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After 58 years of “health” advocacy, ASH promotes bans, taxes, and propaganda. Their slogan “Zero Tobacco Deaths” quietly means: no safer alternatives are acceptable. For them, it’s abstinence or nothing. Quit or die. The ashes keep piling up. Over the weekend, I noticed a tweet post from ASH Action on Smoking & Health (USA), quoting Dr. Jennifer Miao, a cardiologist at Yale University, about a…

In 2025, governments continued to protect cigarettes under the guise of public health while restricting safer alternatives. Global meetings reaffirmed prohibitive policies against lower-risk nicotine products. Despite banning flavors and raising concerns about youth vaping, smoking rates remained unchanged, reflecting a commitment to cigarette sales over genuine harm reduction. As 2025 comes to…

Vape Derangement Syndrome. The Rise and Impact of Vape Derangement Syndrome: A Public Health Crisis Authors: @phil_w888, Rodent Extraordinaire, @VapingIT, SPE, EEI Affiliation: Institute for Public Health and Media Studies (IPHMS), Department of Public Health Analysis, Division of Media and Behavioral Research Submitted: 23rd February, 2025 Abstract Studies have shown that bias in media,…

An FCTC “COP out” practically defines itself. They’re really having a hard time with a “response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic and is an evidence-based treaty that reaffirms the right of all people to the highest standard of health” (in their own words here). The psychotic nanny-state mindset on display has decided the big, bad tobacco industry is simply too powerful for them to…

The U.S. finally stopped minting the penny this week — a coin that cost more to make than it was worth for decades. Everyone knew it, but institutions clung to the old story anyway. Public health has been having its own “penny moment” for years. The WHO still manufactures outdated narratives, treating all nicotine the same while ignoring overwhelming evidence for safer alternatives. The penny…

In my daily travels on X, I noticed a new ‘study’ from a tweet from Nicotine & Tobacco Research Journal, funded by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, saying “Adolescents and young adults report they are more likely to purchase and use e-cigarettes when exposed to and receptive to e-cig retail marketing…” I appreciate the blatant admission of any non-profit…

For nearly six decades, U.S. public health nonprofits have promised to end smoking, protect kids, and keep Big Tobacco out of policymaking. Yet here we are in 2025: smoking persists, nicotine misinformation dominates, and adults seeking safer alternatives are ignored. The same groups that claim to fight the epidemic are thriving on the never-ending “crisis.” They call it The Fight.I call it…

The Advocacy Waltz in Montana’s Public Health Policy Here, you will see exactly how advocacy groups in Montana worked to shape narrate, and manipulate Gallatin City-County Health Department’s public health policy, particularly through the amendment of Montana’s Clean Indoor Air Laws (CIAA) to regulate e-cigarettes in 2018. With groups like Tobacco Free Kids, Pave, and Truth Initiative powering…

In the spirit of sensationalism, satirical precision, and along the lines of “brain worms“, we often see “journalists” turned stenographers parroting “the science™” like obedient parrots with every opportunity. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em! I proudly present: The Journal of Preventive Alarmism, Vol. 1, Issue 3 (2025) Abstract Recent speculative observations suggest a troubling new trend…

On any given day, the table is set. Three cards face down: Government, Public Health, and Tobacco Companies. The regulator smirks, money in hand, and asks the crowd, Pick a card. “Find the one that’s protecting smokers trying to quit.” Spoiler: it’s not on the table. In this policy game, the Government card-now led by the 27th Commissioner of the U.S. FDA, Dr. Marty Makary – uses “established”…

‘Public Health’ Was Correct In 2024, President Trump explicitly vowed he would “save vaping again,” pledging to protect adult access to less harmful alternatives to smoking. He—and his administration—have not delivered. If anything, they’ve made it harder for small businesses and for adults trying to quit smoking. Following “Operation Vape Trail,” a coordinated crackdown conducted by the…

For decades, tobacco control waged war on smoking, claiming victory as cigarette use declined. But now, a new reality has emerged—vaping and harm reduction have done more to reduce smoking than their endless regulations ever could. Instead of embracing this shift, they refuse to acknowledge the elephant in the room: their own obsolescence. Rather than stepping aside, tobacco control clings to…

After months of multiple undercover investigations between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), authorities announced they have seized 372,000 pounds of pure nicotine with a street value of over 9.3 Million dollars in one of the largest busts of its kind. Ever. Agents took 19 adults and 487 children into…

Last evening I recognized Manipulation of the Truth. While all in the wording, the Truth Manipulative ® is strong. Everything is not as truthful as it appears, and should make you skeptical at best to the information allowed to be filtered to the public by the end of this blog. It may surprise you, this isn’t just about vaping products. It’s about choice, and population level harm reduction.…

U.S. Office of Special Counsel Releases, deletes “Flawed FDA Review” Release

The U.S. Office of Special Counsel published, then deleted, a press release, explaining they [bold is my emphasis] “alerted the President and Congress that Food and Drug Administration had relaxed its standards of review for new tobacco products like e-cigarettes and stifled attempts by its scientists to raise concerns“. But wait, then they deleted it? Well, a flurry of screen shots and a couple…

Is Public Health Guided by Ethics?

Is “public health” guided by a code of ethics? Do they manufacture fear, utilizing a ‘greater good‘ behavioral “science” theory as form of social control? Is adding ‘we can all agree’ to narrate manipulate public opinions changing health outcomes for the public at large? Have expectations vs reality concerning what’s ‘best for you’ reared their ugly head(s)? Over time – trust, and the morality…

HIGHER Nicotine Levels Are Safe

HIGHER nicotine levels are SAFE. A new study shows higher nicotine levels are safe – “nicotine on its own, outside of tobacco products, has limited addictive potential, and that higher doses are safe and well tolerated“ As I typed the title of this blog, I could almost hear the thump of foreheads hitting desks of various alphabet soup groups, the heads of the FDA and other distinguished…