📣Our next Tobacco Endgame CRE #Webinar is coming up in 2 weeks – Save the date! Veronica Martin-Gall will present 'Squeezing #TobaccoRetail availability in Tasmania'. 📆Thursday 9 October ⏰12:00pm AEST 🔗https://tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/session/1472 #TobaccoEndgame #RetailRestriction

Aotearoa NZ has not changed on-pack warning labels since these were introduced in 2018. Our latest Conversation op-ed examines how this important policy could be reinvigorated : theconversation.com/graphic-warn...

CRE Director Prof Coral Gartner @coralgartner.bsky.social provides an expert analysis of a newly introduced parliamentary Bill that will bring further reforms to #TobaccoRetailing in Queensland. Find out more 👉 news.uq.edu.au/2025-09-new-... #IllicitTobacco #HealthPolicy #TobaccoControl

5 out of 5 experts, including CRE Director Prof Coral Gartner @coralgartner.bsky.social agree: making tobacco cheaper won't cut down smoking rates! 🚭 Read their detailed responses here ➡️ theconversation.com/could-making...

🚭 Advancing #TobaccoEndgame in Europe through Joint Actions - If you missed Hanna Ollila's webinar yesterday, you can watch the 📽️ recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubfl...

Yay for #Capitola! Third #California jurisdiction to ban sale of #tobacco products with filters, following Santa Cruz County and city. Filters are #pollution, are deceptive and provide no health benefit. @ash.org #PublicHealthSky hanfordsentinel.com/business/agr...

Join us 🚭TOMORROW🚭 to hear about the Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2 (JATC-2) project and #TobaccoEndgame strategies in the European Union, presented by Hanna Ollila (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) 📆 Thursday, 4 September ⏰ 3-4pm AEST 🔗 tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...

Join us online next week to hear Hanna Ollila (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) discuss the Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2 (JATC-2) project and #TobaccoEndgame strategies in the European Union. 📆Thur, 4 Sept ⏰3-4pm AEST 🔗https://tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/session/1468

📣 Save the date for our next webinar 💻 Hear about the Joint Action on Tobacco Control 2 (JATC-2) project and #TobaccoEndgame strategies in the European Union from Hanna Ollila (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare). 📆 Thur, 4 Sept ⏰ 3-4pm AEST 🔗 tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...

Full paper available here: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...

Open Access: Co-Designing AI-Generated Vaping Awareness Materials With Adolescents & Young Adults: A Qualitative Study @tianzesun.bsky.social @garyckchan.bsky.social Daniel Stjepanović, @y-tm.bsky.social Giang Thu Vu et al doi.org/10.1111/dar.... @ncysur.bsky.social @uwaterloo.ca @griffith.edu.au

🌏 Are you interested in finding out more about tobacco use, #tobaccoindustry interference or the roadmap to #tobaccocontrol in a particular country? We have profiles of over 20 countries around the world available on #TobaccoTactics. Check them out: www.tobaccotactics.org/topics/count...

Aotearoa hasn’t updated tobacco warning images since 2018. Fresh images + hopeful, practical messages could give smokers the support they need. #SmokefreeNZ www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/bal...

Join the 'Which Way?' team for a #Webinar and live Q&A and hear about the successes of the Quit Pack pilot and plans for a national rollout. 🗓️ Wednesday, 6 August ⏰ 12-1pm AEST ➡️ Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/which-way-... #SmokingCessation

Full arguments outlined in our briefing here: www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/do-...

Can EU countries introduce a generational sales ban of tobacco products? Listen to the Lung Health Matters podcast here: channel.ersnet.org/channel-312-... European Respiratory Society

Join us TOMORROW for the SPH Seminar Series: A/Prof Megan Roberts will present findings from her ongoing research on adolescent and young adult tobacco use, health disparities, and the tobacco retailer environment. 🗓️ Tuesday 3 June ⏰ 1-2pm AEST 💻 Join via Zoom: uqz.zoom.us/j/87127272535

Reminder: Global Scientific Network on Law and Tobacco #webinar THIS FRIDAY 📆 30 May, 8am CET. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities of achieving a #SmokeFreeGeneration, including the role of NGOs in #TobaccoControl. 🚭 Register here 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

‘Youth tobacco prevention: Moving towards equity and the endgame’ A/Prof Megan Roberts will discuss adolescent and young adult tobacco use, health disparities, and the tobacco retailer environment as part of the SPH Seminar Series. 📆Tuesday 3 June, 1-2pm AEST 💻Join via Zoom uqz.zoom.us/j/87127272535

The Global Scientific Network on Law and Tobacco is hosting a #webinar on 📆 30 May at 8am CET. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities of achieving a #SmokeFreeGeneration, including the role of NGOs in #TobaccoControl. Register here 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Towards a more inclusive global #TobaccoEndgame 🚭: If you missed yesterday's webinar, you can watch the recording here 🎬: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsgK... Many thanks to Dr Yvette van der Eijk for this great presentation!

🚨 We're hiring! 3 roles now open at Yardhura Walani—including in the Tobacco Free team + with A/Prof Lisa Whop & Prof Ray Lovett 🔥 💥 Mob strongly encouraged to apply. 🕕 Closes 15 May 2025 📣 Plz share widely! 🔗 jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc... @publichealthaus.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social

Join us🚨TODAY🚨, Tuesday 13 May at 3pm AEST for a talk by Dr Yvette van der Eijk! Yvette will discuss what it takes for a country to be ‘endgame ready’ and will share strategies for making the global #TobaccoEndgame more inclusive. 🚭 🔗 Details here: tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...

📣Tobacco Endgame CRE Webinar Series: Dr Yvette van der Eijk will discuss what it takes for a country to be ‘endgame ready’ and will share strategies for making the global #TobaccoEndgame more inclusive. 🗓️ Tue 13 May ⏰ 3:00pm AEST 🔗https://tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/session/1463

SRNT Board describes disastrous impact of Trump Administration's assault on tobacco control science: research cancelled, jobs lost, & careers stymied. The outcome? Epidemic of preventable suffering, disease & premature deaths due to tobacco products will be extended. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

National Drug Research Institute 💻 Webinar, 30 April: 'Young people and vaping'. Learn about the marketing of vapes on social media, key strategies to reduce vaping among young people, and recent findings from projects aiming to prevent young people from vaping. 🔗 ndri.curtin.edu.au/news-events/...

🚨 Calling experts in #SmokingCessation, #TobaccoControl & #LungCancerScreening! 🚨 Participate in a short #survey to understand how smoking cessation support can be effectively integrated into lung cancer screening programs. 🔗 qualtrics.flinders.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_... @nathanharrison.bsky.social

📣Tobacco Endgame CRE Webinar Series – Save the date! Dr Yvette van der Eijk will discuss what it takes for a country to be ‘endgame ready’ and will share strategies for making the global tobacco endgame more inclusive. 📆 Join us on Tuesday 13 May! 🔗 tobacco-endgame.centre.uq.edu.au/event/sessio...

Our new post on the Conversation suggesting how Aotearoa could learn from (and possibly extend) Australia's new tobacco control measures: theconversation.com/australias-i...

Our new study examining repeal of the world-leading tobacco endgame policies is online now! See: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Key points: We argue for stronger lobbying regulation to reduce tobacco companies’ ability to interfere with policy making. (1/2)

New NDARC study finds no evidence quit-smoking medicines increase risk of major birth defects. 🔗Find out more: www.unsw.edu.au/news/2025/04... Dr Danielle Tran and A/Prof Alys Havard presented this study as part of the 💻CRE Webinar Series. Watch the 🎬recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TChT...

🌟NHMRC 2024 Research Excellence Awards 🌟 Congratulations to CRE investigator Professor Ray Lovett on being awarded the prestigious NHMRC David Cooper Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Award! 🔗https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/nhmrc-awards/research-excellence-awards/2024-research-excellence-awards

📣 NDARC Webinar: CRE researcher Dr Ara Cho will be discussing correlates of smoking-induced deprivation and its impact on #SmokingCessation 🗓️ Thursday, 3 April ⏰ 2pm AEST ➡️ Find out more and register here: www.unsw.edu.au/research/nda...

Current Australian tobacco laws fall short in protecting children. New research by @coralgartner.bsky.social @kyliemorphett.bsky.social @tessjr.bsky.social and colleagues, featured in UQ News: www.uq.edu.au/news/article...

Tobacco retailing regulations in Australia should be strengthened to protect children from tobacco marketing and de-normalise tobacco products. 🚭 ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @coralgartner.bsky.social @kyliemorphett.bsky.social @tessjr.bsky.social @apsad-dar.bsky.social

How can dynamic simulation modelling shape evidence-based #PolicyDecisions for #PublicHealth challenges? #webinar for #EmergingLeaders with CRE researcher Prof Tony Blakely on 🗓️ 13 Mar. 🔗 preventioncentre.org.au/event/emergi... The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre @saxinstitute.bsky.social

Estimating the number and growth of tobacconists and vape stores in Queensland in the absence of a retailer licensing database Hollie Bendotti, David Ireland, @coralgartner.bsky.social, Henry M. Marshall, Sheleigh Lawler onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Retail outlets already or will soon need to have a licence to sell cigarettes. But there aren’t restrictions on the number of licensed outlets.

✨ It’s the penultimate episode of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco! In this episode, we uncover how the #tobaccoindustry contributes to #climatechange while at the same time improving its image through #greenwashing. Listen: shows.acast.com/deadly-indus... #NewPodcast #DeadlyIndustryPod

Our Conversation briefing is now on line: tinyurl.com/4duv6art We used in-depth interviews to explore what young people addicted to vaping think of a nicotine-free generation policy. They called for much stronger regulation to protect future generations from the struggles they faced.

Duncan Gillespie argues universities should be at the forefront of efforts to maximise the impact of the UK's Smokefree Generation law by creating campus environments where smoking is not the norm. Food for thought. sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/blog/creatin...

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Tobacco Endgame CRE 🏆 Early-Mid Career Researcher Award 🏅: Dr Ara Cho! Ara has been recognised for her outstanding leadership and her excellent publication: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ResearchExcellence #TobaccoEndgame #EMCR

Our paper from Aotearoa NZ on support (v high mostly) & anticipated impact (considerable) of 'endgame' measures like taking nicotine out of cigarettes. Timely given US FDA's annoucement of proposed rule to introduce reduced nicotine standard. www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...

One day to go until the #launch of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco! Listen to this preview of Professor Anna Gilmore discussing the huge health, economic and societal harms caused by the #tobaccoindustry. Learn more: bath.ac.uk/campaigns/de... #NewPodcast #DeadlyIndustryPod

🚭 Innovations in Tobacco Control Lecture Series 🚭 📆Thurs 23 Jan, 9:00am ET Marit van Lenthe will talk about the School for Moral Ambition’s decision to make #TobaccoControl a key focus for their fellowship program. Register here ➡️ publichealth.jhu.edu/institute-fo... @igtc-hopkins.bsky.social

Breaking News: #Massachusetts Nicotine-Free Generation Bill Introduced Today! “The introduction of this bill is a landmark moment in Massachusetts' impressive history of being deeply committed to public health,” said Laurent Huber of ASH. Read more: ow.ly/zUgT50UI3Iw #TobaccoEndgame

BREAKING: FDA announced their proposed rule to limit nicotine in cigarettes. "With every strong policy enacted, we must also make clear strides to strengthen equitable tobacco cessation access and support for all Americans." -Dr. Carolyn Dresler, ASH ow.ly/8Awy50UGXnQ

The 🌎 Global Scientific Network on Law and Tobacco 🚭 is hosting a #webinar, exploring the role of #litigation and #arbitration in #tobacco and novel product control. 📣 Save the date! 🗓️ Wed, 26 Feb, 9:00 – 10:00am CET ➡️ Register here: forms.gle/WK9d467yDiE5... @brigittoebes.bsky.social

✨ Happy Holidays! 🎄Wishing all our colleagues, friends and followers a relaxing and joyful festive season! The CRE admin team is taking a break and will be back in the office on Monday, 6 January 2025.

Aotearoa NZ set a global precedent in 2022 by moving to implement #tobacco endgame measures. These have since been repealed. This new commentary calls for "a return to evidence to ensure the continued improvement of public health and reduction of avoidable inequities." doi.org/10.1016/j.an... 🛟