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Thomas Kehoe

@thomasjkehoe.bsky.social

Historian of public health specialising in cancer, tobacco, skin, and screening. PhD (History), MPH, Head of Heritage at Cancer Council Victoria. Fellow at the University of Melbourne History. Bereaved parent of permanently 2 year old daughter

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US news coverage failing to understand rank choice/preferential voting in the NYC mayoral race is deeply frustrating from the POV of Australia.

04.11.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Four men at the discussion table

Four men at the discussion table

Skate boarder performing and banner of Quit displayed

Skate boarder performing and banner of Quit displayed

Team mates carrying a giant cigarette and the player in front kicking it

Team mates carrying a giant cigarette and the player in front kicking it

A surfer

A surfer

'Quit #smoking, there's help,' is Quit's message.

With Quit turning 40 this year, countering the #tobacco industry and its reinventions is the next big #PublicHealth challenge.

Cancer Council Victoria Historian @thomasjkehoe.bsky.social reflected on Quit's journey on InTouch: shorturl.at/SeRrc

29.10.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first donor is tobacco… πŸ™„

24.10.2025 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Playing the long game: 40 years of Quit : Intouch Public Health Thomas Kehoe Australia is lauded for its leadership in the global fight against tobacco. This is exemplified in passing new tobacco control interventions to tackle tobacco induced disease, which began...

A little history of Quit Victoria on @publichealthaus.bsky.social InTouch site be me 😊 intouchpublichealth.net.au/playing-the-...

24.10.2025 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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24.10.2025 06:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Mike! 😊

09.10.2025 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a woman wearing a skeleton shirt is standing in a locker room and says these go to 11 ALT: a woman wearing a skeleton shirt is standing in a locker room and says these go to 11

11?????

02.09.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Laggan is the town with the Chinese shop that you were researching. It was just a joke about tiny towns and the Flame Trees lyrics πŸ˜‹

28.07.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Btw @sophieloywilson.bsky.social … do you think Flame Trees is about Laggan? πŸ˜‰

28.07.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just a fab song … for the ages!

28.07.2025 01:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Degraves St Subway has reopened … hey hey @drdrehistorian.bsky.social

28.07.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Depending on your birthday, Colour and the Shape is also in there…

27.07.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s very true. But still! Would have been good, I’m sure!

26.07.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was meant to go to the 96 one but was struck down by flu… 😩

26.07.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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First look into State Library station from Melbourne Central.

11.07.2025 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my fav journals! 😊

07.06.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Harnessing law for global noncommunicable disease control: evaluating a legal training program, 2014–23 Abstract. In 2014, the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer launched its flagship International Legal Training Program (ILTP), which aims to raise the capacity

Very pleased to see this important article on using law for noncommunicable disease control published in @healthpromint.bsky.social! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

28.05.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And the first is not nearly as good as the eps that follow😊

24.05.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Enjoying this election… #auspol

03.05.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t wait until the day. I have to get in early! 😊😊😊 … I’ll still get a democracy sausage thought

18.04.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a colorful flower with the words you are getting sleepy on it ALT: a colorful flower with the words you are getting sleepy on it

It was Andre… it didn’t happen …

11.04.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Always a pleasurable experience! 😊

08.04.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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British Imperial Legacies and Tobacco Power: Interrogating Connections Between Colonial Histories and Corporate Influence Over Modern Tobacco Control Measures Summary. TheΒ global tobacco market is tightly connected to twentieth-century imperialism, yet historians have rarely interrogated how imperial legacies hin

Pleased to announce publication of our important article on histories of #bigtobacco #imperialism and its consequences for present day #tobaccocontrol & #healthpromotion using the case studies of Sri Lanka & Cyprus doi.org/10.1093/shm/... Thx @sshmedicine.bsky.social

13.03.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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30.12.2024 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Six years ago on NYE I was blissfully unaware of how soon my Maeve would be lost to #cancer and how awful 2019 would be, stricken with a new and now permanent #grief. I snapped this photo of her on the train and now I treasure these small memories. They let me carry her into 2025. πŸ’™ #childloss

30.12.2024 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to hopefully the nicer social media platform 😊

03.12.2024 04:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Cultural histories of cancer in Australia, focusing on tobacco and screening
2) Linking this to my old interests in crime… πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

17.11.2024 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Welcome! It’s nice hey? 😊

17.11.2024 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ«’πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

16.11.2024 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 Academy Workshops Program Grants Eight teams of researchers share in over $70,000 to host multidisciplinary workshops to tackle critical national research and policy issues.

Super excited to announce that we have been awarded an Academy of Social Sciences of Australia workshop grant for our work on #cancer and #publichealth #history! Honoured to be included amongst so many other amazing scholars!

socialsciences.org.au/news/2025-ac...

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