Bechara Choucair
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6501

X community adds a context note to user's post: Bechara Choucair, "Kaiser Permanence Chief Health Officer, Former Biden White House Vaccinations Coordinator & Chicago Dept of Public Health Commissioner," posted  "The growing use of nicotine products among our nation’s youth is a serious public health crisis. According to @US_FDA estimates, a ban would save up to 654,000 lives. We must act now to remove menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars from the market." The X community added a note to the post that read: "Readers added context they thought people might want to know. #FactCheck: FALSE. Current use of any nicotine or tobacco product was at a record low of 12.6% among high school students in 2023. According to the CDC, this was 22.9% in 2013, a decline of 45%. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7… cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/m…" The label is part of X’s Community Notes system. X users are able to sign up as contributors to add context to posts. X owner Elon Musk shared that any post with a Community Note added to it will be demonetized. The Community Notes account on X also posted that notices will be pushed to users who previously engaged with a post when a Community Note is added to it later.

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