Latest posts tagged with #FactCheckMe on Bluesky
Have the good citizens of Corte Madera all gone insane? US teen nicotine use has dropped to a 50-year low. Daily use is near nil, so "addiction" is near nil. Both NIH and CDC surveys agree on this. #FactCheckMe:
monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
It's a three minute read. Fully referenced if you want to #FactCheckMe.
The flowers are really pretty this week. But they are very stinky and I heard recently in class that this specific varietal is an invasive species. #factcheckme
Here is what CDC surveys actually show, and what NIH and FDA experts actually say. Strangely, none of this is reported in the media.
I graph CDC survey reports because they don't. This pisses me off, but there it is. You can #FactCheckMe in (2/2).
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US teen nicotine vaping dropped 70% over the past 5 years.
New Zealand teen vaping dropped 50% over the past 2 years.
I think it's time to question "highly addictive" claims.
#FactCheckMe:
US 2019: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
US 2024: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
NZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
So ... American voters changed this on Tuesday. #voted #election results.
It's now:
PARTY
Republican 25
Democratic 25
(Do NOT underestimate this)
#NoConCon #FactCheckMe
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#FactCheckMe (I don't make this stuff up).
Compare actual CDC infographics from the National Youth Tobacco Survey to #HarmReduction deniers' greatest hits:
- "whole new generation addicted to nicotine"
- "gateway to smoking"
- "smoking dropped, BUT vaping increased"
#FactCheckMe: Google and select Images.
29% of smoking-related deaths are lung cancer. If only we had long-term data showing whether switching to nicotine vapes reduces that risk...
#FactCheckMe
Adult Use (CDC): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...; www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/se...
Lung cancer (NIH/NCI): seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/ht...
I graph CDC report data because they don't. I'm angry that I have to do this. Apparently, they don't want the public to see adult vs. teen use, or see the trends.
Perhaps objective truth does not fit tobacco control's current "standard narrative"?
#FactCheckMe below...
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The nicotine delivered, puff-for-puff, from a nicotine vape is lower than from a cigarette. Claiming vapes deliver more nicotine is a propaganda tactic used by #HarmReduction deniers.
#FactCheckMe: Google "nicotine" and "pharmacokinetic" and "e-cigarette" and "graph." Select images.
But that's not what happened. Would you like me to share links to the CDC reports on their website so you can #FactCheckMe?
This IS what CDC surveys show. The NIH MTF survey shows the same thing. It is absolutely CRIMINAL that the public is being told teen nicotine use has increased.
US teen nicotine use has dropped to a 50-year low according to:
NIH: monitoringthefuture.org/data/bx-by/d...
CDC: www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
Why are you sounding alarms and not celebrating as I am? Daily use, a standard measure of dependence, is now near nil.
#FactCheckMe
HHS called teen nicotine vaping "epidemic" in September 2018 because the @CDC NYTS showed teen vaping increased that year.
Today (as of 2024), that same NYTS shows teen vaping has dropped 70% over the past 5 years to a 10-year low.
So it's strange to call this "epidemic" now. Right?
#FactCheckMe
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#FactCheckMe:
ADULTS: 21 million now use nicotine vapes "daily or some days." 65% of THOSE use 'flavored' disposables = 13.6 million.
wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQuer...
The public is being told "e-cigarettes are highly addictive."
Are they? 9 in 10 teens who have used an e-cigarette didn't get 'hooked.' And US teen nicotine vaping dropped 70% over the past 5 years.
DISCUSS
#FactCheckMe:
Lifetime ever-use = 14%. 1.6% now use them daily.
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Asking US public health experts politely: PLEASE stop telling Americans, "e-cigarettes are popular, especially among youth." That statement is false, a violation of Truth-Telling (big no-no in Healthcare Ethics).
#FactCheckMe
ADULTS: wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQuer...
TEENS: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Fun Fact: Markwayne's Mother named this pedo apologist after the man she believed to be the Father, but there was a problem. She wasn't sure if the Father was a man named Mark or Wayne. So she did what any Oklahoma Sister-Wife would do in that situation! She named him "MarkWayne"! #FactCheckMe
Epstein wasn’t just trafficking bodies. He was trafficking access. Money. Global contracts. Deutsche Bank paid a $150M fine for links to him—and still… no real audit? Who’s protecting what, and who?
#EpsteinNetwork #WallStreetSecrets #TrumpFinanceWatch #Epstein #Factcheckme
Your diagnosis of what is actually happening might be wrong.
#FactCheckMe:
ADULTS: wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQuer...
TEENS:
2019: 4.5% smoked; 20% vaped nicotine (5% daily)
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
2024: 1.4% smoked; 5.9% vaped nicotine (1.6% daily)
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Can you show me here, in the ACTUAL teen use data from the CDC, where that "unleashing" took place? I don't see it.
#FactCheckMe: It's ALL on the CDC website.
FYI: Your fear-mongering makes no sense now. US teen nicotine vaping has dropped to a 10-year low.
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
I am familiar with this sort of reaction. I know it is disturbing to learn that what you believe differs from what official CDC surveys actually show.
#FactCheckMe
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
Over the past five years, US teen nicotine use dropped 74% (from 8.4 million to 2.2 million kids)... and teen mental health problems nearly doubled.
#FactCheckMe (look for teen use of "any tobacco product"):
2019: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
2024: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
WHAT IF...
What if the US public and policymakers knew what CDC surveys actually show? See graph.
#FactCheckMe
ADULT USE: wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQuer...
TEEN USE
2019: cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
2024: www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
✍️Plot notes:
“Lady Jane” is fine if her father is a viscount, earl, marquess, or duke.
If married to a baron, she’s “Lady Jane". But "Baroness Whatever” if she's already a Baroness in her own right.
A duke’s daughter who married a commoner? Still “Lady Jane.”
#FactCheckMe #HistoricalRomance
NICOTINE VAPING:
Over the past 5 years, adult use increased 85%, from 10-18.5 million. Teen use dropped 70%, to 1.6m. Yet the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Parents Against Vaping (PAVE), and clickbait media all continue to scream "e-cigarettes are aggresively marketed to youth."
#FactCheckMe
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#FactCheckMe:
ADULTS: wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQuer...
TEENS:
Middle & high school “current use” (≥ once/month)
2019: 4.5% smoked; 20% vaped nicotine (5% daily)
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
2024: 1.4% smoked; 5.9% vaped nicotine (1.6% daily)
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
CLAIM: "vaping is popular with teens"
FACT: @CDCgov surveys show:
18.5 million ADULTS vape nicotine daily or some days
1.6 million teens vape nicotine ≥once/month
Ratio: 11 adults/1 teen
(note: adult use is ↑; teen use ↓)
#FactCheck: FALSE. Not popular with teens.
#FactCheckMe ⬇️ (1/2)
Consider the US teen "vaping epidemic" and "whole new generation addicted to nicotine" and "they target teens."
Here is what CDC surveys show happened over the past 5 years.
#FactCheckMe:
ADULTS wwwn.cdc.gov/NHISDataQuer...
TEENS
2019 cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
2024 www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
