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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!

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Abundant #DiscomfortOfThought prompts.

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#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

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Generous serving of #DiscomfortOfThought from Joe Nocera.

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#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

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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...

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#DiscomfortOfThought

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#DiscomfortOfThought, Antipodean style.

Go go go, @alexwodak.bsky.social

Who's ready to get less wrong, together?

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From almost 3 years ago but still bigly relevant.

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

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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...

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#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

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#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

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#DiscomfortOfThought comes for us all.

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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-...

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#DiscomfortOfThought vs #Righteousness

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

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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-...

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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

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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

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“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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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Adversaries to Allies: Transforming Academic Conflict - Cory Clark
Adversaries to Allies: Transforming Academic Conflict - Cory Clark YouTube video by Heterodox Academy

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?...

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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!

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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...

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#StayCurious

#TobRegSky

#Menthol

#DiscomfortOfThought required to #RethinkNicotine.

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

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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

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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!

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