SthAust issues 100 28day closures, 2 permanent + 5 in process for illegal tobacco sales. Qld doing similar, NSW has started. www.2firsts.com/news/souther...

Children are now using e-cigarettes at higher rates than adults. Tom Gatehouse and colleagues argue for an approach to regulation that prioritises children’s rights and protects them www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Excellent work by excellent public health advocates.

The Drain of Scientific Publishing arxiv.org/pdf/2511.04820

The contest continues - who can think of the most creative ways to market nicotine products to young people?

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch🛟 🫁💊 More information from Le Monde on undeclared Juul payments to academic.

Juul’s Connection to ‘Independent’ Expert Farsalinos Revealed Greek cardiologist Konstantinos Farsalinos has been one of the e-cigarette industry's most consistent supporters. Despite his behavior having all the hallmarks of undisclosed industry ties, until now no one was able to prove it. Now,…

Taxing tobacco is a win-win for health services under pressure. So why aren’t governments demanding more? | Mary Assunta

‘Success is shutting them down’: Met police in fight against illegal vape and phone shops

So true. All those urgent Ministerial briefings.....

Not a bad role model.....

“Over a dozen Labor MPs, including senior figures in the party, have told ABC Investigations they want action on gambling reform.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

CONGRATULATIONS Tiburon, #California on prioritizing community health over #tobacco industry profits! www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Excellent comments, as one would expect. Is there any politician around the world who has been actively involved in supporting tobacco control for longer than former UK Cabinet Minister Lord Young - a strong supporter of ASH since his initial election as an MP in 1974?!

Good article on important paper

Excellent news - well done to all who have campaigned for this!

Not only letters to journals. Deadly industries also like to use AI for their virtue signaling. See the Philip Morris (PMI) 56 page Climate Transition Plan–“This report was developed with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence and reviewed and finalized by PMI employees”. x.com/InsidePMI/st...

#EHFG2025: "health must be the cornerstone of a renewed #socialcontract in Europe" @martinmckee.bsky.social (2025). The Gastein prescription: health as Europe's path to renewal. @thelancet.com Regional Health - Europe, 59, 101514. doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

Go green

Good and timely article.

The Maldives has passed a smokefree generation law. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Good and timely paper, further strengthening arguments for long-overdue action on marketing for gambling and other harmful industries as part of comprehensive approach.

Appalling. It would be interesting to know if Australian companies associated with members of the UK Betting and Gaming Council agree with this position.

Good, timely commentary and concerns. Regulatory capture by industry may be an understatement - looks more like incarceration.

Peer trying to derail UK smoking ban discussed bill with relative at tobacco firm

Good reporting.

The White House has released a list of donors who contributed to President Trump’s new ballroom, amid a backlash over the demolition of the decades-old East Wing to make way for the project. https://wapo.st/4nhvJKD

Interesting list.....interesting industries

West Australia is in a time-warp on action on illegal cigs. SAust, Qld and NSW (from Nov 5) are already/will be handing out humungous fines, closing stores, seizing stock & fining landlords who look the other way.

Excellent piece by Greg Fell. Harmful industries should have no place in the classroom.

All #vapes contain vegetable glycerine or propylene glycol. New review looks at thermal degradation toxicity of this regular lung basting doi.org/10.1016/j.to... and then there's also the little matter of repeat inhaling chemical flavours, NONE of which are safety approved for inhalation

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

My son loves looking at the ads on the tube 🚇 always spotting his favourite musicals 🎶 He saw this one and went "ooh sweets" 🍬 Trading standards are right: shorturl.at/I6yN1 We urgently need regulation for nicotine pouches to stop them being sold and marketed to children

Interesting....

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 🫁💊 Great reporting by @wardagius.bsky.social on Deutsche Welle (not on Bsky ???) on the status of smoking in SE Asia 'No smoking' in Southeast Asia: A region quits tobacco

Good article. Raises interesting issues.

They kicked @davidpocock.bsky.social out of the sports club!!! What is going on.....🤷‍♀ Seriously, this is yet another example of how the lobbying rules in Australia must be strengthened to protect public health policy from being influenced by vested interests. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BBC News - Betting machine gamblers 'offered perks' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-3638... Coral said it takes its commitments to responsible gambling "extremely seriously" Maybe THIS is what they mean by "responsible gambling"......

Good commentary. So many parallels with the long discredited tobacco industry arguments against ad bans; so many good reasons to expose similar gambling industry lobbying; and so shameful that the government has failed to implement the Murphy Committee recommendations on gambling advertising.

Good comments about blatant tobacco industry lobbying.

Good commentary. As so often with tobacco over the years, we know what needs to be done. The sooner all our state and territory governments act, the better.

Good to see this focus on predatory journals. One further tip to help spot them. Check to see how many dogs are on their editorial boards or have authored articles. insightplus.mja.com.au/2020/25/dogg...

Smart vapes have made a game out of e-cigarettes 🖊️ Arielle Domb: Vape to save your pet

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

Excellent editorial review of the incoherent nonsense promoted by down-in-last-shower experts on how to curb Australia's rampant illegal tobacco trade. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Comments on public health issues from former England CMO Dame Sally Davies - well worth reading, not least concluding questions about “the companies driving poor public health”.

Latest News: Tobacco industry ‘rainbow washing’ during Pride Month. https://bit.ly/4nsLrDD

Excellent article. As ever, we need a comprehensive approach - and continuing exposure of direct and indirect lobbying by tobacco companies and their allies.

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Hundreds of millions of tobacco deaths since Doll and Hill (BMJ) and Wynder and Graham in 1950. Time for a global consensus to phase out this lethal industry.