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drchrisbullen.bsky.social
@drchrisbullen.bsky.social
Professor of public health at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, medical doctor and researcher; academic interests in tobacco control, global health, digital health. Like people esp family, plus music, art, travel, hiking and good coffee.
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This new report from the APPG on Smoking and Health shows how we can cut smoking, reduce harm and close health gaps – if there’s a plan in place.

It’s time to invest in prevention, protect health, and make tobacco companies pay. 🚭👇

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A Roadmap to a Smokefree Country: No one starts, everyone stops, no profit in tobacco - ASH
A Roadmap to a Smokefree Country – published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health in April 2025 – sets out the urgent actions needed to end smoking in a generation, cut health in...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

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NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette
Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.
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March 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Important new Editorial from our new Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco @srntorg Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Caitlin Notley about using person first language
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January 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Important new Editorial in our Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco @srntorg journal on tobacco research in LMICs

Full article is here:
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January 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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So great to see the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) President and President elect send this email ✊🏽
February 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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"Researchers found that on average a single cigarette takes about 20 minutes off a person’s life...

According to the analysis, if a smoker of 10 cigarettes a day quits on 1 January, they could prevent the loss of a full day of life by 8 January"

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Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds
Figure is nearly double an estimate from 2000 and means a pack of 20 cigarettes costs a person seven hours on average
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January 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Viewpoint: Implementation of a low-nicotine product standard has the potential to be the most significant tobacco control policy of the 21st century.

https://ja.ma/3OKcb2X
December 9, 2024 at 8:00 PM