Pokies are an absolute scourge on society. And that’s long before you get to the organised crime groups using them for money laundering.

This is a degree of depravity & inhumanity I cannot recall witnessing before, not even under apartheid in South Africa

mRNA vaccines have already saved millions of lives from Covid and they have the potential to save millions more from other diseases. Suspending research on this modern medical miracle will mean more suffering and more preventable death.

Indeed. Talk about the capitulation of American institutions at the onslaught on science, education and community welfare.

"A new report from Australia warns that vaping may increase the risk of cancer, especially in the lungs and mouth, with the evidence remarkably consistent across disciplines". It's why we keep saying, wait for the evidence to come in! CochraneTAG cosa.org.au/media/xyuoojwr…

"If you were to subtract (nicotine) from the smoke, it's something that could help some people, such as those who are sleep-deprived or have a cognitive disorder like ADHD. Not exactly a ringing endorsement. Still a lot we don't know about nicotine." theatlantic.com/health/archive…

"In pitch perfect unison with Big Tobacco which lobbied for decades to keep tobacco tax low to sell more cigs, advocates argue that the gov should also lower tax to make it easier for the poor to afford to smoke. Could there be any more perverse logic?" simonchapman6.com/2025/08/07/low…

Being able to access information about a potential partners history of violence? Now that can’t be a bad thing, unless you are an abuser. #DomesticViolence

Hear hear ⁦Chris Minns⁩ the illicit tobacco issue cannot be managed by ⁦NSW Health⁩ and the lack of action by ⁦NSW Police Force⁩ has now emboldened the gangs and escalated the problem. Time to get revenues back in Gov coffers, not the crime gangs! #Enforcement

Significant links between ecig use and COPD which increase with dual use. That’s why we keep saying wait for the evidence to come in! CochraneTAG E-cigarette Use and Incident Cardiometabolic Conditions in the All of Us Research Program - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40089810/

Industry advocates use Sweden and other countries that have lax novel tobacco laws as their poster child for smoking cessation. But we know their true motives are to addict and harm their next generation of customers. It sure isn't about quitting!

$6.4 billion in lost revenues last year and some Premieres still claiming illicit tobacco is not an issue for police to manage? Chris Minns Time to get serious in shutting down the gangs. While The Sydney Morning Herald still quoting tobacco industry sources.

Yes please, and we can use the lessons learned from social and behaviour change campaigns for tobacco control. Let's focus on prevention, not trying to cure people after they get harmed by cannabis use.

Have you ever noticed that ~97% of the people who insist that marijuana isn't addictive are wake-and-bake burnouts who never go a single day without sparking up the Peruvian parsley?

Further proving that sensible public health policies, coupled with appropriate excise on harmful products, does reduce demand.

Good move Health Canada and PHAC to realise that Big Tobacco is on the move to hook another generation of kids to nicotine and multi tobacco harms, even if a few still don't know how this predatory industry works #PharmacyModel calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

Millions of Americans use cannabis without issues. But last year over 22,000 exposures were reported to poison centers, up from about 930 in 2009. Over 13,000 were deemed poisonings. More than 75% involved kids. Gift link: nytimes.com/2025/08/10/hea…

One of the dumbest takes is that prohibition didn’t work: prior to prohibition Americans drank 2 gallons of pure alcohol a year and many were drunks who beat their wives. Prohibition killed alcohol use by 30-40%

I think it's a cannabis industry beat-up. Given the massive increase in harms and health care costs in the US any politician would have to be mad to even consider it.