Our film A.T.M (Any Time Money) screens this Sunday, 21 Sept, 2–5pm at @whitechapelgallery.bsky.social, London, as part of the #PowerofFoodFest Featuring films on food & climate plus discussion with Just FACT mobiliser and artist Hussina Raja. Info: edin.ac/4n3KSzX Trailer: youtu.be/TJWSUgdxpH0

NEW BLOG: The pesticide industry is a powerful commercial actor shaping science and policy, yet it’s been largely overlooked in #PublicHealth. Dr @maizie333.bsky.social shares key insights from a recent scoping review. Read more 👉 edin.ac/4mJoo73 #HealthPolicy #Pesticides #CommercialDeterminants

In an open letter to the Education Secretary @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, we’ve called for the government to end the influence of the alcohol, gambling, & junk food industries in our schools. Children should be protected from industry misinformation. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

The public remains largely unaware of the extent to which the alcohol, gambling, food and other industries are very active in schools in the UK, and around the world - including developing 'educational' materials, & building links with teachers as an opportunity to peddle misinformation to children.

Thank you @theguardian.com for covering this important initiative requesting that the government acts on the concerning issue of industry influence on youth education. Children deserve high quality, trustworthy education free of conflicts of interest. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Why do we tolerate the activities of the gambling industry? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... search me guv. I dont know 1. Perils of pragmatism. More research prolongs a crisis 2. Guns & slot machines: One claims safety, the other claims fun 3. Extraction to extinction 4. The flow of data

Some people dismiss ghost-writing as inconsequential. In our latest paper, Sasha Kaurov & I show that is NOT the case. Thanks to @sfoucart.bsky.social @stephanehorel.bsky.social who first alerted me to the #Monsanto Papers and also Paul Thacker. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New article in @bmj Global Health with Emily Adrion and Jeff Collin: "Who funds the WHO Foundation? A transparency analysis of donation disclosures over the first 3 years of its operation" gh.bmj.com/content/10/7... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

Why do we tolerate the activities of the gambling industry? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The Perils of pragmatism. More research prolongs a crisis Guns and slot machines: One claims safety, the other claims fun Extraction to extinction The flow of data EXCELLENT STUFF

🧵1/8 Sam Egger and I raise serious concerns about a recent systematic review in Addiction, which suggests that e-cigarettes don’t lead to youth smoking. We argue the review's risk of bias (ROB) assessments are so deeply flawed that it can’t be relied on. 👇

New paper describes conflicts of interest in alcohol industry-funded educational materials and other information produced by industry-funded charities ⤵️ @markpetticrew.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.co...

Alcohol industry conflicts of interest: The pollution pathway from misinformation to alcohol harms @markpetticrew.bsky.social, May van Schalkwyk, Cécile Knai www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CDoH #COI

New episode of Money Power Health is now out! Thanks so much to @vickycann.bsky.social from @corporateeurope.bsky.social who joined me to discuss lobbying by forever chemicals or PFAS manufacturers at the EU level: t.co/DjCGXKyO7A @eupha.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social CDoH

"[The] NRA frame what counts as evidence of effectiveness in preventing child firearm injuries in ways that depart radically from established standards for injury prevention measures." @usrighttoknow.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social

Reading this brilliant article from @maizie333.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social et al today. Hard to think of a bigger contradiction than selling guns and calling your PR exercise/educational program “lifesaving” 🤢 #CDOH #PublicHealth doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Thanks so much to @maizie333.bsky.social for leading us on this paper examining firearm industry funded educational initiatives in US schools with wonderful colleagues @markpetticrew.bsky.social and Ben Hawkins. #CDoH @uoe-sps.bsky.social y.social @gunsdownamerica.bsky.social merica.bsky.social

industry-funded youth education programs as corporate political activity firearm chapter. Other chapters are available globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Good thread

Excellent paper exposing the firearm industry’s cynical use of “youth education” to promote its own interests. Harmful industries such as firearms, tobacco, gambling, alcohol, junk food shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near development and oversight of education programs.

The CDC recognises firearm injuries as a serious public health issue & the American Academy of Pediatrics states that the “most effective way to prevent unintentional gun injuries, suicide and homicide to children and adolescents… is the absence of guns from homes and communities”.

While the government hesitates to act on gambling ads, the gambling industry has a new set of customers in its promotional sights: women. Our new article out in @theconversation.com today @simonemccarthy.bsky.social @hannahpitt.bsky.social theconversation.com/the-gambling...

🔴 NEW 🔴 Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report A new document shows that vested interests were behind a “mud slinging” PR campaign to discredit the 2019 EAT-Lancet study. 📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social

Education of children to reduce harm Sounds superficially attractive Industries that harm people and the planet invest heavily. With seeming good intentions & claims of effectiveness There is smallprint The smallprint is really rather important 🧵

Special thanks to @dnblane.bsky.social, @dremekadumbili.bsky.social and @maizie333.bsky.social with episodes ranging from Deep End GPs in the south side of Glasgow, to alcohol marketing in Nigeria, to industry-sponsored gambling, alcohol fossil fuel and firearm education materials in schools.

Huge thanks to @spidermaani.bsky.social ‬for inviting me to discuss this industry strategy & the multiple ways it serves commercial interests. Influence of youth education & child safety programmes by health harming industries remains a major issue & more action is needed.

🚨New episode of Money Power Health! Thanks to the amazing @maizie333.bsky.social for joining to discuss industry-funded school education programmes and what strategic goals they serve: open.spotify.com/episode/0Soc... Ad-free wherever you get your podcasts

Looking forward to catching up wth my listening to Money Power Health podcast - first, this one with Dr May van Schalkwyk on how the alcohol, gambling and other harmful industries are covertly 'educating' schoolchildren...

Today my colleagues & I sent a letter of concern to the minister for gambling. The evidence shows clearly that the gambling industry is a vector of harm, not a partner. We urge the government to change their position. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Today my colleagues & I sent a letter of concern to the minister for gambling. The evidence shows clearly that the gambling industry is a vector of harm, not a partner. We urge the government to change their position. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Gambling companies threaten to ramp up betting promotions to counter AFL revenue grab Lack of action from Albanese government on gambling is starting to have very serious implications. @henrybelot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Until the gambling industry is recognised as a corporate vector of harm & effective measures taken to restrict its influence & its marketing, prevention of that harm will remain unachievable. Thank you to @pamelawrites.bsky.social for covering our recent analysis usrtk.org/healthwire/g...

www.bmj.com/content/388/... Learning from tobacco control to tackle gambling industry harms

If you're at all interested in commercial determinants of health #CDoH and health harming industries, then this article from @maizie333.bsky.social and colleagues is a must read.

UK gambling industry is using Big Tobacco tactics to downplay harms and influence the public argues a BMJ study. Experts call for urgent action to protect public health @tcrgbath.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social • Research Paper: www.bmj.com/content/388/... • Podcast: youtu.be/H9UI9C6aj0U?...

In shock news, gambling industry use same strategy as tobacco industry This excellent analysis sets out how this happens and why that matters

2024 marked 70 years since the tobacco industry, faced with mounting evidence of the harm caused by its products, issued their “Frank Statement” to smokers reassuring them that the link between smoking and lung cancer was yet to be proven.🧵

Disappointing to see the Greens supporting a partial gambling ad ban. Partial bans enable the gambling industry to fuel demand for their products through a permissive approach to advertising. They DO NOT protect children and young people. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

New paper led by @marcozenone.bsky.social in @misinforeview.bsky.social on how Google allows alternative cancer clinics to target the sensitive information queries of cancer patients so their ads appear with keywords #CDoH misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/goog...

The infor ecosystem is often strongly influenced by interests of those who are polluting or causing illness Hence the importance of this in @healthpromint.bsky.social academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... ✍️ @maizie333.bsky.social @kentbuse.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social Nason M and Ben H

When anyone searches for information on cancer treatment options - they shouldn't see ads for scientifically unsupported treatment or ads targeting people who have exhausted their treatment options. Our new study (unfortunately) finds this is occurring misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/goog...

Feeling very honoured to have received the Ilona Kickbusch Early Career Research. A massive thank you to the panel at @healthpromint.bsky.social @docsamantha.bsky.social and to my co-authors Alice Fabbri, Adam Bertscher, Anna Gilmore, Cecile Knai, @nickcavill.bsky.social and @harryrutter.bsky.social

🔔 NEW at Health Promotion International Reclaiming the narrative: countering harmful commercial discourses ✍️ May C I van Schalkwyk, Nason Maani, Benjamin Hawkins, Mark Petticrew & Kent Buse OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae182

Reclaiming the narrative: countering harmful commercial discourses academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... Pollution of narrative on which policy is based is as important (or more) as environmental pollution Breaking down the core tactics and counter tactics

"To secure conditions favourable to their interests.. commercial actors influence many of the accepted norms, ideas, values and policies that structure our social worlds...The pollution of public discourses by these commercial actors...is a pervasive threat to public health..."

Always nice to see an investigation picked up more widely - here’s my @bmj.com piece covered in @thetimes.com Breakfast clubs in schools ‘infiltrated by food industry’ www.thetimes.com/article/46ac...

“Health-harming industries seeking to avoid regulation or liability portray themselves as ‘part of the solution’, while shifting the blame for harms onto others” - @maizie333.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social et al new in @healthpromint.bsky.social academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

We need to: "challenge industry claims to expertise, public health impact & commitment to safety and the production of knowledge" What competence do the food, gambling, alcohol industries have in public health? Yet public health so often defers to them as 'partners' & supports their 'interventions'.

Much more action is needed to counter harmful industry influence of children, young people & schools. Thank you @emmajourno.bsky.social for drawing attention to this issue in relation to food industry influence in UK schools in the @bmj.com and for involving me www.bmj.com/content/387/...

An important and concerning analysis. So many parallels with the BMJs prev analysis on the warped activities of the alcohol industry in UK schools: www.bmj.com/content/385/...

Overcoming doubt: developing CDoH Essentials, a practical tool to introduce the commercial determinants of health, now published in the special edition of @healthpromint.bsky.social Great to work with @katherinekorner.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social Amy Barnes and @markpetticrew.bsky.social