A Century of Cigarettes: The Public Health Response to the Cigarette/Lung Cancer Epidemic, provides a quick glimpse of the forces that influenced the sale of cigarettes and the resulting epidemic of lung cancer. Exhibit by K. Michael Cummings, PhD, MPH at MUSC. #srnt2019

Recently retired FDA Tobacco director Mitch Zeller gave an insightful presentation, "Nicotine and Tobacco—Reflections on 28 Years of Tobacco Regulatory Policy Work," on May 19, 2022 (publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2022/mi…). His informative slides are here: docs.google.com/document/d/1JC….

This is the only thing I have written, then when I read it again, I don't want to throw it in the bin. Perhaps because it is full of my feelings, full of me. Which is so hard to achieve in academic writing. I hope you enjoy it.

Vapes are a gateway to cigarettes for many previous non-smokers Should be tightly regulated as a smoking cessation aid only This large Global systematic review found that non-smokers 3 times more likely to start smoking after vaping. nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/…

Appreciate this World Bank Data blog: Time to stop referring to the “developing world” - by Malher & co Especially nice data viz: In 1960s [L] - clear separation distributions [in this case of child mortality] which is no longer the case in 2020 [R] blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/time-…

Coming soon.... 13 years after I published the first edition, much happen? Fully updated and rewritten with the brilliant Andreas Papamichail

Brazil will expand the release of Wolbachia bacteria-infected mosquitoes to combat dengue fever to 6 more cities, following the apparent success of a pilot initiative in 5 cities—including Niterói, where the method was credited with a 69% drop in dengue. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Tobacco control measures are often challenged in court by the tobacco industry🏭💀 or those representing its interests to stop or weaken their implementation. Read about the role of evidence in defending tobacco control measures against legal challenges 🔗 extranet.who.int/fctcapps/fctca…

Brouwer, Abigail Friedman et al. on PATH data show that dual use of 🚬 and e-cigarettes is not necessarily a final state; switching from dual use to exclusive e-cigarette use has *increased*. For many people, dual use is transient and leads to stopping smoking completely #SRNT2024

Nearly 4 billion people at risk, almost 400 million infections yearly & nearly 100 million of them symptomatic; a huge burden to health systems exacerbated further with the intersection of climate change. Join us in KL for #AsiaDengueSummit Christopher Lee Adeeba Kamarulzaman John-Arne Røttingen

‼️Mainland Chinese respondents in new Williams Institute survey (n=2926) showed high levels of acceptance of LGBTQ ppl: williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/l…. 52% of respondents “agreed” & 37% “somewhat agreed” w/ legalizing same-sex marriage. Similar %s were accepting of same-sex parents🧵

Looking forward to discussing my book with three amazing scholars on Monday at Zhejiang University🙂 很期待这周一在浙大跟三位出色的学者讨论我的新书🙂

The evidence shows that time and again the #tobaccoindustry does not uphold basic scientific principals As Dr. Sophie Braznell writes for Nicotine and Tobacco Research Journal, much still needs to be done to keep #scientificevidence independent from industry influence Read more: academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-ar…

New list of priority diseases of epidemic / pandemic concern. A more systematic approach, as is common in virology labs working on EID diagnostics fi cdn.who.int/media/docs/def…

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Smokers buy half a trillion low tar cigarettes in China each year. Deceptive health appeals using tactics developed by Western tobacco companies are helping China Tobacco grow sales. Find out more in a new World Report by Jason McLure & Jude Chan: hubs.li/Q02Lq6tY0

How to write a winning paper introduction (that gets you published)

I've run ~30+ large-scale surveys over the last decade, but still finding Stefanie Stantcheva's Annual Reviews "How to Run Surveys" super helpful! 80+ pgs of Appendix examples are 🙌🏾~ social desirability, vignettes, info treatments? She's got you covered! annualreviews.org/content/journa…

"Candida auris is sufficiently spread and is in so many hospitals that it will continue to be a problem going forward. We need better drugs, and we need more surveillance," says Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at JHSPH's Arturo Casadevall. publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/the-risin…

theinitium.com/zh-Hans/articl… Tobacco industry expert Xie Jianping gained public attention in 2011-2012 due to his election as an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Despite the controversy, he refused to resign.