We will be attending the 11th WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Conference of the Parties #FCTCCOP11 in Geneva from 17-22 November and the 4th Meeting of Parties to the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products #FCTCMOP4 from 24-26 November. www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

🔔 Register for our free webinar as part of London Global Cancer Week 2025. We will host an interactive session on how and why the tobacco industry seeks to influence science and to target health professionals in the pursuit of profit on Thursday 27 November 2025. www.bath.ac.uk/events/how-a...

✨ New podcast episode out now! ✨ For the final episode of #DeadlyIndustryPod, we are joined by Dr Gan Quan, Lisa Lennartsdotter Ermann, @danieldorado05.bsky.social and Dr Ulysses Dorotheo to unpack how Big Tobacco tailors its interference strategies across regions. shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

TCRG member Hussein Faeq will speak on a Transparency and Truth webinar about how and why #BigTobacco target its marketing towards young people and what role prevention efforts can play. 📅 Wednesday 10 December 🕜 7.30am (UK time) 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5a5f43...

As the UK's Tobacco and Vapes Bill moves through parliament, the country should why be careful with international comparisons. @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social

On Sunday #TobaccoSlaveFilm will be screened at the Globale Mittelhessen film festival in Giessen, Germany. This documentary exposes the plight of tobacco farmers in Malawi and lets them share, in their words, what a life of growing tobacco is really like. exposetobacco.org/campaigns/to...

📣 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

International comparisons are often made in UK parliamentary debates on the #TobaccoAndVapesBill – but not all are helpful. This 🆕 @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social blog unpacks what the evidence really shows about NZ, Australia & Sweden. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp... #TobaccoControl #TobaccoEndgame

💫 Event 💫 As part of London Global Cancer Week 2025, the Tobacco Control Research Group will host an interactive session on how and why the tobacco industry seeks to influence science and to target health professionals. 📅 Thursday 27 November 2025 🕜 1pm GMT 🔗 www.bath.ac.uk/events/how-a...

💡New! The Tobacco and Vapes Bill – why we need to be careful with international comparisons blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Director Anna Gilmore, alongside other public health professionals, has signed a letter expressing support for the Tobacco & Vapes Bill as peers met yesterday for the first day of Committee stage in the Lords. @tcrgbath.bsky.social

✨ New podcast episode out now! ✨ This week on #DeadlyIndustryPod, Louis is joined by Dr Alice Fabbri and Dr Tess Legg to break down a critical issue - conflicts of interest in science. 🎧 Listen now and join the conversation: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... #PublicHealth #PodcastSeries2

Our documentary Tobacco Slave will be screened as part of the Globale Mittelhessen film festival, a two week festival held in Germany celebrating documentaries that present extraordinary, alternative, or resistant perspectives from all (inhabited) continents. 📅 Sunday 2 November 📍 Giessen, Germany

Interested in learning more about how #BigTobacco targets health professionals to build trust in and promote its harmful products? Find out more on #TobaccoTactics: http://tobaccotactics.org/article/targeting-health-professionals-the-tactics/

✨ New podcast episode out now ✨ This week on #DeadlyIndustryPod, Leslie Rae Ferat and Dr. Allen Gallagher join us to deep dive into the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control #WHOFCTC and its key events: the Conference of the Parties and Meeting of the Parties. shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

Following the publication of an interview with a tobacco industry executive, we have submitted a formal complaint to the BBC. Read more 👇

The 2025 Gatefield Health Summit will highlight solutions, innovations, and partnerships to improve #publichealth in Africa. @brittakm.bsky.social will join discussions on how to protect public health by using #endgame strategies to #reducetobacco use. Find out more: tix.africa/discover/ghs...

My new paper looks at the impact of COVID travel restrictions on the sale of duty-free tobacco products in #Taiwan. Not being able to access cheap #dutyfree meant less #tobacco sold, a win for public health. Time for duty-free tobacco to be banned! doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...

Border closures resulting from Covid-19 lockdowns lead to a huge reduction in sales of duty-free tobacco products. A new study looks at the impact of the reduction in the sales of duty-free products in Taiwan due to Covid-19 lockdowns. 👉 doi.org/10.1136/tc-2... @robbranston.bsky.social

Dr Luc Hagenaars from the @amsterdamumc.bsky.social will deliver a C21PH lecture next week. Dr Hagenaars will present a new approach to understanding and analysing the commercial determinants of health #CDoH. 📅 Thurs 23 October 🕧 12.30pm (GMT) 📍Online - contact [email protected] to attend

✨ New #podcast episode out now! ✨ This week on #DeadlyIndustryPod, Louis is joined by Dr Iona Fitzpatrick to explore the stories Big Tobacco tells about itself and how it uses language as a tool of influence. 🎧 Listen now and join the conversation: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... #PublicHealth

In series 2 of their podcast #DeadlyIndustryPod, @tcrgbath.bsky.social digs into how #BigTobacco relentlessly pursues profit at the expense of public health. 🎙️ The first three episodes are out now: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

Reporting on @tcrgbath.bsky.social, Investigative Desk and Tax Justice Network Africa analysis of British American Tobacco in Africa - and the mysterious missing millions open.substack.com/pub/p/unmask...

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...

✨ New podcast episode out now ✨ This week on #DeadlyIndustryPod, Louis is joined by @ambervandenakker.bsky.social and @spidermaani.bsky.social from @lhgp.bsky.social to unpack a critical concept - multistakeholderism. 🎧 Listen now: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

#BigTobacco has its sights set on the Eastern Mediterranean's growing youth population. Tobacco products are promoted and sold in shops near schools in Egypt, Pakistan and Jordan. A new STOP report reveals how tobacco companies target children: https://bit.ly/4mBVztv

The WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Article 5.3 are calling on young people to use the creative power of photography to expose tobacco industry tactics, inspire advocacy, and protect public health. 📸 Find out more and enter: extranet.who.int/fctcapps/fct... #YouthVoices #PublicHealth #TobaccoControl

New #research co-authored by Dr Raouf Alebshehy examines the sale of tobacco products near schools in Egypt, a country with an increasing tobacco market and significantly high smoking rates. The study found tobacco products being sold within 100 metres at almost all schools studied. rdcu.be/eH3MP

This morning Professor Anna Gilmore spoke about the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDOH, #ClimateChange and noncommunicable diseases #NCDs at the 3rd Hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health #PECCH. Find out more 👇

🦷 #Dentists are targeted by #tobaccocompanies to promote their products. A new #TobaccoTactics page summarises how and why tobacco companies target dental professionals, explaining the tactics used and the third party organisations involved. Find out more: www.tobaccotactics.org/article/targ...

Professor Anna Gilmore will be speaking at the 3rd and final hearing of the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health #PECCH on Thurs 2 October. The PECCH is a high-level independent advisory group established to raise awareness and drive stronger action on the health impacts of climate change.

Prof Anna Gilmore to speak at final WHO #PECC on #Climate & #Health hearing on Oct 2. The hearing focuses on building political will for #ClimateAction & translating evidence into policy. Chaired by former Iceland PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir. Open to public via Zoom webinar: www.who.int/europe/news-...

🧵 (1/3) 🎙️ Series 2 of our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is here! 🚨 🎧 Listen and share to help us hold this deadly industry to account: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... @uniofbath.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social

Every two years organisations collaborate to produce the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index. In a new paper Tom Gatehouse, Karin Silver, Dr Raouf Alebshehy and Dr Mary Assunta from @seatca.bsky.social explain the methods used to produce the UK chapter of the Index. doi.org/10.18332/tpc...

The #tobaccoindustry targets children and youth in Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan with appealing displays and flavoured products, sold right outside their schools. Find out more: bit.ly/4mBVztv

On the IPR Blog: Amy Thompson & Dan Hunt (@centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social) reflect on the UN’s new #NCDs & #MentalHealth declaration. Progress made — but fragile compromises remain. Read more 👉 buff.ly/mfxziMc Press release 👉 buff.ly/6hIDBDU #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy

Arriving next week is S2 of the @tcrgbath.bsky.social podcast Deadly Industry. Eight episodes uncovering tobacco stories from around the globe. Ep 3 featuring a tobacco tour of London’s lobbying, plotting and selling.

✨ Five days to go! ✨ Our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco returns Tuesday 30 September. Over 8 new episodes host Louis Laurence speaks with 16 expert guest about the tactics that keep Big Tobacco powerful and profitable. 👂 Listen to a snippet from episode two. #DeadlyIndustryPod

#C21PH's Amy Thompson and Daniel Hunt are attending the 4th UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health #UNHLM4 today. This is a crucial opportunity for governments to prevent non-communicable disease #NCD by taking action against health-harming industries.

Tactics used by the alcohol industry to #intimidate researchers and advocates whose work threatens their profits mirror those used by the #tobaccoindustry. TCRG #research has shown these include public discreditation, legal threats, surveillance and bribery. ias.org.uk/2025/09/16/a... @ias.org.uk

🆕 STOP report uncovers #BigTobacco strategies to addict future generations in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. 🔗 Find out more about how young people in Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan are targeted with #tobacco advertising and retail near their schools: exposetobacco.org/campaigns/no...

C21PH's Amy Thompson and Dan Hunt will attend next week’s UN High-Level Meeting on the Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Mental Health #UNHLM4 and participate in Climate Week NYC. Find out more – www.bath.ac.uk/announcement... #PublicHealth #NCDs

Tobacco companies offer up a #MenuofAddiction with a range of products designed to keep existing consumers coming back for more and hook new consumers, including youth. Watch #tobaccocontrol experts give their opinions on this harmful menu at #WCTC2025. 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tavk...

We are looking forward to Anna Gilmore's keynote speech on #TobaccoControl and #CDoH at the @instpublichealth.bsky.social Joint North South Public Health Conference tomorrow. Find out more: www.publichealth.ie/events/progr... #publicheatlh #keynotespeech

✨ Our podcast Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is back for Series Two! ✨ We return Tues 30 September with eight powerful episodes exposing the tactics that keep the tobacco industry powerful and profitable. 🎧 Listen to our new trailer: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... #DeadlyIndustryPod

@brittakm.bsky.social and Dr Sophie Braznell attended last week’s SRNT-E conference in Romania. Dr Matthes presented #research on tobacco industry responses to the UK disposable e-cigarette ban and Dr Braznell presented on #tobaccoindustry activities driving use of non-cigarette tobacco products.

Professor Anna Gilmore, Co-Director of the Centre for 21st Century Public Health, joined journalists Brinda Adhikari and Tom Johnson for a wide-ranging podcast episode on how corporations drive today’s chronic disease crisis. Listen to the podcast episode here: https://apple.co/4gm4EnU #Research

@sherryemery.bsky.social from @norc.org will deliver a Centre for 21st Century Public Health lecture this week. Dr. Emery will present new #research on an innovative method for examining the digital determinants of #health. 📅 Thurs 18 Sept 🕧 3pm (GMT) 📍Online - contact [email protected] to attend.

Prof. Anna Gilmore will be delivering a keynote speech on lessons from #tobaccocontrol for and from the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH at the @instpublichealth.bsky.social Joint North South Public Health Conference next Thurs (18 September). Register: www.publichealth.ie/events/progr...

Thank you to the Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management #CERGAS at Università Bocconi for inviting @robbranston.bsky.social to deliver a talk on tobacco price cap regulation yesterday. #polluterpays #taxresearch #tobaccocontrol