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  • "Like the tobacco industry, the e-cigarette industry needs new clients for profit and growth; I would suggest that this importation ban is passing the industry 'scream test'." - Dr Sarah White, Director of Quit Victoria (Australia). https://tasmaniantimes.com/2020/06/vaping-experts-comment/

    June 26, 2020

  • In IT and software development, the scream test is when you don't know if something (a file, server, a product or service) is still being used so you take it away and see if anybody screams.

    In politics, the scream test is whether outcry or complaint from a particular group or entity is induced by the discussion, proposition, or enaction of some legal measure.

    June 30, 2020