The government recently announced plans to extend the opening hours for pubs and bars in England and Wales. This proposal shows a failure to differentiate between healthy and harmful growth, say @spidermaani.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Thanks to @markpetticrew.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social for joining me on this new opinion in @bmj.com eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

Many of the major public health crises we face today are driven by powerful corporations. The extent and impact of harmful commercial influences need to be revealed and addressed. 📽️In this film, experts unmask the influence of harmful corporations🍿 vimeo.com/1131660477

🎬 🍿 Official Film Release! We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285 There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.

OFFICIAL RELEASE: The documentary Unmasking Influence is now publicly available! Explore how powerful industries shape science, policy, and public health - and what must be done to prevent harm. Watch the full film: edin.ac/43Gd2cC @maizie333.bsky.social #GlobalHealth #UnmaskingInfluence

“There is plenty of room for hope.” “We need big bold brave action.” "Harm is not inevitable". Watch the full film on Monday Nov 3rd and be a part of meaningful change. #UpstreamPrevention #Solutions #UnmaskingInfluence vimeo.com/1132465224 @maizie333.bsky.social

Earlier this week we co-hosted a screening of Unmasking Influence at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. The film exposes how commercial actors shape health and policy. Huge thanks to our panellists & attendees for an inspiring discussion! Film release: 3 Nov #PublicHealth @maizie333.bsky.social

Excellent new study of UPF narratives: "...opposition to the UPF concept is highly driven by a small group of academics, many with direct or indirect financial ties to UPF producers" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @kat-lauber.bsky.social @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Rachel Barry, Jeff Collin

Good. There is nothing positive about betting shops in communities journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.adph.org.uk/2025/10/alco... Alcohol licensing reforms From a public health point of view, it's... well a little disappointing... Its almost as if there wasn't some concern about high and rising alcohol harm and it's impact on families, UKPLC and the NHS

Corporate profit prioritized over public health. This is driving a catastrophic toll of preventable harm. Watch the official trailer for Unmasking Influence and find out why ignorance is not an option. #TrailerLaunch #UnmaskingInfluence @lshtm.bsky.social vimeo.com/1123819285

vimeo.com/1122470127 Why do we tolerate the activities of the gambling industry? Great summary video to accompany and amazong piece of scholarship www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... HT @maizie333.bsky.social

Corporate profit is being prioritised over public health. Discover how corporate power is driving public health crises in the upcoming documentary, Unmasking Influence. #CDOH #CorporatePower @maizie333.bsky.social

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.

Great 🧵 on how the harms of the gambling industry are being handled similarly to tobacco.

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...