New paper (0$) in Health Promotion International (OUP) with Mark Petticrew May van Schalkwyk: "Under the influence: system-level effects of alcohol industry-funded health information organizations" SPECTRUM Research Consortium Global Health Policy Unit Commercial Determinants Research Group at LSHTM #CDoH academic.oup.com/heapro/article…

Help us understand your current prevention and intervention strategies for self-harm and suicide. If you are a Secondary Headteacher, SENCo or Safeguarding lead, please complete our short survey on behalf of your school: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e2……… #teaching #safeguarding

Tomorrow, after 383 miles, 65 training runs & soooo much physio, I’m running the #LondonMarathon to support #BritishHeartFoundation. It's all in memory of someone very dear to me, so any final donations would be so appreciated. See you on the other side! justgiving.com/page/greg-hart…

To all the people who supported my #LondonMarathon attempt to raise funds for #BritishHeartFoundation – so grateful! I got through a gruelling 26.2miles in 3hr34mins, and have raised over £4000 for BHF to date in memory of someone very special. Thank you!! justgiving.com/page/greg-hart…

New #SPHR research led by LiLaCHealthEquity sphr.nihr.ac.uk/news-and-event… Fuse National Institute for Health and Care Research Dr Rebecca Mead

The tragic deaths of two UK teenagers continue to raise debate about the challenges that smartphones may pose for adolescent #mentalhealth. A precautionary public health response is needed, say Greg Hartwell Marco Zenone Martin McKee 🇺🇦 Maeve Gill bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Smartphones, social media, & teenage mental health bmj.com/content/385/bm… "A precautionary public health response is needed." "...further experimental research must be an urgent priority for funders and the academic community." by Greg Hartwell Martin McKee 🇺🇦 and (my wonderful

New article out! Our article in The BMJ argues for a precautionary public health response on smartphones, social media, and teenage mental health. Greg Hartwell Maeve Gill Martin McKee 🇺🇦. Key points below and DM for a copy of the paper if you need access. bmj.com/content/385/bm…

How should we protect children from harms linked to smartphones and social media, while maximising potential benefits? A precautionary public health response is needed, say Greg Hartwell Marco Zenone Martin McKee 🇺🇦 Maeve Gill bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Greg Hartwell 👏 Clinicians working with children every day should not need any more evidence. A ‘forever’ wait I agree! We re seeing all we need to see at work & home already to instruct urgent change. Applying the precautionary principle is our safeguarding responsibility 💯

Or, as the Surgeon General put it this week, writing about social media's role in "the mental health crisis" among US teens, "in an emergency, you don’t have the luxury to wait for perfect information. You assess the available facts, you use your best judgment, & you act quickly"

"As health professionals, we will need to use any, and all, opportunities to ensure that the smoke-free generation policy is restored" Greg Hartwell Allen Gallagher May van Schalkwyk Martin McKee 🇺🇦 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Legislation to phase out smoking must be an urgent parliamentary priority for the new government Greg Hartwell Allen Gallagher May van Schalkwyk Martin McKee 🇺🇦 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine bmj.com/content/385/bm…

I'm completing a literature review into oral nicotine pouches for a social media analysis. Many (all?) articles that speak favourably of ONPs as harm reduction have a conflict of interest with some even written by employees of Swedish Match (the makers of ZYN). Mark Petticrew

Our new study: Alternative cancer clinics’ use of Google listings & reviews to mislead potential patients nature.com/articles/s4427… "...favorable Google listing & reviews of alternative clinics contribute to harmful online ecosystems." "Reviews provide compelling narratives but

New study! We caution against using Google reviews to evaluate treatment options for cancer. While reviews are compelling ("they cured my terminal cancer!"), they are an poor indicator of treatment outcomes and should not be used for treatment decisions. shorturl.at/6BuCr

I'm grateful to BJC Reports for publishing an editorial with our new article: "Alternative cancer clinics’ use of Google listings and reviews to mislead potential patients." We can (together!) hold digital platforms & exploitive providers accountable. nature.com/articles/s4427…

New in BJC Reports Investigating how Google's lack of safeguarding measures means alternative cancer clinics can misrepresent themselves, undermine evidence based cancer treatments, and mislead potential patients through listings and reviews Marco Zenone doi.org/10.1038/s44276…

Thanks so much to Kate Dun Campbell for leading us on this NIHR Three Schools funded review on the commercial determinants of mental ill health in PLOS Global Public Health Commercial Determinants Research Group at LSHTM Global Health Policy Unit May van Schalkwyk Mark Petticrew #CDoH journals.plos.org/globalpubliche… Monika Kosinska gauden