Simon Chapman AO
Emeritus Prof.Public Health. Australian Skeptic of the Year 2013. Blog, free books, music at
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Over our dead bodies: Port Arthur and Australia's fight for gun control: Simon Chapman: 9781743320310: Amazon.com: Books
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Over our dead bodies: Port Arthur and Australia's fight for gun control [Simon Chapman] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Port Arthur massacre on 28 April 1996, when 35 people were shot dead by Martin Bryant, transformed...
Morrison rejects Ardern's NZ refugee offer amid new calls to remove kids
SBS News 9h 1 tweets
Jacinda Ardern has again broached the topic of sending refugees from Nauru to New Zealand during discussions with Scott Morrison.
Simon Chapman AO Morrison rejects NZ's offer to take asylum seekers. This ghoul wants to exhibit their utter hopelessness & despair as living deterrents, presumably for ever. Sickening inhumanity from a so-called Christian. 9h
Violence and mental illness: what is the true story?
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In public perception, mental illness and violence remain inextricably intertwined, and much of the stigma associated with mental illness may be due to a tendency to conflate mental illness with the concept of dangerousness. This perception is...
Simon Chapman AO Tonight's news coverage of the horrific family murder by woman with mental health problems will unfortunately almost certainly reinforce erroneous beliefs about violence & mental illness. Here's a review 10h
Marlboro Cigarettes Target Indian Youth with Veiled Marketing , irks Health Dept: Report
India.com 13h 1 tweets
The report revealed that small vendors in New Delhi were promised by the Indian unit of Philip Morris, an amount of Rs. 500 per month for putting up Marlboro ads.
Simon Chapman AO Hope you might pause from your "unsmoking" the world mission, and let us all know if the illegal Marlboro promotion actions described in this 2017 Indian report are continuing? 13h
Littered cigarette butts are the most widespread man-made pollutant and they harm plant growth, according to study
Business Insider 15h 1 tweets
The study adds to concerns about discarded cigarette remnants as an under-acknowledged, but widespread, pollutant.
This Vicious Buffoon Is a Vessel for All the Worst Elements of the American Condition
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Donald Trump, American president*, disgraces his office once more.
Simon Chapman AO This is the most excoriating piece of writing about #Trump I can recall reading in a very, very full field. 32h
Fourth huge solar and battery project approved for South Australia
RenewEconomy 46h 1 tweets
S.A. government green-lights EPS Energy plans to install a 280MW solar plus battery project near Port Pirie – the fourth huge solar and battery project in the state.
Two disturbing images show how depressing our political debate has become
ABC News 42h 1 tweets
A rapid and alarming deterioration in the US political debate comes at a time when our own political leaders have gone into something of a hibernation.
Why the PM and most Christians are 'going to hell'
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Inside the teachings of Israel Folau’s family church, which believes Catholicism is the ‘synagogue of Satan’.
Terry Barnes comments on Simon Chapman
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From the 6th Global Forum on Nicotine
Simon Chapman AO Dear . Please tell me and the twitterverse how I have "harassed and bullied" you, as you told this roomful of people. Despite your deep insights into my psyche, I'm very pleased to have made my contribution to this. 60h
Long term effects of nicotine
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Simon Chapman AO Important summary of the health effects of long-term use of #nicotine ... much in this that the #vaping advocates in teh room probably didn't want to hear 3d
PMI's Marian Salzman: 'I wasn't bought'
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Philip Morris International's SVP of communications explains why she traded in a long career working on social issues to lead PR at one of the world's largest tobacco companies.
Water bottle refill - University of Wollongong
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Simon Chapman AO Anyone noticed how Evian is spelled backwards? So apposite. The bottled water fetish sees 373 million plastic water bottles end up as waste each year in Australia. 3d
A valid, culturally adapted tool to screen for depression with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Croakey 4d 1 tweets
Depression can be difficult to detect in routine clinical consultations, and health professionals sometimes use brief screening questionnaires to identify people who need further evaluation. Until rec
CEO of Juul apologizes to parents for teen vaping epidemic
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In a new interview, the head of Juul vapor says "I'm sorry" to parents of teens who vape, saying they never intended to make the products appealing to teens.
Association between coffee consumption and overall risk of being diagnosed with or dying from cancer among >300 000 UK Biobank participants in a large-scale Mendelian randomization study
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AbstractBackground. Previous observational studies have suggested that coffee intake may be associated with a reduction in cancer risk. Mendelian randomization
Simon Chapman AO "they say everything causes cancer these days" ... well, not coffee. Meta-analysis finds no association with cancer incidence or death & coffee consumption. 4d
8 years of suffering under Barack Obama
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  The sentence I hear most from well-meaning, conservative friends since President Trump’s election is this: “We suffered 8 years under Barack Obama.” Fair enough. Let’s take a look. The day O…
Simon Chapman AO A catalogue of the 8 years of suffering under Obama 4d
Google suspends ticket website Viagogo from paid-for global search results
Rob Davies - the Guardian 4d 1 tweets
Search engine’s decision follows pressure from campaign groups and MPs
Simon Chapman AO Google suspends ticket website Viagogo from paid-for global search results 4d
Boris Johnson campaign chief's firm lobbied councils for tobacco firm
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Mark Fullbrook’s CTFP wrote to councillors before announcement of anti-smoking plan
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Simon Chapman AO The St.Anmoré Festival of Music, to honour the legacy of Richard Gill, a local resident, is happening on Sat 16 Nov. If you're a Sydney inner west muso (amateur or pro) check thsi out 4d