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Dr Tahir Turk

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Adj Professor Dow University of Health Sciences. Behavioural scientist and practitioner. World traveller to locations most avoid. Passionate about public health, the environment, being active and supporting positive change in the most vulnerable.

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AF Brat @mtnauntie3.bsky.social · 1d

THIS.♻️

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 19h

She’s not a 6 year old.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 1d

$83 million in profit from one store. Billions lost annually from consolidated revenue while funding criminal gangs. Illicit tobacco is not an excise problem, it’s an enforcement problem. @chrisminns.bsky.social

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 1d

"In North America and parts of Latin America, deaths from suicide, drug overdoses, and alcohol use are on the rise among people aged 20–39, while half of the world’s disease burden being preventable." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns

Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 2d

At the heart of this story is the integrity of the President of the USA. Could you get any more blatant a conflict of interest? ##4CornersAustralia

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 2d

"Experts propose new approach to keep kids from vaping" @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social you mean the plain packaging that Australia introduced on cigarette packs back in 2012? Some more clues from the colonies: Graphic warnings and restricting e-cig sales to pharmacies. www.msn.com/en-us/lifest...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 2d

How venal is this US administration that they would deny their own people renewable clean energy? In the back pocket of the fossil fuel industry. It's what happens when you let a grifter take the Presidency.

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 3d

Sitting in a hot cabin at the end of a long jetty in the middle of nowhere apparently is some people’s idea of paradise. They really need to get out more and engage with humanity.

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 3d

Funny! Even if it is sexist.

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 4d

“The illicit tobacco trade steals money from public services, undercuts legitimate businesses and funds other crimes that impact our communities." Its a no-brainer so why little action? @NSWPolice @NSWHealth www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 6d

"Criminal networks and retailers who are emboldened by weak enforcement and minimal legal repercussions is fuelling the illicit market." How long before the penny drops? @nswpolice @NSWHealth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Policy incoherence: Leadership needed to combat illicit tobacco and end tobacco oversupply

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 7d

"The tax on unhealthy foods was estimated to avert 2,775 deaths, 13,632 incident ischaemic heart disease events , 5287 ischaemic strokes, and 21, 763 type 2 diabetes cases over 20 years, generating 326,253 health-adjusted life-years." Taxes work! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Estimated health impact, cost, and cost-effectiveness of taxation on unhealthy packaged foods in the Philippines: a modelling study

A nutrient-based tax on unhealthy packaged foods could reduce diet-related disease burden and generate sustained tax revenue in the Philippines. These findings support nutrient-based food taxes as a c...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 7d

Where's Hegseth when you need him? Probably still trying to complete those pull-ups!

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 7d

Despite industry efforts to undermine the considerable gains from #MPOWER approaches globally, tobacco use continues to drop across all regions and age groups with 61 countries now on track to achieve the 30% reduction in the SDGs prevalence target. iris.who.int/server/api/c...

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 7d

The renewable energy footprint in Australia is just .1% of the 3.6 mill sq kms of agricultural land and almost identical to the land used for mining. Don’t believe the liars from the LNP parading around in broad brimmed hats while denying farming communities billions in revenues.

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 8d

"They discovered how the immune system is kept in check" and they won Nobel Peace Prizes for it. While Trump sees himself in the company of these esteemed scientists even with his hire of RFK - a vaccine sceptic. In his dreams. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi “for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.”

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 8d

The creeping incrementalism of violence and authoritarianisms. Trump is training his militias to do his bidding.

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 8d

More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction, the WHO warns, with children, on average, nine times more likely than adults to vape. msn.com/en-us/health...

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 9d

Today's America. Thank one person trying to hide the Epstein files.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 9d

If the Trump administration is to be believed, why would anyone in the world want to travel to a country that has war zones in the major cities and military personnel with automatic weapons and masks on the streets arresting anyone who they think looks suspicious? msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10d

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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 11d

Those zebras must be really drugged out.

Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 11d

"Flavored marijuana vaping is now the most common form of use among American teenagers who vape cannabis." This is how the predators "creeping incrementalism" operates to hook another generation to lifelong addiction and harms. www.msn.com/en-us/health...