PepsiCo, Nestlé, & co in prime spots at UN Food Systems Coordination Hub Pre-Summit - not surprised but still disappointed by such uncritical multistakeholderism which firmly positions #UPF producers as parts of the solution rather than holding them accountable as part of the problem

Speaking about the tobacco industry & Covid in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, @ThomasRHird says: ‘They wanted to burnish their reputation through CSR, but they also wanted to protect themselves from any potential fallout from a pandemic driven by a respiratory virus.’ bit.ly/37eEcd4

Great article Adam Cantwell-Corn The Bristol Cable on Bristol council’s use of toxic herbicide bit.ly/3CHo960 #Monsanto hid the truth re its harms for years using same tactics as Big Tobacco, Pharma etc. See our recent study for summary of these tactics bit.ly/3saQ75j

1,000 trade unionists across 4 sites shutting down factories that make arms for Gaza. Incredible stuff.

Benjamin Zephaniah was one of the few proper radicals in the public sphere when I was growing up. His poetry and his media presence was a beacon to those of us who couldn't abide the neoliberal consensus. He'll be profoundly missed.

Thank you Benjamin Zephaniah. Rest in power.

Rebrand imminent for #FSFW, a group still insisting it’s an independent public health body...but one that has just received $140mill from the #tobaccoindustry – totally oxymoronic

"I'm furious. Furious that those with power shrug at the humanitarian nightmares unleashed on 1 mil. children. Furious that disease is as well-armed as the warring parties, but it gets no attention.” - James Elder for UNICEF, with Dr Margaret Harris for World Health Organization (WHO), briefing on #Gaza

#CeasefireNOW

Today's ICJ hearing was devastating. Horror after horror, laid out in plain sight for all to see. South Africa spoke for millions around the world desperate for this massacre to end — and put the UK & US government to shame for their deplorable silence, cowardice and complicity.

🔊 We're looking for a #Research Assistant to support some of our work in Tobacco Control Research Group at University of Bath, including some policy-focused research (full-time, until 31/12/24). Deadine: 13/3. More details: bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.a… Happy to discuss informally. #HIRINGNOW #Job

Leading US medical education company runs Philip Morris sponsored quit smoking education courses. Next, breathing tips in emphysema, grief counselling training for smoking death surviving relatives? Beyond parody bmj.com/content/385/bm…

In my latest paper I got the chance to work with Lisa Bero and Stephan Lewandowsky to investigate the UK public’s perceptions of #tobaccoindustry involvement in science. Some thoughts on our findings here: bit.ly/4cTZJIw

📢 FIVE UK STUDENT ENCAMPMENTS AND COUNTING 📢 Today, students from Leeds (@leedspsg), Newcastle (@LoCNewcastle), Bristol (Bristol Students Occupy 4 Palestine 🇵🇸🍉) and Sheffield (Sheffield Uni PalSoc) have joined Warwick (Warwick Stands With Palestine) - demanding that our universities stop investing in Israel's genocide!

It turns out that if you don't call in anti-terror cops to beat, detain, and arrest your students, you can actually avoid escalating violence and chaos, and becoming headline news across the globe, and actually have a productive discussion with demonstrators on your campus.

Devastating words spoken today, but glad to be part of Bristol saying no to genocide #freepalestine #stopgazagenocide #bristol