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Latest News: When faced with tobacco endgame and nicotine control policies in the UK, tobacco and nicotine industries pushed back using framing strategies common to health-harming industries. https://bit.ly/4bhRsQg

“People who use tobacco products should be informed of the different leaves and the consequences of their production methods in the products they’re buying, and the damage they are doing to the environment.”

New #research reveals how the growth and production of Flue-Cured Virginia tobacco in Zimbabwe is driving #deforestation and creating economic traps for farmers.

The findings underline an urgent need for action to protect ecosystems and the health of farmers.

Find out more: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...

“[Transnational tobacco companies] used familiar framing strategies to oppose the UK’s single-use e-cigarette ban, despite claimed alignment with public health and environmental goals.”

Tobacco companies claim that they are responsible actors, but evidence shows that they continue to resist regulation that could threaten their profits.

Find out more in our recent analysis of the #tobaccoindustry response to the UK’s ‘disposable’ #ecigarette ban.

👉 doi.org/10.1093/heap...

The tobacco industry at the health–environment nexus: a framing analysis of the UK ‘disposable’ e-cigarette ban Abstract. The sharp rise in ‘disposable’, or single-use, e-cigarettes in the UK—especially among young people—has raised urgent public health and environme

📣 #NEWPUBLICATION
Pleased to share a short report on the tobacco industry's response to the UK ban on 'disposable' e-cigarettes: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... Thanks a lot for publishing @healthpromint.bsky.social!
We also updated the #TobaccoTactics 📃: www.tobaccotactics.org/article/e-ci...

📣 Join us for our next #TobaccoEndgame CRE #Webinar on 🚭 tobacco product price caps! Dr Rob Branston will present 'A new avenue for tobacco control: price cap regulation'.
📆Wednesday, 12 November
⏰9:00am AEST
🔗 tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...
@robbranston.bsky.social

The Tobacco and Vapes Bill – why we need to be careful with international comparisons | British Politics and Policy at LSE International comparisons when it comes to parliamentary debate about the Tobacco and Vapes Bill needs further scrutiny.

💡New! The Tobacco and Vapes Bill – why we need to be careful with international comparisons

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🎉On Monday, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill returns to Parliament

🚭The Bill will create a world-leading ‘smokefree generation’, but what does this mean in practice? 💡(1/5)

Call for Articles Special Collection on the 40th Anniversary of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion We are pleased to announce that we have expanded contributions to the Spe

📣Call for Articles

We invite submissions to the Special Collection on the 40th Anniversaries of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and @healthpromint.bsky.social . More info below! 👇

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NEW 🔔 A critical interrogation of the legitimacy of commercial actors in food policy partnerships

✍️ Cécile Knai, Yanaina Chavez-Ugalde, Elizabeth Eastmure, Matt Egan, Harry Rutter, Laurence Blanchard, Mark Petticrew

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf171

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

‘I want food to be tasty & healthy’: school-children’s experiences with nutrition education & messaging

@fionaquigs.bsky.social, Louise Lynch, Ruth Price, Lynsey Hollywood, Alison Gallagher, Elaine Mooney, Amanda McCloat, Anne Moorhead

@healthpromint.bsky.social

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“Tobacco control advocacy is not without risks... Tobacco control advocates should be recognised as human rights defenders (HRDs).”

- Dr. @brittakm.bsky.social, @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, ASH

Learn more about protections for Human Rights Defenders: ow.ly/9Occ50X9lCP

“Tobacco control has always been about defending the right to health, life, and dignity. Yet the advocates who lead this work often face threats without the recognition or protection afforded to other defenders of human rights.”

New commentary by TCRG's @brittakm.bsky.social and Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy from @ash.org argues that recognising #tobaccocontrol advocates as human rights defenders would provide them with better protection and align tobacco control with global human rights standards.

👉 Read: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...

Prof Ilona Kickbusch issues a call to action to the younger generation.

Read our new Editorial here @healthpromint.bsky.social

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🎧 to the full interview with Ilona on Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/1GKA...

#ottawa40 #healthpromotion

New paper out from our team explored how experts are consulted about gambling marketing policy development.

‘Industry still has too loud a voice’: expert views on government policy consultations about gambling marketing.

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@partnershipfree.bsky.social's🆕 policy brief is based on research by TCRG's Dr. Zaineb Sheikh.

This #policy brief includes clear policy recommendations to ensure that tobacco taxation continues to be an effective way to safeguard public health.

www.smokefreepartnership.eu/news/policy-...

“It is essential to expose industry conduct in the dental space and to support professionals in critically assessing the evidence and motivations behind industry narratives...Big Tobacco’s ‘pseudo-transformation’ is not a public health initiative—it is a business strategy driven by profit.”

New research has uncovered the targeting of dental professions by tobacco company Philip Morris.

By targeting #dental professionals, Philip Morris is seeking to embed its own narratives into professional norms, continuing education, and patient care.

Read more: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #addictionsci 🛟

Big Tobacco’s ‘pseudo-transformation’44 is not a public health initiative—it is a business strategy driven by profit.

“Let us all work together for the larger public health good.” Philip Morris targeting German dental professionals As tobacco companies expand marketing of their newer nicotine and tobacco products—particularly heated tobacco products (HTPs) and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)—Philip Morris GmbH (PM, GmbH is ...

🦷New article: Tobacco industry targeting dental professionals in 🇩🇪
With colleagues from @dkfz.bsky.social, we document how PMI pushes its 'harm reduction' messaging via dental magazines, events, education platforms, KOLs&more.
📜: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

@tcrgbath.bsky.social

“Let us all work together for the larger public health good.” Philip Morris targeting German dental professionals As tobacco companies expand marketing of their newer nicotine and tobacco products—particularly heated tobacco products (HTPs) and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)—Philip Morris GmbH (PM, GmbH is ...

🦷New article: Tobacco industry targeting dental professionals in 🇩🇪
With colleagues from @dkfz.bsky.social, we document how PMI pushes its 'harm reduction' messaging via dental magazines, events, education platforms, KOLs&more.
📜: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

@tcrgbath.bsky.social

NEW 🔔 From plate to post: exploring representations of #familymeals through a content analysis of Instagram

✍️ Eloise-Kate Litterbach, Emily Denniss, Georgia Middleton

OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daaf078

Final approval for graphic warnings on ALL tobacco and nicotine products (excluding cigars) was just approved in Israel, despite Big Tobacco trying to interfere.
Implementation - 13 months from now

Israel will be the second country to implement graphic warnings for ecig

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Getting Better Getting Better - The Policy and Politics of Reducing Health Inequalities; Where someone lives can have devastating impact on the quality of care they receive. This book demonstrates that reducing heal...

New book policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better with @profbambra.bsky.social & @jlynch13.bsky.social out today takes atypical approach to exploring evidence for reducing health inequalities by focusing on learning from 4 international case studies: Brazil, England, Germany & USA 1/4

So exactly 75 years today (May 27) since 1950 publication in JAMA of Wynder & Graham landmark paper on smoking and lung cancer. 75 years on, over 8 million deaths a year, and the tobacco industry still flourishes, knowingly selling and promoting a lethal product.

Aotearoa New Zealand’s ‘endgame’ legislation: a critical analysis of the parliamentary repeal debate using an adapted policy dystopia model approach Introduction In February 2024, Aotearoa New Zealand’s newly elected coalition Government repealed policies to reduce the addictiveness, availability and accessibility of smoked tobacco. The repeal lac...

📍Great new addition to the growing literature on #tobacco #endgame by @janethoek.bsky.social and colleagues👏 The 📃 analyses the parliamentary repeal debate in #NZ. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

History of Bristol's Tobacco Industry - Bristol Walk Fest An introduction to the history of this once important industry told through it's buildings. Starting at Castle Park you will travel through Redcliffe Street, where mechanised cigarette production bega...

As part of Bristol Walking Festival discover the city’s tobacco history www.bristolwalkfest.com/event/the-hi...

Editorial Tobacco Control @rsph.bsky.social Perspectives in Public Health
#tobaccoendgame #smoking #ecigs

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“Tobacco Industry strategies need to be seen and are tailored to specific contexts, in this case, among others, sensitivities around race and the legacy of Apartheid.”

The tactics used by the #tobaccoindustry to influence #policy vary from country to country.

New #research highlights strategies used to influence tobacco policy in South Africa where industry interference is a barrier to progressing tobacco control.

Read research: doi.org/10.1093/heap...