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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · May 9

Profit Over People: The Public Doesn't Trust Big Business with their Health and Want Tough Action on the Three Big Killers
ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #LungSky

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · Mar 20

Breathlessness and disordered patterns of breathing: terminology and assessment.
A consensus for the term "breathing pattern disorder (BrPD)" was achieved and an assessment guide was created. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #LungSky #RespEd @theacprc.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

Thorax Podcast - Bronchiectasis, with the PulmPEEPs
▶️ Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
▶️ Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/27Uf...
▶️ Web: thoraxbmj.podbean.com/e/thorax-pod... @bmj.com #LungSky #RespEd

Bronchiectasis, with the PulmPEEPs

Podcast Episode · Thorax Podcast · 10/07/2025 · 37m

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

Completely preventable. Vaccines save lives.

American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 1d

The CDCreported 1,544 measles cases as of Sept. 24, the highest number of annual cases since the US declared measles eliminated in 2000. #medsky #vaccines
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tracking U.S. Measles Outbreaks (Gift Article)

As new cases are reported, our maps show the spread of the virus.

www.nytimes.com

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

I've had my flu jab.
Go get yours.

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

A 10 percentage point increase in NHS staff influenza vaccination rate was associated with approximately 10% fall in sickness absence rate. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... @asthmaandlung.org.uk #RespEd #LungSky @rcphysicians.bsky.social

Healthcare worker influenza vaccination and sickness absence – an ecological study

Although Influenza vaccination is recommended for healthcare workers, vaccination rates in UK healthcare workers are only around 50%. We investigated the association between NHS sickness absence rates...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

Yet, tobacco still hooks one in five adults worldwide, fuelling millions of preventable deaths every year. /n

Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 1d

The number of tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion in 2024. Since 2010, the number of people using tobacco has dropped by 120 million – a 27% drop in relative terms. @who.int @ashorguk.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk #LungSky #RespEd www.who.int/publications... /n

WHO global report on trends in prevalence of tobacco use 2000–2024 and projections 2025–2030

This report presents WHO estimates of tobacco use prevalence among the population aged 15 years and older from 2000–2024, with trends projected to 2030. Estimates are at global, regional and country l...

www.who.int

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 3d

“I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.... What are the words you do not yet have?”

Audre Lorde

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 2d

The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles. Greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @whofctc.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 2d

The NHS opt-out inpatient tobacco dependency service provides treatment on an equitable basis across deprivation quintiles. Greatest proportion of patients making a supported quit attempt in the most deprived quintile. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... @whofctc.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 10d

Tobacco Endgame Report for European Respiratory Society : Using lessons from the UK experience to develop a knowledge toolkit for tobacco control.
Download here: ers.app.box.com/s/q2sei9upue... #ERScongress @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social /n

Europe tobacco data toolkit 2025.pdf | Powered by Box

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 4d

Monsters.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 6d

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls

Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

people.com

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 4d

This is worth 20 minutes of your time.
@rutgerbregman.com on how to live a life that actually matters youtu.be/1Vi96A6tFxI?...

How to live a life that actually matters

YouTube video by The Market Exit

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 6d

MSF strongly condemns the killing of Omar Hayek by Israeli forces this morning in #Gaza. Our thoughts are with his family and colleagues.

Omar is our fourteenth colleague to be killed in Gaza since the war started. We call yet again for an end to the genocide.

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 9d

Proud to be among the ~1000 Jewish Professionals in health who signed the #SilenceIsComplicity letter. Too many of our institutions are silent while an entire population is being bombed, starved, displaced in Gaza.
Time to say #EndTheGenocide
Add your signature at www.JewishHealthcare.net

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KaminskiMed @kaminskimed.bsky.social · 6d

Dr. Brandon Libby an ED doc: We are bound by an oath to protect life, dignity, health for all people.
The genocide in Gaza is shattering our oath.
I am also among the >1000 Jewish health professionals that have signed a letter declaring #SilenceisComplicity
join us at JewishHealthcare.net!!

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 5d

COPD has an image problem—can this man fix it?
“It’s only through multi-sectoral partnership—tackling tobacco control, air pollution, housing problems—that you can translate that political declaration into meaningful results.” www.bmj.com/content/390/... @bmj.com

COPD has an image problem—can this man fix it?

Chronic respiratory diseases are among the top causes of death and disability worldwide, yet receive little political or media attention. Rebecca Coombes speaks to WHO’s special envoy tasked with chan...

www.bmj.com

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 5d

"Across Europe and North America, racism, xenophobia, and far-right nationalism have become normalised in public and political discourse, leading many people to feel anxiety and fear of violence, discrimination, and hatred." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The far-right and health: an evolving political crisis

Across Europe and North America, racism, xenophobia, and far-right nationalism have become normalised in public and political discourse, leading many people to feel anxiety and fear of violence, discr...

www.thelancet.com

Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 5d

And a new Taylor Swift album. Jubilation!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sarah Mullally is named as first female archbishop of Canterbury

No 10 announces decision although role will not legally be taken on until January, before an enthronement service

www.theguardian.com

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 6d

Healthcare: what is it for? Inaugural event of the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare: Sir David Haslam. Fri Oct 31st: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/centr... @mgtmccartney.bsky.social

Healthcare: what is it for?

Please join us online at the first event of the Centre for Evidence and Values in Healthcare. We are delighted to

events.st-andrews.ac.uk

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 7d

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 7d

"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...

A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society

A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.

royalsociety.org

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 7d

It’s the responsibility and the duty of anyone with a public platform to keep reminding everybody that civilisations flourish by collaboration not hostility and prejudice. This includes intellectuals who keep to their lanes in generating knowledge. Make no mistake, this is absolutely your lane.

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 7d

Regulatory options to prevent environmental harm and pollution across the tobacco product life cycle
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 7d

Regulatory options to prevent environmental harm & pollution across the tobacco product life cycle.
Trillions of useless plastic cigarette filters are discarded into the environment every year #FilterFraud @ashorguk.bsky.social #ERScongress #LungSky
Report: urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

urldefense.proofpoint.com

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