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Marita Hefler

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Professor of public health, Editor-in-Chief BMJ Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social. Qualitative research, #TobaccoEndgame, commercial determinants of health, equity. Opinions mine. Living on unceded Larrakia country, Darwin Australia.. .. more

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Nov 12

I’ve put together a starter pack for the growing tobacco control community here. Enjoy, and please let me know if you want to join or recommend others - i know there’s many I’ve missed! go.bsky.app/NuhMfmW

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · 14d

Latest News: Turning tobacco Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) into Extended Producer Liability (EPL): critical safeguards for the UN Plastics Treaty. https://bit.ly/4n7CiQK

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · 23d

This is a really important paper about protecting health policy from potential loopholes that can be exploited by the tobacco industry tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · Sep 5

Latest News: Turning tobacco Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) into Extended Producer Liability (EPL): critical safeguards for the UN Plastics Treaty. https://bit.ly/47Q8VO3

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SRNT-Oceania @srnt-oceania.bsky.social · 24d

Save the date for the SRNT-Oceania Chapter 2025 Conference in Meanjin/Brisbane
When: 1st-2nd June 2026
Where: University of Queensland Herston Campus
More details to come, stay tuned!

Flyer for the SRNT-Oceania Chapter 2026 Conference in Meanjin/Brisbane
Date: 1st-2nd June 2026
Location: University of Queensland Herston Campus
Followed by the Regional Tobacco Endgame Summit on 3rd June
More details to come... stay tuned!

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · 29d

Latest News: In the US, statewide comprehensive smoke-free policies could potentially serve as population-level interventions to reduce the risk of cognitive impairment. https://bit.ly/4p9rMdk

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · Sep 5

Latest News: Turning tobacco Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) into Extended Producer Liability (EPL): critical safeguards for the UN Plastics Treaty. https://bit.ly/47Q8VO3

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · Sep 3

Latest News: This study reports an exploratory methodology for quantifying estimates of e-liquid consumption among youth using population- level survey data and indicates substantial levels of use. https://bit.ly/4n0tcov

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · Aug 28

Latest News: Nicotine pouch brands: the new route of auto racing sponsorships worldwide. https://bit.ly/3V5Gjsq

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · Aug 28

In the UK, in three nationally representative birth cohorts, adolescent cigarette smoking declined from 33% in 1974 to 25% in 1986 and to 12% in 2018.Contemporary youth who used e-cigarettes had a similar probability of smoking cigarettes to youth observed five decades earlier.https://bit.ly/4lDFCSe

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · Aug 28

American Public Health Association: “Legislators and officials at all levels of government who are interested in protecting their constituents should demand Kennedy’s removal.” That’s what I call leadership 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 www.apha.org/news-and-med...

Kennedy’s attack on public health must be stopped

The abrupt attempt to oust Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s director just weeks after her Senate confirmation, is yet another glaring sign of Secretary Kennedy’s failed leadership and reckless mismanageme...

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · Aug 27

Latest News: These findings from the UK provide support for a foundational, yet overlooked, role of standardised packaging, which is to help people who previously
smoked to stay quit. https://bit.ly/4ox5W2R

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SRNT-Oceania @srnt-oceania.bsky.social · Aug 27

Join us for a webinar presented by FNU & SRNT-O:
"Tobacco Control in the Pacific Region- Progress, Challenges and the Way Forward"
Date: Tuesday Sept 9, 2025
Time: 11:30AM-1:00PM FJT/9:30AM-11:00AM AEST
Zoom: fijinationaluniversity.zoom.us/j/83592015115
Add to your calendar: calget.com/zmwr5gwa

Flyer for webinar titled "Tobacco Control in the Pacific Region". Includes the details of the three speakers:
Ms. Mina Kashiwabara | Team Lead on Tobacco Control, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
Dr Amerita Ravuvu | Principal Adviser – Health Policy and Research, Public Health Division, Pacific Community (SPC)
Mr. Maleli Nakulanikoro | Fiji Ministry of Health – Tobacco Control Officer

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Rebecca Glover @rebeccaglover.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm so proud of our study, out today. Young vapers (under 25s) approx 3 times more likely to go on to smoke.
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Vaping and harm in young people: umbrella review

Objective To appraise and synthesise the evidence on short and longer term harms of vaping in young people. Data sources KSR Evidence (systematic reviews); Medline, Embase, and PsycInfo (umbrella rev...

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · May 6

Done! ✅

Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · May 3

The kind of across the board respect Antony Green has is incredibly rare. Election nights won’t be the same without him. Enjoy retirement! #ausvotes

Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · May 3

First #AusVotes where the brickbats were out for opposition! #auspol

Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks Sam and Richard!

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · Apr 6

Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/34/2... @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky

Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity

The second Trump administration in the USA is going beyond even the most pessimistic fears of many in the global health community. Chaos has been the defining characteristic of its early weeks,1 with ...

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Apr 4

Welcome! I’ve added her to this tobacco control and endgame starter pack go.bsky.app/NuhMfmW

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Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt #TobRegSky @sejordt.bsky.social · Apr 4

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch #addictionsci 🧪🛟 🫁
America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)

Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.

www.nytimes.com

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Dec 6

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Dec 6

Done 👍

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WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17&18 -FIOCRUZ @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social · Dec 4

Many people oppose banning filtered cigarettes, thinking they make smoking safer.
The truth: They don’t.

🔎 Based on data from the 2022 International #Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey, researchers examined opposition to banning filtered cigarettes, 🔻

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The BMJ @bmj.com · Nov 28

An investigation by The BMJ shows the extent of the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in medical research, leading to fresh calls for academics and publishing companies to cut ties with such companies
www.bmj.com/content/387/...

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Nov 27

So important to expose these tactics of the companies behind commercial drivers of disease

Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thanks to @theconversation.com for publishing this commentary by Dr. Karen Evans-Reeves and Dr. Britta K. Matthes on the intimidation of researchers and advocates.

Read it here: theconversation.com/researchers-...

Researchers of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed foods face threats and intimidation – new study

The critical debate of research is welcome and necessary. But the incidents documented in our study go far beyond this.

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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · Nov 27

Researchers of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed foods face threats and intimidation – new study

The critical debate of research is welcome and necessary. But the incidents documented in our study go far beyond this.

theconversation.com

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Nov 26

Awesome work 👏👏👏

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NHMRC CRE on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame @cretobacco.bsky.social · Nov 25

Join the 🌎 Global Scientific Network on Law and Tobacco (GSNLT) #Webinar on 🔟 December 9:00 – 10:00am CET
☑️learn about tobacco and #HumanRights
☑️discuss #TobaccoControl in different global contexts
☑️contribute to the planning of the GSNLT
➡️ Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Nov 24

Done!

Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Nov 24

Done - thanks for the prompt!

Marita Hefler @mhef.bsky.social · Nov 23

Done. Good luck on Wednesday!

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