Thomas Kehoe
@thomasjkehoe.bsky.social
Historian of public health specialising in cancer, tobacco, skin, and screening. PhD (History), MPH, Head of Heritage at Cancer Council Victoria. Fellow at the University of Melbourne History. Bereaved parent of permanently 2 year old daughter
US news coverage failing to understand rank choice/preferential voting in the NYC mayoral race is deeply frustrating from the POV of Australia.
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
US news coverage failing to understand rank choice/preferential voting in the NYC mayoral race is deeply frustrating from the POV of Australia.
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'Quit #smoking, there's help,' is Quit's message.
With Quit turning 40 this year, countering the #tobacco industry and its reinventions is the next big #PublicHealth challenge.
Cancer Council Victoria Historian @thomasjkehoe.bsky.social reflected on Quit's journey on InTouch: shorturl.at/SeRrc
With Quit turning 40 this year, countering the #tobacco industry and its reinventions is the next big #PublicHealth challenge.
Cancer Council Victoria Historian @thomasjkehoe.bsky.social reflected on Quit's journey on InTouch: shorturl.at/SeRrc
October 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
'Quit #smoking, there's help,' is Quit's message.
With Quit turning 40 this year, countering the #tobacco industry and its reinventions is the next big #PublicHealth challenge.
Cancer Council Victoria Historian @thomasjkehoe.bsky.social reflected on Quit's journey on InTouch: shorturl.at/SeRrc
With Quit turning 40 this year, countering the #tobacco industry and its reinventions is the next big #PublicHealth challenge.
Cancer Council Victoria Historian @thomasjkehoe.bsky.social reflected on Quit's journey on InTouch: shorturl.at/SeRrc
The first donor is tobacco… 🙄
Who's contributing to #TrumpyPumpy's new dance hall?
The list includes the Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation, J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul, Hard Rock International, Google, HP Inc.,
The list includes the Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation, J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul, Hard Rock International, Google, HP Inc.,
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The first donor is tobacco… 🙄
A little history of Quit Victoria on @publichealthaus.bsky.social InTouch site be me 😊 intouchpublichealth.net.au/playing-the-...
Playing the long game: 40 years of Quit : Intouch Public Health
Thomas Kehoe Australia is lauded for its leadership in the global fight against tobacco. This is exemplified in passing new tobacco control interventions to tackle tobacco induced disease, which began...
intouchpublichealth.net.au
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A little history of Quit Victoria on @publichealthaus.bsky.social InTouch site be me 😊 intouchpublichealth.net.au/playing-the-...
Degraves St Subway has reopened … hey hey @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Degraves St Subway has reopened … hey hey @drdrehistorian.bsky.social
First look into State Library station from Melbourne Central.
July 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
First look into State Library station from Melbourne Central.
Very pleased to see this important article on using law for noncommunicable disease control published in @healthpromint.bsky.social! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Harnessing law for global noncommunicable disease control: evaluating a legal training program, 2014–23
Abstract. In 2014, the McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer launched its flagship International Legal Training Program (ILTP), which aims to raise the capacity
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May 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Very pleased to see this important article on using law for noncommunicable disease control published in @healthpromint.bsky.social! academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Pleased to announce publication of our important article on histories of #bigtobacco #imperialism and its consequences for present day #tobaccocontrol & #healthpromotion using the case studies of Sri Lanka & Cyprus doi.org/10.1093/shm/... Thx @sshmedicine.bsky.social
British Imperial Legacies and Tobacco Power: Interrogating Connections Between Colonial Histories and Corporate Influence Over Modern Tobacco Control Measures
Summary. The global tobacco market is tightly connected to twentieth-century imperialism, yet historians have rarely interrogated how imperial legacies hin
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March 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Pleased to announce publication of our important article on histories of #bigtobacco #imperialism and its consequences for present day #tobaccocontrol & #healthpromotion using the case studies of Sri Lanka & Cyprus doi.org/10.1093/shm/... Thx @sshmedicine.bsky.social
Six years ago on NYE I was blissfully unaware of how soon my Maeve would be lost to #cancer and how awful 2019 would be, stricken with a new and now permanent #grief. I snapped this photo of her on the train and now I treasure these small memories. They let me carry her into 2025. 💙 #childloss
December 30, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Six years ago on NYE I was blissfully unaware of how soon my Maeve would be lost to #cancer and how awful 2019 would be, stricken with a new and now permanent #grief. I snapped this photo of her on the train and now I treasure these small memories. They let me carry her into 2025. 💙 #childloss
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Cultural histories of cancer in Australia, focusing on tobacco and screening
2) Linking this to my old interests in crime… 🤷♀️
1) Cultural histories of cancer in Australia, focusing on tobacco and screening
2) Linking this to my old interests in crime… 🤷♀️
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Sextortion
2) Opening a cafe and soft play with a reading corner!
1) Sextortion
2) Opening a cafe and soft play with a reading corner!
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1) Crime against children in E&W, with a focus on polyvictimisation and intersectional disparities
2) Zemiology #Criminology
1) Crime against children in E&W, with a focus on polyvictimisation and intersectional disparities
2) Zemiology #Criminology
November 17, 2024 at 8:55 AM
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about.
1) Cultural histories of cancer in Australia, focusing on tobacco and screening
2) Linking this to my old interests in crime… 🤷♀️
1) Cultural histories of cancer in Australia, focusing on tobacco and screening
2) Linking this to my old interests in crime… 🤷♀️
Super excited to announce that we have been awarded an Academy of Social Sciences of Australia workshop grant for our work on #cancer and #publichealth #history! Honoured to be included amongst so many other amazing scholars!
socialsciences.org.au/news/2025-ac...
socialsciences.org.au/news/2025-ac...
2025 Academy Workshops Program Grants
Eight teams of researchers share in over $70,000 to host multidisciplinary workshops to tackle critical national research and policy issues.
socialsciences.org.au
November 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Super excited to announce that we have been awarded an Academy of Social Sciences of Australia workshop grant for our work on #cancer and #publichealth #history! Honoured to be included amongst so many other amazing scholars!
socialsciences.org.au/news/2025-ac...
socialsciences.org.au/news/2025-ac...
It’s very exciting to see this site takeoff as the other descends into horror. In that vein, I’m sharing a moment of joy with a new piece of art we just bought 😊
November 15, 2024 at 9:36 AM
It’s very exciting to see this site takeoff as the other descends into horror. In that vein, I’m sharing a moment of joy with a new piece of art we just bought 😊
The move is on from the other place! I logged in for the first time in months and have numerous new follows! Exciting this is finally taking off! 😊😊😊
November 12, 2024 at 7:44 PM
The move is on from the other place! I logged in for the first time in months and have numerous new follows! Exciting this is finally taking off! 😊😊😊
Five years ago today was Maeve’s 2nd birthday. She’d be 7. #Cancer took her just two months later in Mar ‘19. The horror of #childloss is beyond imagining, the #grief all encompassing. We miss her deeply and dream of what her life could’ve been. Life is fragile. 💙
January 16, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Five years ago today was Maeve’s 2nd birthday. She’d be 7. #Cancer took her just two months later in Mar ‘19. The horror of #childloss is beyond imagining, the #grief all encompassing. We miss her deeply and dream of what her life could’ve been. Life is fragile. 💙
These statues for the new exhibition at the National Gallery are just amazing! 🤩
December 9, 2023 at 3:01 AM
These statues for the new exhibition at the National Gallery are just amazing! 🤩
If you have an interest in histories of colonialism, cancer control, and the global tobacco business, consider submitting a proposal for our edited collection on Tobacco & Cancer in the 20th C. British Empire!
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December 5, 2023 at 11:03 PM
If you have an interest in histories of colonialism, cancer control, and the global tobacco business, consider submitting a proposal for our edited collection on Tobacco & Cancer in the 20th C. British Empire!
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Trying out the Thule Chariot kid wagon with the 3yo today! Works a treat! 😊
November 10, 2023 at 11:25 PM
Trying out the Thule Chariot kid wagon with the 3yo today! Works a treat! 😊
Fun new historical fact learned today: The second state-based Australian anti-cancer organisation was the Northern Tasmania Anti-Cancer Campaign... Just the North?
November 8, 2023 at 9:11 AM
Fun new historical fact learned today: The second state-based Australian anti-cancer organisation was the Northern Tasmania Anti-Cancer Campaign... Just the North?
Just revelling in the messaging of this anti-smoking educational booklet from the early 70s #tobaccocontrol
November 7, 2023 at 11:16 PM
Just revelling in the messaging of this anti-smoking educational booklet from the early 70s #tobaccocontrol
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Interested in doing a History PhD in Travel Writing? The history department at the University of Warwick has received a donation from Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, for four fully-funded studentships! 2 with Autumn 2024 entry: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
November 7, 2023 at 9:18 AM
Interested in doing a History PhD in Travel Writing? The history department at the University of Warwick has received a donation from Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, for four fully-funded studentships! 2 with Autumn 2024 entry: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...
Took the kids to Melbourne Museum today and had a weird flashback to my ugrad days of doing exams in this glorious world heritage listed building… because where else? 🤷♀️
November 7, 2023 at 6:04 AM
Took the kids to Melbourne Museum today and had a weird flashback to my ugrad days of doing exams in this glorious world heritage listed building… because where else? 🤷♀️
Beautiful Saturday to ride to the funny Watcher sculpture in Keilor East 😊
October 21, 2023 at 3:46 AM
Beautiful Saturday to ride to the funny Watcher sculpture in Keilor East 😊
Wild this was 20 years ago today …
October 20, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Wild this was 20 years ago today …
Just reflecting on PhD examinations with a colleague, and I remembered that I found out my reports were back from overseas examiners because Melbourne Uni contacted me and said they wouldn't release them until I paid my library fine... 😜
October 16, 2023 at 9:15 AM
Just reflecting on PhD examinations with a colleague, and I remembered that I found out my reports were back from overseas examiners because Melbourne Uni contacted me and said they wouldn't release them until I paid my library fine... 😜