Simon Chapman is emeritus professor in public health at the University of Sydney and a long-time advocate of gun control, stronger anti-smoking laws and the virtues of renewable energy. Today, his new booklooking at the forces trying to “medicalise” quitting tobacco, is published.
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Peter_Fitz well there you go, gun control and renewable energy. I suppose he eats mung beans and Tofu too. He's an idealogue
Peter_Fitz SC knows very well the mortality rates for smokers, understanding this, his comments come across that he is very happy to endorse a quit cold turkey or die mentality. Considering the demographics of those who smoke in 🇦🇺 is this the type of advocate we should be listening too?
Peter_Fitz What can go wrong, if someone, who drives a Tesla begs smokerks to use smoking cessastion methods from the last century? The numbers of smokers won't drop and the government keeps collecting a stable amount of tax revenues. A win-win situation, just not for the smokers.
Peter_Fitz 'Simon Chapman, a retired academic & noisy tobacco control activist... too error-laden & irritating to bother with &, on the ‘bullshit asymmetry principle‘, one could spend a whole life correcting his endless misunderstandings & mistakes.'
Peter_Fitz Chapman and yourself were self-confessed occasional 🚬 how many of his 75% factoid of 'cold-turkey' (ct)quitters were of similar status? ct the most used quit method but is also the least effective(demo'd in multi-research papers)other more effective do exist for hardened 🚬
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Peter_Fitz Just say no. Did he work for Regan?
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Peter_Fitz Crypto authoritarian that wants to make smokes easier to access than life saving tobacco harm reduction.
Peter_Fitz I stopped answering the phone to people I don't know because 9 times out of 10 it's a scammer.
Peter_Fitz Simon Chapman's ‘cold turkey’ advice is wrong. This is the LEAST effective quitting method available Expert advice is to use the most effective treatment available and quit asap. Smokers lose 3 months of life expectancy for every year they keep smoking
Peter_Fitz A real fascist .
Peter_Fitz Government treating their citizens like children.