Simon Chapman AO
Emeritus Prof.Public Health.Australian Skeptic of Year 2013. Je twitte, donc je suis (Descartes). Blog, free books, memoirs, music at simonchapman6.com
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Pauline Hanson says ‘these things happen’ after dad kills entire family
Pauline Hanson has suggested killer dad Rowan Baxter may have been “driven to it” when he burned his three children and wife to death, adding “these things happen”.
Vaping ad and flavour bans slammed as 'short-sighted', 'knee-jerk'
Health advocates and the industry are calling on the Government to back down.
Simon Chapman AO
NZ gvt & @ASHNZ2025 now in lockstep with vaping industry incl BigTobacco. Proposing magic advertising campaigns which don't influence kids, only adult smokers, + tough sales ban to kids, you know, like the ones that worked so well with cigarettes.
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There are only two Democrats who could beat Trump. Both are women and black
The Democratic primary race is a forlorn affair with no candidate looking like the next US President. It's time to bring in the star power.
Organised crime licks its lips as tobacco excise set to hit $1 a stick
MPs are looking at ways to stop a sharp lift in the sale of illicit cigarettes that is being driven by organised criminals taking advantage of the increase in prices.
Ferdinand Mount · Après Brexit · LRB 09 February 2020
What is clear above all is that this prime minister does not even pretend, as previous prime ministers have usually...
Enough to make you scream: the race to save history's artworks
The rapidly waning hues of turn-of-the-century artworks such as Edvard Munch’s famous image are alarming aficionados. Now the race is on to find out exactly how the originals looked.
Simon Chapman AO
This article smh.com.au/culture/art-an… about Edvard Munch completely misses the point ... which is pic.twitter.com/LTr3FqSHx7
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Anniversaries and action
2020 marks three important anniversaries for tobacco control.
On May 27, 1950, JAMA published a paper by Ernst Wynder and Evarts Graham entitled “Tobacco smoking as a possible etiologic factor in bronchiogenic carcinoma – a Study of Six Hundred and...
Simon Chapman AO
Where are we up to globally in tobacco control, 70 years after the definitive papers on lung cancer & smoking were published? Mike Daube takes stock
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E.J. Worland - Do Better (Make Me Wanna Scream) [Official Music Video]
Simon Chapman AO
Good friends' son EJ (Ed) Worland's new single, released today in LA. Shades of the young Bill Withers & Marvin Gaye. Pls RT if you like it.
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If you are a @UniSuperNews member like me, hope not to move but are ashamed that they invest in fossil fuels, pls sign this petition, 1200 more needed by Monday protect-au.mimecast.com/s/lhzIC5QZ29FZ… #UniSuperDivest
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Hope Meets Reality: E-Cigarettes, a Public Health Harm or Harm Reduction?
The Vital Talks event features Matthew Myers, President and CEO of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a privately funded organization established to reduce ...
Simon Chapman AO
Got an hour? Two excellent reviews of the current evidence on #ecigs/#vaping from @TobaccoFreeKids Matt [email protected] & @IGTC_Hopkins director Joanna Cohen
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'Truth still matters': Trump ally Roger Stone gets 40 months in prison
The judge who handed down the sentence blasted the notorious dirty trickster, describing his behaviour as "a threat to our most fundamental institutions".
Simon Chapman AO
I'm amazed Trump hasn't pardoned him already. No, correction, I'm amazed Trump hasn't tweeted that he will fully pardon any sycophantic felon who abets his plan
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17. Bloomberg vs. Democrats
In Episode 17, George and Gil discuss Bloomberg's entry into the 2020 Democratic primary and what it means.
Former Liberal party state director won't be referred to high court over Chinese election signs
Federal court finds Simon Frost should not be referred over the signs designed to look like AEC material in the electorates of Chisholm and Kooyong
Simon Chapman AO
So it's open season for anyone wanting put out election material intended to be deceptive if they can mount a case that it would not have changed voting. You know it makes sense ... #DemocracyBroken
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Keith Richards says metal is a joke and hip-hop is for the tone deaf |
In an interview recently with The New York Daily News, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has slammed metal and hip-hop music. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1530853724769-9'); });...
Simon Chapman AO
I've always reached quickly for the "next" button whenever I hear the nursery rhyme meter of rap & hiphop. Pleased to be in the discerning company of @officialKeef happymag.tv/keith-richards… pic.twitter.com/EdlxEE51Vl
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This is what I have to say to Gerard Henderson and Andrew BOLT. Please share widely.
Andrew Bolt and Gerard Henderson,
I have listened to the comments you both made in relation to the ABC’s 4...
Labor to set net zero emissions target for 2050
Labor has agreed, if elected, to support net zero emissions by 2050 and to oppose any taxpayer support for new, coal-fired power.
Trump Issues Pardons for Another Round of Well-Connected White-Collar Criminals
They're guilty—of being the president's favorite kind of people.
Men represent the majority of coronavirus cases so far. Researchers think smoking could play a role.
The deadly coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has infected more men than women, and scientists are divided about why that is.
Simon Chapman AO
68% of #coronavirus cases in China are men, middle to older ages. Chinese men have much higher smoking prevalence than women, & one hypothesis is that smoking may increase susceptibility
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