Alice Kadri
@alicekadri.bsky.social
PH Registrar
Commercial Determinants of Heath
Public Mental Health
Commercial Determinants of Heath
Public Mental Health
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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* 70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology 2026 *
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
* 70th Society for Social Medicine & Population Health Conference & European Congress of Epidemiology 2026 *
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
Dates: 9-11 Sept 2026
Venue: Mile End Campus, QMUL, London
Abstract submissions: Jan and Feb 2026. Results required so start planning!
Website: bit.ly/4oyrifb
@qmul-wiph.bsky.social
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Zero-alcohol drinks: moderation tool or marketing Trojan horse?
Our latest blog unpacks how alcohol companies publicly praise 0% products as “responsible” while privately celebrating them as a way to grow the market and reach new audiences.
www.ias.org.uk/2025/11/26/z...
Our latest blog unpacks how alcohol companies publicly praise 0% products as “responsible” while privately celebrating them as a way to grow the market and reach new audiences.
www.ias.org.uk/2025/11/26/z...
Zero-alcohol products: a tool for moderation or a tool for growth? - Institute of Alcohol Studies
How do alcohol industry public-facing and industry-facing communications differ regarding how they talk about zero alcohol drinks?
www.ias.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Zero-alcohol drinks: moderation tool or marketing Trojan horse?
Our latest blog unpacks how alcohol companies publicly praise 0% products as “responsible” while privately celebrating them as a way to grow the market and reach new audiences.
www.ias.org.uk/2025/11/26/z...
Our latest blog unpacks how alcohol companies publicly praise 0% products as “responsible” while privately celebrating them as a way to grow the market and reach new audiences.
www.ias.org.uk/2025/11/26/z...
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🚭🍷🍔💰Policy responses to tobacco, alcohol, gambling & unhealthy food are inconsistent, despite industries using similar tactics to promote harmful products. This study explores public opinion on measures to address unhealthy commodity industries.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Public opinion on policy interventions for regulating four unhealthy commodity industries: a cross-sectional online survey of a representative sample of British adults 2023 - BMC Public Health
Background Tobacco, alcohol, unhealthy food and drink, and gambling are all unhealthy commodity industries which have profound public health consequences. The tactics of these industries intending to ...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚭🍷🍔💰Policy responses to tobacco, alcohol, gambling & unhealthy food are inconsistent, despite industries using similar tactics to promote harmful products. This study explores public opinion on measures to address unhealthy commodity industries.
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
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I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I’ve spent almost seven years covering Meta and have had a good deal of exposure to internal work product on teen well-being. But a Friday filing in the school district social media litigation breaks some ground on Meta’s causal findings regarding social media harm.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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"Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions. "
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
"Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions. "
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
Article on gambling industry advertising spend and rhetoric around potential tax rises: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Article on gambling industry advertising spend and rhetoric around potential tax rises: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
We have to be able to hold tech platforms accountable for fraud
Algorithms ensure that people who click on scams are likely to see more of them
www.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10 per cent of its overall annual revenue — or $16bn — from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show" - Reuters www.ft.com/content/4560...
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I'm at #ADPHConf25 , and someone just brought up the fact that the term 'nanny state' was coined 60 years ago in the Spectator. Got me thinking about how removed from everyday life you have to be to automatically use the word 'nanny' to mean 'person who told me what to do when I was a child'.
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I'm at #ADPHConf25 , and someone just brought up the fact that the term 'nanny state' was coined 60 years ago in the Spectator. Got me thinking about how removed from everyday life you have to be to automatically use the word 'nanny' to mean 'person who told me what to do when I was a child'.
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Genuinely interested what someone just called for on radio4 - a *causal* study of COVID lockdown- would mean, methodologically
Assuming a RCT is out but what kind of QED (who is the comparator?) or other method might work?
Assuming a RCT is out but what kind of QED (who is the comparator?) or other method might work?
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Genuinely interested what someone just called for on radio4 - a *causal* study of COVID lockdown- would mean, methodologically
Assuming a RCT is out but what kind of QED (who is the comparator?) or other method might work?
Assuming a RCT is out but what kind of QED (who is the comparator?) or other method might work?
Reposted by Alice Kadri
the nation’s public health agency, held hostage www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
the nation’s public health agency, held hostage www.statnews.com/2025/11/20/c...
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📢 Announcing the UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025, part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index.
The UK is ranked 17 out of 100 countries, based on evidence captured between April 2023 and March 2025.
www.bath.ac.uk/case-studies/the-uk-tobacco-industry-interference-index-2025/
The UK is ranked 17 out of 100 countries, based on evidence captured between April 2023 and March 2025.
www.bath.ac.uk/case-studies/the-uk-tobacco-industry-interference-index-2025/
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
📢 Announcing the UK Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025, part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index.
The UK is ranked 17 out of 100 countries, based on evidence captured between April 2023 and March 2025.
www.bath.ac.uk/case-studies/the-uk-tobacco-industry-interference-index-2025/
The UK is ranked 17 out of 100 countries, based on evidence captured between April 2023 and March 2025.
www.bath.ac.uk/case-studies/the-uk-tobacco-industry-interference-index-2025/
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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/...
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/...
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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/...
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/...
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This is one of the major concerns regarding zero alcohol products: that they only benefit wealthier people because they're more expensive than standard alcohol.
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Why are alcohol-free drinks so expensive? Some fake spirits cost over £25 a bottle!
In this new series, our money and consumer editor considers the often perplexing reasons items cost what they do. As a new report suggests booze-free booze can cost 25% more than the alcoholic equival...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is one of the major concerns regarding zero alcohol products: that they only benefit wealthier people because they're more expensive than standard alcohol.
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Reducing alcohol deaths among the lowest socioeconomic groups has to be the priority, (🧵)
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Alcohol causes almost 1 in 25 new cancer cases and leads to over 1 million 🏥admissions every year.
Current proposals for licensing reform focus on economic growth.
👀Read why we are calling for Public Health to be included as a licensing objective➡️bit.ly/498zOh0
Current proposals for licensing reform focus on economic growth.
👀Read why we are calling for Public Health to be included as a licensing objective➡️bit.ly/498zOh0
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Alcohol causes almost 1 in 25 new cancer cases and leads to over 1 million 🏥admissions every year.
Current proposals for licensing reform focus on economic growth.
👀Read why we are calling for Public Health to be included as a licensing objective➡️bit.ly/498zOh0
Current proposals for licensing reform focus on economic growth.
👀Read why we are calling for Public Health to be included as a licensing objective➡️bit.ly/498zOh0
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"Such regulatory capture should be resisted by anyone with an interest in fair and effective governance, as well as a concern for effectively preventing harm." @jamesnicholls.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing policy: The 2025 ‘licensing taskforce’ report
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"Such regulatory capture should be resisted by anyone with an interest in fair and effective governance, as well as a concern for effectively preventing harm." @jamesnicholls.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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‘In a twist that befuddled researchers for a year, almost no human beings visit the sites, which are hard to browse or search. Instead, their content is aimed at crawlers, the software programs that scour the web & bring back content for search engines & LLMs’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Russia seeds chatbots with lies. Any bad actor could game AI the same way.
In their race to push out new versions with more capability, AI companies leave users vulnerable to “LLM grooming” efforts that promote bogus information.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
‘In a twist that befuddled researchers for a year, almost no human beings visit the sites, which are hard to browse or search. Instead, their content is aimed at crawlers, the software programs that scour the web & bring back content for search engines & LLMs’
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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📣 New Call for Papers on the Relationship Between Public Health and Politics
📅 Deadline: February 1, 2026
🔗 Info: buff.ly/huyzHG8
#CallForPapers #PublicHealth
📅 Deadline: February 1, 2026
🔗 Info: buff.ly/huyzHG8
#CallForPapers #PublicHealth
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
📣 New Call for Papers on the Relationship Between Public Health and Politics
📅 Deadline: February 1, 2026
🔗 Info: buff.ly/huyzHG8
#CallForPapers #PublicHealth
📅 Deadline: February 1, 2026
🔗 Info: buff.ly/huyzHG8
#CallForPapers #PublicHealth
Sell the brownie, not the recipe:
Don't take your policy out in public, it's unseemly. Your policy is not your message. The *outcome* of your policy is your message - the life it will deliver for people.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
In other words, sell the brownie, not the recipe, like every effective marketer knows.
one of the things i think is that policies answer the question of “what will you do” but they don’t answer the question of “why should i vote for you” and i think there is a tendency in this broad conversation to equate the two
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Sell the brownie, not the recipe:
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Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review
There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system
www.gov.uk/government/c...
I have written a bit on why this matters here
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...
There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system
www.gov.uk/government/c...
I have written a bit on why this matters here
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...
Reforming the licensing system
Seeking views and evidence to develop a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system under the Licensing Act 2003.
www.gov.uk
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review
There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system
www.gov.uk/government/c...
I have written a bit on why this matters here
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...
There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system
www.gov.uk/government/c...
I have written a bit on why this matters here
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...
Reposted by Alice Kadri
A new @addictionjournal.bsky.social commentary warns of regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing
The ‘Licensing Taskforce’ - led by industry figures - could weaken democratic accountability & redefine licensing as business promotion, not public protection
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The ‘Licensing Taskforce’ - led by industry figures - could weaken democratic accountability & redefine licensing as business promotion, not public protection
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing policy: The 2025 ‘licensing taskforce’ report
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A new @addictionjournal.bsky.social commentary warns of regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing
The ‘Licensing Taskforce’ - led by industry figures - could weaken democratic accountability & redefine licensing as business promotion, not public protection
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The ‘Licensing Taskforce’ - led by industry figures - could weaken democratic accountability & redefine licensing as business promotion, not public protection
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Alice Kadri
Peer lobbying to water down tobacco bill fails to declare conflict of interest, story from @theguardian.com and @theexamination.org www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Peer trying to derail UK smoking ban discussed bill with relative at tobacco firm
Lord Strathcarron says he and an in-law ‘high up’ at British American Tobacco discussed bill, which he aims to weaken
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Peer lobbying to water down tobacco bill fails to declare conflict of interest, story from @theguardian.com and @theexamination.org www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Guardian articles in 24 hours:
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Guardian articles in 24 hours:
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Saturday marks a decade since the World Health Organization in October 2015 declared processed meat to be carcinogenic to humans, putting it in the same category as tobacco and asbestos.”
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...