Big props to @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social for inviting @mbsiegel.bsky.social on the pod to talk about smoking, nicotine, vaping, and how the tobacco control community may not be helping as much as they might.

If you're vulnerable to #DiscomfortOfThought, consider prophylactic analgesia!

Abundant #DiscomfortOfThought prompts.

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

Generous serving of #DiscomfortOfThought from Joe Nocera.

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

And there's plenty to be uncomfortable about.

But I do believe we all have to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable. I am grateful that @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social agrees on that point.

#respect

E-Cigarettes in Historical Context This Viewpoint discusses the potential for e-cigarettes to displace smoking, restrictive regulations, and public misperceptions amid enduring nicotine demand and persistent smoking-related disease.

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

@mikepesko.bsky.social and chums offer up plenty of brain pain.

E-Cigarettes in Historical Context: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

#DiscomfortOfThought

#DiscomfortOfThought, Antipodean style.

Go go go, @alexwodak.bsky.social

Who's ready to get less wrong, together?

From almost 3 years ago but still bigly relevant.

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

Ex-FDA Tobacco Head Brian King Joins Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids To many advocates, it just confirms he's anti-tobacco harm reduction. Yet some of his positions sit uneasily with those of his new employer.

#DiscomfortOfThought for all of the peoples!

#TobRegSky

From @skipscorner.bsky.social writing in @filtermag.bsky.social (and you should follow both!).

filtermag.org/fda-brian-ki...

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

Props to Adam Cifu of Sensible Medicine for sharing Brad Rodu's post, along with context about Dr Cifu's priors about the oral cancer risks from smokeless tobacco.

Link follows.

#TobRegSky

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#DiscomfortOfThought coming in white 🔥🔥🔥.

#TobRegSky

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

#DiscomfortOfThought comes for us all.

For #DiscomfortOfThought consider these words once spoken @elilillyandcompany.bsky.social:
“No one would ever take an injection to treat a disease as benign as obesity.”

Today's reminder to check our opinions in case they are colored by #bias.
conscienhealth.org/2025/03/the-...

#DiscomfortOfThought vs #Righteousness

Sadly, not really the battle royale we might hope for! But we have to try!

Six Urban Myths About Smoke-Free Nicotine A scientific look at the myths surrounding nicotine.

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

#TobRegSky

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Six Urban Myths About Smoke-Free Nicotine www.sensible-med.com/p/six-urban-...

https://colinmendelsohn.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Mendelsohn-C.-Our-vaping-delusions-have-gone-up-in-smoke.-The-Kiwis-have-a-better-idea-SMH-2March2025.pdf

#DiscomfortOfThought spares no one.

@alexwodak.bsky.social

Why has New Zealand passed Australia in the smoking reduction derby?

t.co/UiMXgeItdp

a man with a mustache is pointing at someone with the words let me hit you with some knowledge below him Alt: Dodgeball's White Goodman (Ben Stiller) "Let me hit you with some knowledge."

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Imagine if all people who smoke
Knew what I do.

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

#StayCurious

#HealthValentines

“Demoralizing and Paralyzing Scientists Pursuing the Truth”: Q&A with Ivan Oransky Strictures now put on CDC scientists’ language have consequences for academic research and public health.

Bigly #DiscomfortOfThought as @alicedreger.bsky.social interviews @retractionwatch.com's Ivan Oransky.

FYI @jeremyfaust.bsky.social

“Demoralizing and Paralyzing Scientists Pursuing the Truth”: Q&A with Ivan Oransky open.substack.com/pub/heterodo...

FDA regulation of nicotine pouches can prevent youth use, say Rutgers experts Nicotine pouches are a newer class of smokeless products that don’t contain tobacco. Zyn became the first FDA-authorized brand on Jan. 16.

#TobRegSky

Folks who appreciate the tickle of the #DiscomfortOfThought might appreciate @whyy.org 's Nicole Leonard's reporting on Zyn authorizations.

@ru-ints.bsky.social @maryhrywna.bsky.social

whyy.org/articles/fda...

How the FDA Made a “Gigantic, Chaotic Mess” of the US Vapes Market Twenty-one years ago, a Chinese pharmacist named Hon Lik patented the first electronic cigarette. Lik smoked heavily, and hoped to ...

Big #DiscomfortOfThought Energy from Marc Gunther writing in Filter.

Includes input from @CliveBates.bsky.social & @ArielleSelya.bsky.social!

#StayCurious
#TobRegSky

How the FDA Made a “Gigantic, Chaotic Mess” of the US Vapes Market

filtermag.org/fda-vapes-ma...

The Ghost of New Year's Past There's a conflict between what I've heard and what I've learned.

Here is my 2nd of two pieces about New Year's.
skipscorner.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...
The Ghost of New Year's Past acknowledges the depression I struggle with. It also compares what I've heard about people vs. what I learned.
#DiscomfortOfThought #THR #Smoking #Vaping

Lo, if we could embrace #DiscomfortOfThought, pick up what Cory Clark is putting down in this short Heterodox Academy clip, and become less wrong, together!

#OptimismBias

#TobRegSky

youtu.be/p1YE55J4PHc?...

Helpful #DiscomfortOfThought from @landmanspeaking.bsky.social. Includes lots of @jayvanbavel.bsky.social input!

I can think of a topic that is very ready for the reco'd treatment in the screenshot, below!

Realists and Idealists Why we should celebrate ‘realists’ and beware of ‘idealists.’

This focuses on nicotine policy stuff, but big #DiscomfortOfThought and #ProphetsVsWizards energy.

tobaccoreporter.com/2024/06/01/r...

#StayCurious

#TobRegSky

#Menthol

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

Thank you, @jacobgrier.bsky.social, for digging in to these issues.

So Chef Grier serves up an ample portion of #DiscomfortOfThought in this piece for Slate.

I'd love reactions from chums who may see it differently (eg @micahberman.bsky.social @sejordt.bsky.social).

#TobRegSky

E-cigarette users now more likely to quit traditional cigarettes <p>A new paper in <em>Nicotine & Tobacco Research</em> finds that smokers who switch to electronic cigarettes are now more likely to stop smoking regular cigarettes. In the past, smokers who began usi...

Some #TobRegSky #DiscomfortOfThought coming in hot!