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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 3h

Good article. Raises interesting issues.

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10h

My new piece! 👇

Sure, UPFs Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? thewalrus.ca/sure-ultra-p... @thewalrus.ca

Oversimplifying nature of problem by creating one big bogeyman can cause harm. It can muddle our understanding of healthy eating, blame the wrong people, and pave the way for bad policies

Sure, Ultra-Processed Foods Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? | The Walrus

Nutrition panic distracts from the policies that make healthy eating a privilege

thewalrus.ca

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 10h

My new piece! 👇

Sure, UPFs Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? thewalrus.ca/sure-ultra-p... @thewalrus.ca

Oversimplifying nature of problem by creating one big bogeyman can cause harm. It can muddle our understanding of healthy eating, blame the wrong people, and pave the way for bad policies

Sure, Ultra-Processed Foods Are Bad. But How Does That Help Anyone? | The Walrus

Nutrition panic distracts from the policies that make healthy eating a privilege

thewalrus.ca

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 1d

BBC News - Betting machine gamblers 'offered perks' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-3638...

Coral said it takes its commitments to responsible gambling "extremely seriously"

Maybe THIS is what they mean by "responsible gambling"......

Betting machine gamblers 'offered perks'

Betting shop gamblers are offered drinks and free bets to keep them on high stakes machines, staff tell the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 3d

They kicked @davidpocock.bsky.social out of the sports club!!! What is going on.....🤷‍♀

Seriously, this is yet another example of how the lobbying rules in Australia must be strengthened to protect public health policy from being influenced by vested interests.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 3d

Good commentary. So many parallels with the long discredited tobacco industry arguments against ad bans; so many good reasons to expose similar gambling industry lobbying; and so shameful that the government has failed to implement the Murphy Committee recommendations on gambling advertising.

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 3d

Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now. 👉 theconversation.com/how-gam...

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 3d

Australian sports survived tobacco ad restrictions from the late 1960s – they shouldn’t fear a gambling crackdown now. 👉 theconversation.com/how-gam...

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 4d

Good comments about blatant tobacco industry lobbying.

Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social · 4d

We are appalled that public service broadcaster the BBC continues to provide a platform for tobacco industry giant, British American Tobacco, to lobby against the Tobacco & Vapes Bill.
So we fixed the headline for them...

Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social · 4d

We are appalled that public service broadcaster the BBC continues to provide a platform for tobacco industry giant, British American Tobacco, to lobby against the Tobacco & Vapes Bill.
So we fixed the headline for them...

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 4d

Good commentary. As so often with tobacco over the years, we know what needs to be done. The sooner all our state and territory governments act, the better.

NHMRC CRE on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame @cretobacco.bsky.social · 5d

Dropping #TobaccoTax will not reduce #IllicitTrade. Empowering States and Territories to swiftly shut down retailers engaging in illicit tobacco trade is likely to be far more effective. @coralgartner.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social
theconversation.com/queensland-l...

Queensland landlords could soon face jail for ignoring illegal tobacco. What are other states doing?

South Australian landlords who turn a blind eye on illegal tobacco can now be fined, while Queensland is proposing bigger fines and even a year in jail.

theconversation.com

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NHMRC CRE on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame @cretobacco.bsky.social · 5d

Dropping #TobaccoTax will not reduce #IllicitTrade. Empowering States and Territories to swiftly shut down retailers engaging in illicit tobacco trade is likely to be far more effective. @coralgartner.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social
theconversation.com/queensland-l...

Queensland landlords could soon face jail for ignoring illegal tobacco. What are other states doing?

South Australian landlords who turn a blind eye on illegal tobacco can now be fined, while Queensland is proposing bigger fines and even a year in jail.

theconversation.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 6d

Good to see this focus on predatory journals. One further tip to help spot them. Check to see how many dogs are on their editorial boards or have authored articles.

insightplus.mja.com.au/2020/25/dogg...

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 6d

Knowledge pollution!

How to spot predatory journals: 4 tips & 2 checklists journalistsresource.org/home/how-to-... w @fleerackers.bsky.social

Fake editorial boards, no peer review, aggressive solicitation, etc.

Do: Check resources like @retractionwatch.com, ask experts, understand pub biz...

How to spot predatory journals: 4 tips and 2 checklists - The Journalist's Resource

It’s important for journalists to be aware of predatory journals because such journals pose a threat for the integrity of science journalism.

journalistsresource.org

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 6d

Knowledge pollution!

How to spot predatory journals: 4 tips & 2 checklists journalistsresource.org/home/how-to-... w @fleerackers.bsky.social

Fake editorial boards, no peer review, aggressive solicitation, etc.

Do: Check resources like @retractionwatch.com, ask experts, understand pub biz...

How to spot predatory journals: 4 tips and 2 checklists - The Journalist's Resource

It’s important for journalists to be aware of predatory journals because such journals pose a threat for the integrity of science journalism.

journalistsresource.org

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The New Statesman @handle.invalid · 6d

Smart vapes have made a game out of e-cigarettes

🖊️ Arielle Domb: Vape to save your pet

Vape to save your pet

Smart vapes have made a game out of e-cigarettes

www.newstatesman.com

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Health Promotion International @healthpromint.bsky.social · 9d

NEW 🔔 Tobacco and nicotine population health planning for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population growth

✍️ Rohan M Telford, Raymond Lovett, Christina Heris, Lisa J Whop, Michelle Kennedy, Catherine Chamberlain, Raglan Maddox

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf158

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 10d

Excellent editorial review of the incoherent nonsense promoted by down-in-last-shower experts on how to curb Australia's rampant illegal tobacco trade. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Policy incoherence: Leadership needed to combat illicit tobacco and end tobacco oversupply

www.sciencedirect.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 10d

Comments on public health issues from former England CMO Dame Sally Davies - well worth reading, not least concluding questions about “the companies driving poor public health”.

Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · Aug 15

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@profdevisridhar.bsky.social:-

life expectancy “is much less about your own choices and is instead tightly linked to where you live and the political choices made by your government”.

Life expectancy: public health and politics

Devi Sridhar's new book How Not to Die (Too Soon): The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Can Save Us sets out her hope of living to the age of 100 years in good health “as a collective endeav...

www.thelancet.com

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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · 11d

Latest News: Tobacco industry ‘rainbow washing’ during Pride Month. https://bit.ly/4nsLrDD

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent article. As ever, we need a comprehensive approach - and continuing exposure of direct and indirect lobbying by tobacco companies and their allies.

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health @anzjph.bsky.social · 12d

🚭 Leadership is needed to tackle illicit tobacco in Australia.

A new commentary argues:
- Tobacco market is over-supplied & under-regulated
- Cutting excise isn’t the answer
- Stronger licensing & caps on retailers needed

Read 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Image of man breaking cigarette with words "Policy incoherence: Leadership needed to combat illicit tobacco and end tobacco oversupply" "Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health"

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health @anzjph.bsky.social · 12d

🚭 Leadership is needed to tackle illicit tobacco in Australia.

A new commentary argues:
- Tobacco market is over-supplied & under-regulated
- Cutting excise isn’t the answer
- Stronger licensing & caps on retailers needed

Read 👉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 12d

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🎙️ Series 2 of our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is here! 🚨

🎧 Listen and share to help us hold this deadly industry to account: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

@uniofbath.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 13d

Hundreds of millions of tobacco deaths since Doll and Hill (BMJ) and Wynder and Graham in 1950. Time for a global consensus to phase out this lethal industry.

Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 13d

Tuesday marks 75 years since the historic September 30, 1950 Doll & Hill BMJ paper confirming smoking as a cause of lung cancer. For 75 years tobacco companies have been selling and promoting products they know are lethal when used as intended.

www.bmj.com/content/2/46...

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 13d

Tuesday marks 75 years since the historic September 30, 1950 Doll & Hill BMJ paper confirming smoking as a cause of lung cancer. For 75 years tobacco companies have been selling and promoting products they know are lethal when used as intended.

www.bmj.com/content/2/46...

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 14d

Good, policy-relevant paper.

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @jsadjournal.bsky.social · 17d

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy (just accepted in @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
@spidermaani.bsky.social @thersaorg.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol ...

Background: High-level commitments to engage the private sector in governance and limited attention to managing conflict of interest (COI) have enabled alcohol industry actors to engage with policy de...

www.jsad.com

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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 14d

Public health in Germany: structures, dynamics, and ways forward
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

- absence of a strong central institution for PH
- inadequate funding for disease prevention and health promotion
- little interoperability in data collection

Public health in Germany: structures, dynamics, and ways forward

Despite Germany's robust economy, comprehensive social welfare system, and the country ranking third among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries in terms of per-capita healt...

www.thelancet.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 15d

Appalling.

Ginny Barbour @ginnybarbour.bsky.social · 15d

Such a short sighted decision 🦷 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Queensland politicians are washing their hands of one simple health measure

Attacks by Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles against Premier David Crisafulli over fluoride this week are more than hard to swallow after another local government's decision to stop adding the...

www.abc.net.au

Ginny Barbour @ginnybarbour.bsky.social · 15d

Such a short sighted decision 🦷 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Queensland politicians are washing their hands of one simple health measure

Attacks by Queensland Opposition Leader Steven Miles against Premier David Crisafulli over fluoride this week are more than hard to swallow after another local government's decision to stop adding the...

www.abc.net.au

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 16d

Not good news for ageing travellers

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 17d

First new Qantas Airbus jets come with one toilet for every 90 economy passengers – worse than Jetstar, Scoot and Ryanair

Full service carrier says it will add additional toilets to its first three new Airbus 321XLR models – but they will be in service for three years beforehand * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The first three aircraft in Qantas’s new fleet will arrive with a worse economy passenger-to-toilet ratio than on planes used by budget carriers Scoot, Ryanair and Jetstar. After ordering the Airbus 321XLR aircraft in 2022 to replace its ageing Boeing 737s, Qantas on Thursday used the new planes on commercial flights for the first time on the Sydney to Melbourne and Sydney to Perth routes. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs @jsadjournal.bsky.social · 17d

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy (just accepted in @jsadjournal.bsky.social)
@spidermaani.bsky.social @thersaorg.bsky.social @lshtm.bsky.social
www.jsad.com/doi/abs/10.1...

“This Supposed Conflict of Interest”: Analysis of Industry Framings of Partnership and Conflict of Interest in WHO Public Consultations on Alcohol Policy: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs: Vol ...

Background: High-level commitments to engage the private sector in governance and limited attention to managing conflict of interest (COI) have enabled alcohol industry actors to engage with policy de...

www.jsad.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 17d

Maybe a touch of formal education would have taught the Times how to spell alma mater?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 17d

The Principal of King Charles's alma matter said learning outside of formal lessons would provide children with a positive outlet for ‘youthful energy’

Gordonstoun head says outdoor education can calm unruly pupils

Principal of leading private school said learning outside of formal lessons would provide children with a positive outlet for ‘youthful energy’

www.thetimes.com

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 17d

The Principal of King Charles's alma matter said learning outside of formal lessons would provide children with a positive outlet for ‘youthful energy’

Gordonstoun head says outdoor education can calm unruly pupils

Principal of leading private school said learning outside of formal lessons would provide children with a positive outlet for ‘youthful energy’

www.thetimes.com

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