Amanda Farley

Amazing photo with the phone, I can't get that detail on my phone..(!) This is one I took with binoculars and phone, and then lunar corona and lunar halo with my phone. I tried to get a photo of the lunar eclipse a few weeks ago in the UK but was cloudy unfortunately....

Great photos. How did you take the picture of the moon? I've taken a few through binoculars with a phone, one day I'll buy a telescope 🔭

We are now accepting registrations for #SCaH2026.

Super Early Bird rates are available for in-person and online delegates.

Birmingham | Online | 15.09.26

smokingcessationandhealth.co.uk/register-for...

Among people who use heroin, tobacco smoking and illegal drugs cause a similar number of premature deaths buff.ly/tIC0Fqp @danlewer.bsky.social @tattanbirch.bsky.social @sharoncox.bsky.social

We are excited to launch the SRNT Treatment Research Network Bluesky account! Follow for the latest treatment research and professional activities from @ntrjournal.bsky.social and the field of nicotine and tobacco science🎉🎉🎉

🚨 Deadline Extended! 🚨 You now have 2 extra weeks to submit your abstract! The new deadline is Sunday, 13 April at 23:59 CET. Don’t miss this chance—get your submissions in! 🔗srnt-e.org #SRNTE2025 #CallForAbstracts #DeadlineExtension

Thanks 😊 😊 Ah nice, I have actually been thinking it might be time!! Got the cello out the other day and could just about remember how to hold the bow 🤣

Had a great time presenting our poster at #SRNT2025 about #smoking in people in recovery from drug/alcohol #addiction. V high prevalence and smoking related harms in this group. People are stopping smoking but more to do to further #support this.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.

Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

School ban on phones does not improve grades or health, says UK study Researchers find restrictive policies do not lower overall time children spend on their phones throughout the day

New study backs up what a lot of us have been saying for a while now: smartphone bans in school aren't a magic fix for everything we're worrying about. It's time to start seriously thinking about how we build better digital literacy skills: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The SRNT-E debate is back!

Please submit your ideas to me! DO NOT REPLY HERE
s.cox@ucl.ac.uk

1. What is the topic?
2. Why does it matter/now?
3. Why should we care?
4. What could we learn from this debate?

Submissions into me, rated by a panel (blind)

@drsarahejackson.bsky.social

YouTube video by ASH UK ASH Webinar: Supporting Hidden Populations with Smoking Cessation

Some of you may be interested in this webinar: Supporting hidden populations with smoking

We discuss 3 approaches to reduce inequalities
1. Better estimates
2. Changing culture
3. Acceptable interventions

With thanks to @ashorg.bsky.social

@ucl-targ.bsky.social

m.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BQ...

Interventions for quitting vaping - Butler, AR - 2025 | Cochrane Library Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.

New Cochrane review on interventions for quitting vaping - out today! www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....

"Tobacco is still our biggest killer. This Bill will represent a sea change in terms of reducing harm caused by tobacco."

Our policy lead for addiction, Alison Challenger, Director of Public Health @wsccnews.bsky.social, has this afternoon given evidence to the Tobacco & Vapes Bill Committee.

The price of a cigarette: 20 minutes of life? Click on the article title to read more.

Smoking kills.

It’s a message most people will have heard. But just how much does smoking affect life expectancy?

In a new editorial, we estimate that on average, each cigarette steals approximately 20 minutes of life.

@robertjwest.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social

Fab, I've followed that, thanks! I've seen it before a while back, sounds like a particularly spectacular trajectory this time :) We're away over Christmas so will miss it but maybe next time.

Ah gutted I missed this! 😬

Hi Yael, could you add me? Thanks

Could you add me, thanks :)

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

Honoured to be giving the Royal College of Psychiatrists President’s lecture today. My talk ‘Comorbidity, collaboration and compassion’ will cover substance use and MH disorders, service models, stigma, the role of experts by experience and more.

OHID’s Richard Boden outlines the measures included in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Text in red indicates new additions to this version of the bill.

#EcigSummit

Prof Alan Boobis mythbusting on the harms of e-cigarettes.

There is no evidence of a link between vaping and popcorn lung.

The chemical that causes popcorn lung (diacetyl) has been banned from use in e-cigs since 2016.

There have been no cases linked to vaping.

#EcigSummit

Hi Susan, could you add me, many thanks

a picture advertising a webinar on 5th December hosted by the UK Society of Behavioural Medicine's Early Career Network.

A picture sharing information about the speakers at the UKSBM Early Career Network webinar on December 5th. Dr Jo Davan Wetton is the keynote speaker. Jo works at Behavioural Research UK, a national research consortium. She will be talking about her career in behavioural science and her experience of working across a number of different sectors. Also speaking is Dr Laura Wright. Laura is a Training Fellow at the Centre for Training and Research Excellence in Understanding Behaviour (Centre UB). She will share some of the opportunities available to PhD students and early career researchers offered by the Centre UB.

There's still time to sign up for the UKSBM Early Career Network webinar on December 5th! We'll hear from Dr Jo Davan Wetton @drjodw.bsky.social and Dr Laura Wright about cross-sector working in Behavioural Science. Register here events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6dc609...

🤣 I'm def the hoarder and my husband is the chucker! Slowly seeing the light, but he'd live in a "tiny house" in the forest with max 100 items if he could (not happening 🤣)

Snap! Also complete sets of council tax bills, utilities, student loan statements (paid off years ago!)... One day I'll have a recycling day 🤣

Created using Microsoft Sway Welcome to the first issue of Bitesize Be-Sci, a new quarterly publication from Public Health Wales' Behavioural Science Unit. Here, we'll feature examples of applied behavioural science from across t

The Behavioural Science Unit in Public Health Wales has issued the first issue of 'Bitesize BeSci' a great new quarterly bulletin aimed at sharing resources, info and case studies in behavioural science. Here's a link sway.cloud.microsoft/yWJTuJ5eDwZ4...

This is so powerful. Lib Dem MP Helen Morgan discusses how she changed her mind to support to Tobacco & Vapes Bill after hearing from smoking survivors how addiction takes away personal choice.
Lived experience is so important.