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Reposted by Marita Hefler

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Wow! Town Council in Tiburon (Marin County) unanimously passed a tobacco product sales ban ordinance (third in the state of California)! #MakeTobaccoHistory
#Tobacco #endgame #PublicHealthSky @ash.org @simonchapman.bsky.social @mhef.bsky.social @mikedaube.bsky.social
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
Important analysis in @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social. Tobacco control advocacy is essential for achieving human rights. Excellent work by @brittakm.bsky.social and @ash.org Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 6d
New commentary by TCRG's @brittakm.bsky.social and Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy from @ash.org argues that recognising #tobaccocontrol advocates as human rights defenders would provide them with better protection and align tobacco control with global human rights standards.

👉 Read: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...
“Tobacco control has always been about defending the right to health, life, and dignity. Yet the advocates who lead this work often face threats without the recognition or protection afforded to other defenders of human rights.”
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
Important analysis ahead of #FCTC #COP11
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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · 8d
Check out our blog on FCTC progress https://bit.ly/4q3p3CI
Report Reveals that Tobacco Control Treaty Progress is Slipping   - Blog - Tobacco Control
Les Hagen, Garima Bhatt, Rakesh Gupta, Sonu Goel, Opinder Preet Kaur Gill & Tara Singh Bam Twenty years after the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into f...
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

tcrgbath.bsky.social
New commentary by TCRG's @brittakm.bsky.social and Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy from @ash.org argues that recognising #tobaccocontrol advocates as human rights defenders would provide them with better protection and align tobacco control with global human rights standards.

👉 Read: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...
“Tobacco control has always been about defending the right to health, life, and dignity. Yet the advocates who lead this work often face threats without the recognition or protection afforded to other defenders of human rights.”
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Check out our blog on FCTC progress https://bit.ly/4q3p3CI
Report Reveals that Tobacco Control Treaty Progress is Slipping   - Blog - Tobacco Control
Les Hagen, Garima Bhatt, Rakesh Gupta, Sonu Goel, Opinder Preet Kaur Gill & Tara Singh Bam Twenty years after the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) came into f...
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Latest News: Turning tobacco Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) into Extended Producer Liability (EPL): critical safeguards for the UN Plastics Treaty. https://bit.ly/4n7CiQK
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

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Latest News: This study provides the first systematic analysis of alcohol- themed smokeless tobacco content on social media, revealing coordinated commercial posting patterns that link these substances through cultural identity messaging. https://bit.ly/41UWe0C
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
This is a really important paper about protecting health policy from potential loopholes that can be exploited by the tobacco industry tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Tobacco Control @bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social · Sep 5
Latest News: Turning tobacco Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) into Extended Producer Liability (EPL): critical safeguards for the UN Plastics Treaty. https://bit.ly/47Q8VO3
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

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Save the date for the SRNT-Oceania Chapter 2025 Conference in Meanjin/Brisbane
When: 1st-2nd June 2026
Where: University of Queensland Herston Campus
More details to come, stay tuned!
Flyer for the SRNT-Oceania Chapter 2026 Conference in Meanjin/Brisbane Date: 1st-2nd June 2026 Location: University of Queensland Herston Campus Followed by the Regional Tobacco Endgame Summit on 3rd June More details to come... stay tuned!
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Latest News: In the US, statewide comprehensive smoke-free policies could potentially serve as population-level interventions to reduce the risk of cognitive impairment. https://bit.ly/4p9rMdk
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Latest News: Turning tobacco Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) into Extended Producer Liability (EPL): critical safeguards for the UN Plastics Treaty. https://bit.ly/47Q8VO3
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Latest News: This study reports an exploratory methodology for quantifying estimates of e-liquid consumption among youth using population- level survey data and indicates substantial levels of use. https://bit.ly/4n0tcov
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Reposted by Marita Hefler, Mike Daube

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Latest News: Nicotine pouch brands: the new route of auto racing sponsorships worldwide. https://bit.ly/3V5Gjsq
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Reposted by Marita Hefler, Mike Daube

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In the UK, in three nationally representative birth cohorts, adolescent cigarette smoking declined from 33% in 1974 to 25% in 1986 and to 12% in 2018.Contemporary youth who used e-cigarettes had a similar probability of smoking cigarettes to youth observed five decades earlier.https://bit.ly/4lDFCSe
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Reposted by Marita Hefler, Smith

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American Public Health Association: “Legislators and officials at all levels of government who are interested in protecting their constituents should demand Kennedy’s removal.” That’s what I call leadership 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 www.apha.org/news-and-med...
Kennedy’s attack on public health must be stopped
The abrupt attempt to oust Dr. Susan Monarez, the CDC’s director just weeks after her Senate confirmation, is yet another glaring sign of Secretary Kennedy’s failed leadership and reckless mismanageme...
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

bmjtobacco-control.bsky.social
Latest News: These findings from the UK provide support for a foundational, yet overlooked, role of standardised packaging, which is to help people who previously
smoked to stay quit. https://bit.ly/4ox5W2R
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

srnt-oceania.bsky.social
Join us for a webinar presented by FNU & SRNT-O:
"Tobacco Control in the Pacific Region- Progress, Challenges and the Way Forward"
Date: Tuesday Sept 9, 2025
Time: 11:30AM-1:00PM FJT/9:30AM-11:00AM AEST
Zoom: fijinationaluniversity.zoom.us/j/83592015115
Add to your calendar: calget.com/zmwr5gwa
Flyer for webinar titled "Tobacco Control in the Pacific Region". Includes the details of the three speakers: Ms. Mina Kashiwabara | Team Lead on Tobacco Control, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office Dr Amerita Ravuvu | Principal Adviser – Health Policy and Research, Public Health Division, Pacific Community (SPC) Mr. Maleli Nakulanikoro | Fiji Ministry of Health – Tobacco Control Officer
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Reposted by Marita Hefler, Nason Maani

rebeccaglover.bsky.social
I'm so proud of our study, out today. Young vapers (under 25s) approx 3 times more likely to go on to smoke.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
Vaping and harm in young people: umbrella review
Objective To appraise and synthesise the evidence on short and longer term harms of vaping in young people. Data sources KSR Evidence (systematic reviews); Medline, Embase, and PsycInfo (umbrella rev...
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
Done! ✅
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
The kind of across the board respect Antony Green has is incredibly rare. Election nights won’t be the same without him. Enjoy retirement! #ausvotes
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
First #AusVotes where the brickbats were out for opposition! #auspol
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
Thanks Sam and Richard!
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by Mike Daube — Reposted by Marita Hefler

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Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/34/2... @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky
Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity
The second Trump administration in the USA is going beyond even the most pessimistic fears of many in the global health community. Chaos has been the defining characteristic of its early weeks,1 with ...
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
Welcome! I’ve added her to this tobacco control and endgame starter pack go.bsky.app/NuhMfmW
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

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#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence #neurosci #PainResearch #addictionsci 🧪🛟 🫁
America is at risk of losing a generation of scientists www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
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by Marita Hefler

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by Marita Hefler

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Done 👍
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

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Many people oppose banning filtered cigarettes, thinking they make smoking safer.
The truth: They don’t.

🔎 Based on data from the 2022 International #Tobacco Control Four Country Smoking and Vaping Survey, researchers examined opposition to banning filtered cigarettes, 🔻
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Reposted by Marita Hefler

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An investigation by The BMJ shows the extent of the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in medical research, leading to fresh calls for academics and publishing companies to cut ties with such companies
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
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by Marita Hefler

mhef.bsky.social
So important to expose these tactics of the companies behind commercial drivers of disease
tcrgbath.bsky.social
Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · Nov 27
Thanks to @theconversation.com for publishing this commentary by Dr. Karen Evans-Reeves and Dr. Britta K. Matthes on the intimidation of researchers and advocates.

Read it here: theconversation.com/researchers-...
Researchers of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed foods face threats and intimidation – new study
The critical debate of research is welcome and necessary. But the incidents documented in our study go far beyond this.
theconversation.com
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