Very pleased to see that @greens.org.au have won an inquiry into job cuts at CSIRO Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓

📝New research on the illicit tobacco market from SRNT-O member @coralgartner.bsky.social and colleagues.

Save the CSIRO Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro

At the risk of being inundated with agro that I don't need... I am looking for THOUGHTFUL comments on whether #publichealth measures to control covid may have increased extremism. But, I feel that there was already a rise in Sovereign Citizens, conspiracy theories etc well before then....

Dropping #TobaccoTax will not reduce #IllicitTrade. Empowering States and Territories to swiftly shut down retailers engaging in illicit tobacco trade is likely to be far more effective. @coralgartner.bsky.social @chenealpuljevic.bsky.social theconversation.com/queensland-l...

October Editorial: Forward-looking measures to end the tobacco epidemic: the need for specialist civil society support and coordination for Article 2.1 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. https://bit.ly/3Wqfxf3

Queensland landlords could soon face jail for ignoring illegal tobacco. What are other states doing? theconversation.com/queensland-l...

Very good to see Mark Butler reappointed Health Minister, as well as Minister for Disability. An impressive, thoughtful and well-informed Health Minister who understands the role of prevention, makes things happen, and is willing to take on harmful industries to benefit the public health.

It has just occurred to me that I no longer have the same level of trust and confidence in PubMed and US NIH material as I have had for the past 29 years....

Based on review - Protecting children from tobacco products in retail environments: A review of Australian tobacco control laws Tess Rooney, Michaela Okninski, @kyliemorphett.bsky.social Bernadette Richards, @coralgartner.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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.

New conversation article on some of our latest #research on regulating #tobacco retailing theconversation.com/retailers-wi...

Shout out to peer-reviewers who give detailed reviews with goodwill. Fantastic meticulous reviewer recently- many points to address, but final paper soooo much better. I wish I could add them as a co-author or at least buy them lunch. This is how #academia / #research should be! TY (whoever you are)

Oh my! Thank you! 😊

Smoking kills. It’s a message most people will have heard. But just how much does smoking affect life expectancy? In a new editorial, we estimate that on average, each cigarette steals approximately 20 minutes of life. @robertjwest.bsky.social @ucl-targ.bsky.social

For my first ever Bluesky post (hi everyone!) I'd like to share our new study, led by our fabulous PhD student @isabelmeciar.bsky.social, with co-authors @coralgartner.bsky.social and Michael King, published in @ntrjournal.bsky.social. academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-...

#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky 🧪🛟 UK lawmakers voted 415-47 in favor of nicotine-free generation law. If finalized the law will make it illegal for anyone currently aged 15 or younger to ever buy cigarettes in the UK. www.bbc.com/news/article...

New BMJ Tobacco Control issue Centering Justice & Equity tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/33/e... Includes policy, gender issues in tobacco cultivation, retail tobacco availability, and experiences of minority groups disproportionately impacted by the tobacco epidemic, with an equity & justice lens

South Australia may create a #smokefree generation, setting an example for the rest of Australia. 🚭 www.croakey.org/south-austra... @coralgartner.bsky.social @croakeynews.bsky.social

I’ve put together a starter pack for the growing tobacco control community here. Enjoy, and please let me know if you want to join or recommend others - i know there’s many I’ve missed! go.bsky.app/NuhMfmW

New study on the impact of #tobacco tax increases on 💰cost-minimising behaviours and subsequent #SmokingCessation 🚭 in Australia: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... @coralgartner.bsky.social

#NZ minister behind #smokefree law repeal "Doesn't know" who produced a document she circulated promoting pro- #tobaccoindustry #policy... 😒 www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

"The United Kingdom is correct to attempt to end the single largest preventable cause of illness and death, as was New Zealand before its government changed its mind.' - editorial in Nature www.nature.com/articles/d41...

When I started the #tobaccoendgame #research centre, a journalist asked if I was looking at making #cigarettes prescription only. I said "Yes, we are researching that too." It became the headline🤣. Our comprehensive review on this #policy proposal is now published 😁. tinyurl.com/yc4js7rp

Australia should leverage its strong vaping regulation to commit in parallel to an ambitious commercial #TobaccoEndgame. - new paper by CRE researchers Samantha Howe, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Tony Blakely and @coralgartner.bsky.social www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

@coralgartner.bsky.social writes about the next generation of #TobaccoControl measures in MJA Insight+ insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/3/the-n...

An ideal New Year's resolution for governments would be to commit to quitting the commercial tobacco market.... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

Our analysis of tobacco companies' "Save our Stores" campaign now online here: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... Concerned to see new government drawing so extensively on industry arguments.

We are 1 of the 139 organizations from 53 countries that call on the government of #Aotearoa #NewZealand to prioritize human life over tobacco industry profit. Read our joint op-ed here: ow.ly/fw9i50QiuCi #StopTheSmokefreeRepeal

Powerful op-ed by Lisa Te Morenga, co-chair Health Coalition Aotearoa. www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/i-cant-...

Also anyone who cares about health inequities along likes of ethnicity or SES. Or commercial determinants of health. Or community care. Or shared air in public spaces. Or inhumane labour practices, including child labor. Tobacco is a massively intersecting and widespread justice issue.

Just reposting with tags #NZ #tobaccocontrol #publichealth #cdoh #Aotearoa #health #policy #healthequity #smokefree

Anyone who cares about reducing cancer, COPD, cardiovascular disease etc, and able to get to Wellington, NZ - Please attend this rally at parliament house at 1pm on 13 Dec 2023 asms.org.nz/event/our-fu...

New Zealand’s new right-leaning coalition government is abandoning a world-leading plan to outlaw smoking for future generations, in a move health experts say is a retrograde step that will cost the country billions of dollars in health care.

The global public health community needs to mobilise to denounce this cynical attack on #publichealth in #Aotearoa-#NewZealand www.croakey.org/new-governme...

"New Zealand's new government says it plans to scrap the nation's world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts." - this is an appalling betrayal of the NZ people (especially those on low incomes who smoke) www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

How has the brain disease model of addiction (BDMA) contributed to tobacco control?.... or perhaps we should ask has the BDMA contributed to tobacco control? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The tobacco industry has been busy behind the scenes. This is nasty stuff, sacrificing kids for tax cuts

Wish CMcK was on this platform: "Not only are many companies choosing to undermine their own climate commitments by lobbying against climate action, their net zero commitments are simply not credible," - Catherine McKenna in @reuters-world-rss.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/env... COP28

Crüed shock: Tommy Lee left fuming by Australian cigarette prices www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

World severely off track to limit planet-heating emissions: UN

Who’s lobbying whom? When it comes to alcohol, tobacco, food and gambling firms, we’re in the dark t.co/exrfQbbZ3T

Our Research Lead Rob Branston will be speaking at an event organised by the APPG on Smoking and Health in Westminster tomorrow on how to move the UK towards a #smokefreefuture. Rob will discuss excess profitability of the #tobaccoindustry and the potential of a price cap.

Queensland's fires are not easing at night. That's a bad sign for the summer ahead

More than a million gambling ads aired on free-to-air television and radio in just 12 months, with the media watchdog estimating $238m was splashed on campaigns to lure people into betting.

Another horror fire season has already started here - how anyone can be a climate change denier baffles me #climateaction www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...