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This week The Guardian published a long-form profile by veteran journalist Gideon Haigh of Dr Bronwyn King. I wrote a column about her last October when her efforts to persuade the Australian superannuation…
Over the past decade, every researcher’s email inbox has been crammed daily with junk from what have come to be known as predatory journals and conferences. Last week I had 21 offers to send my non-existent…
Research shows how tobacco companies are feeling the effects of smoking bans across the world.
Big Tobacco relies on tactics of deceit, delay and frustration which it has developed and refined over half a century.
Last week, I wrote about factoid-driven myths that just refuse to die. In less than a week, the piece has had more than 1.184 million readers. There’s plainly a big appetite for smoking myth busting, so…
Scotland has just joined the growing list of countries getting tough on the vapes. Here’s why the libertarians should pipe down.
Vaping has given governments a huge opportunity to cajole cigarette companies towards better public health.
Federal officials could give the FDA authority to develop e-cigarette regulations. But developing regulations that maximize their benefits and minimize their risks is harder than it looks.
Picture a scientist employed by a pharmaceutical company publishing research results that were important bricks in a wall of evidence that could massively benefit their employer down the track. Imagine…
Raising tobacco tax is the single most important factor driving down smoking.
France is the latest country to consider a law that would ban branded cigarette packages. How effective are they and what’s the economic cost?
There are plenty of strategies to reduce tobacco use – especially in young people – that don’t go as far as a total sales ban.
Cancer Council Victoria is contesting British American Tobacco’s request for survey data about teenagers’ smoking habits. Here’s the story of a UK research group who faced a similar request.
Imagine you were about to buy a property and were advised that in two years time, a major freeway would be built two hundred metres away, greatly diminishing the value of your purchase. Then imagine you…
The lobbying tactics developed by the US tobacco industry no longer just targeted government, but expanded to include the voting public. These tactics still exist in lobbying today.
Smoking and mental health problems go hand in hand but it’s not an easy relationship to untangle.
Children three times more likely to experiment with e-cigarettes than tobacco but no sign that it leads to nicotine addiction.
The most ardent supporters of alcohol must admit it causes an immense amount of harm.
There is near-universal agreement that Australia’s implementation of tobacco plain packaging in December 2012 has seen the most virulent opposition ever experienced from the global tobacco industry.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Bath
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Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, UNSW
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Research Fellow, Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath
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Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Political Scientist, University of Bath
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Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law, Queensland University of Technology
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