind to harm reduction supporters but will trash cultists @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social @ianamossyd.bsky.social @igas2.bsky.social
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/cop11-m...
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com/post/cop11-m...
COP11, Media Spin, and the Manufactured Narrative of “Industry Interference”
The real interference at COP11 isn’t coming from Philip Morris.
It’s coming from Bloomberg-funded NGOs that dominate the process, shut out opposing voices, and smear anyone who challenges prohibition...
www.aliveadvocacymovement.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“Both conclusions debunk the gateway hypothesis which has been the cornerstone of anti-vaping arguments since vaping products emerged onto the nicotine market”
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social
www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social
www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
www.realclearscience.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Both conclusions debunk the gateway hypothesis which has been the cornerstone of anti-vaping arguments since vaping products emerged onto the nicotine market”
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social
www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...
@alexwodak.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social
www.realclearscience.com/articles/202...