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Mike Daube
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Emeritus Professor, Curtin University. Public health veteran.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h
‘Success is shutting them down’: Met police in fight against illegal vape and phone shops
‘Success is shutting them down’: Met police in fight against illegal vape and phone shops
Products that fail fire safety checks, are counterfeit and breach laws protecting children targeted in raids in London
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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 8h
So true. All those urgent Ministerial briefings.....
phdcomics.com PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 10h
What report?

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 10h
What report?

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 1d
Not a bad role model.....

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100
A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100
At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep going
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Ruth Malone, RN, PhD @remalone.bsky.social · 3d
CONGRATULATIONS Tiburon, #California on prioritizing community health over #tobacco industry profits!
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
Bay Area town enacts total and complete tobacco ban
An anti-smoking and anti-vaping youth group pushed for the change.
www.sfgate.com

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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 3d
“Over a dozen Labor MPs, including senior figures in the party, have told ABC Investigations they want action on gambling reform.”

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 4d
Excellent comments, as one would expect. Is there any politician around the world who has been actively involved in supporting tobacco control for longer than former UK Cabinet Minister Lord Young - a strong supporter of ASH since his initial election as an MP in 1974?!
ashorguk.bsky.social Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social · 4d
Lord Young also made a powerful speech highlighting that the 6 million current smokers in the UK should not be forgotten, and why the Government should publish a road map to a smokefree country.

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Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social · 4d
Lord Young also made a powerful speech highlighting that the 6 million current smokers in the UK should not be forgotten, and why the Government should publish a road map to a smokefree country.

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 5d
Good article on important paper
aunz.theconversation.com The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 5d
More teenagers are now smoking regularly than if pre-vaping smoking trends had continued, widening inequities for Māori and Pacific youth.
Vaping has slowed progress in cutting teen smoking in NZ – new study
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 5d
More teenagers are now smoking regularly than if pre-vaping smoking trends had continued, widening inequities for Māori and Pacific youth.
Vaping has slowed progress in cutting teen smoking in NZ – new study
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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 6d
Excellent news - well done to all who have campaigned for this!
phaa-onehealth.bsky.social PHAA One Health SIG @phaa-onehealth.bsky.social · 6d
Big win for public health: Australia will soon have a Centre for Disease Control!! #ACDC #PublicHealth
publichealthaus.bsky.social Public Health Association of Australia @publichealthaus.bsky.social · 6d
“This is a moment for the public health history books, and is testament to the tenacity of countless people who’ve toiled for decades to achieve this," Prof Slevin says.

“This centre will save lives, not just here but also o/s as it will increase our links with our neighbours."

shorturl.at/jNCZD

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PHAA One Health SIG @phaa-onehealth.bsky.social · 6d
Big win for public health: Australia will soon have a Centre for Disease Control!! #ACDC #PublicHealth
publichealthaus.bsky.social Public Health Association of Australia @publichealthaus.bsky.social · 6d
“This is a moment for the public health history books, and is testament to the tenacity of countless people who’ve toiled for decades to achieve this," Prof Slevin says.

“This centre will save lives, not just here but also o/s as it will increase our links with our neighbours."

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Public health community thunderstruck as ACDC bills pass Senate
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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 7d
Not only letters to journals. Deadly industries also like to use AI for their virtue signaling. See the Philip Morris (PMI) 56 page Climate Transition Plan–“This report was developed with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence and reviewed and finalized by PMI employees”.

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PHD Comics @phdcomics.com · 7d
Go green

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Markus Frischhut @mrfrischhut.bsky.social · 7d
#EHFG2025: "health must be the cornerstone of a renewed #socialcontract in Europe"

@martinmckee.bsky.social (2025). The Gastein prescription: health as Europe's path to renewal.
@thelancet.com Regional Health - Europe, 59, 101514.

doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 7d
Good and timely article.

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 7d
Alcohol companies are using ‘zero-alcohol’ products to polish their image as responsible and health-conscious.

But new research finds their real goal isn’t reducing harm - it’s expanding markets and protecting brands.🧵

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
‘Zero-alcohol’ products and the guise of responsibility - Journal of Public Health Policy
Alcohol companies have expanded their presence in the ‘zero-alcohol’ market with intensive product development and marketing activities. This has been framed by industry as an effort to reduce or solv...
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Richard Edwards @predwards.bsky.social · 9d
The Maldives has passed a smokefree generation law. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban
Indian Ocean archipelago bans anyone born after 1 January 2007 from buying or using tobacco in order to ‘promote a tobacco-free generation’
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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 10d
Good and timely paper, further strengthening arguments for long-overdue action on marketing for gambling and other harmful industries as part of comprehensive approach.

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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 10d
Women’s views about the use of gendered Corporate Social Responsibility strategies by harmful industries.

Our new paper with @simonemccarthy.bsky.social Monique Murray, @hannahpitt.bsky.social @gracearnot.bsky.social

globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Women’s views about the use of gendered Corporate Social Responsibility strategies by harmful industries - Globalization and Health
Background Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives are part of a suite of marketing and promotional strategies used by industries whose products and/or practices may be harmful to health and...
globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 13d
Appalling. It would be interesting to know if Australian companies associated with members of the UK Betting and Gaming Council agree with this position.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d
Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget * UK politics live – latest updates The boss of the UK’s main betting and gaming lobby group has told MPs that there is no “social ill with gambling” as she warned against imposing higher taxes on the sector in the November budget. Grainne Hurst, the chief executive of the Betting and Gaming Council, repeatedly made the statement to parliament’s Treasury select committee on Tuesday, as she also claimed that higher taxes would result in thousands of job losses and push punters into using hidden market services. Continue reading...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d
Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget * UK politics live – latest updates The boss of the UK’s main betting and gaming lobby group has told MPs that there is no “social ill with gambling” as she warned against imposing higher taxes on the sector in the November budget. Grainne Hurst, the chief executive of the Betting and Gaming Council, repeatedly made the statement to parliament’s Treasury select committee on Tuesday, as she also claimed that higher taxes would result in thousands of job losses and push punters into using hidden market services. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 13d
Have you thought about watching cricket instead? Much more exciting.

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 14d
Good, timely commentary and concerns. Regulatory capture by industry may be an understatement - looks more like incarceration.
ias.org.uk Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 14d
A new @addictionjournal.bsky.social commentary warns of regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing

The ‘Licensing Taskforce’ - led by industry figures - could weaken democratic accountability & redefine licensing as business promotion, not public protection

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing policy: The 2025 ‘licensing taskforce’ report
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 14d
A new @addictionjournal.bsky.social commentary warns of regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing

The ‘Licensing Taskforce’ - led by industry figures - could weaken democratic accountability & redefine licensing as business promotion, not public protection

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Regulatory capture in UK alcohol licensing policy: The 2025 ‘licensing taskforce’ report
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Mike Daube @mikedaube.bsky.social · 15d
Good reporting.

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Phil Chamberlain @philchamberlain.bsky.social · 15d
Peer lobbying to water down tobacco bill fails to declare conflict of interest, story from @theguardian.com and @theexamination.org www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Peer trying to derail UK smoking ban discussed bill with relative at tobacco firm
Lord Strathcarron says he and an in-law ‘high up’ at British American Tobacco discussed bill, which he aims to weaken
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16d
Peer trying to derail UK smoking ban discussed bill with relative at tobacco firm
Peer trying to derail UK smoking ban discussed bill with relative at tobacco firm
Lord Strathcarron says he and an in-law ‘high up’ at British American Tobacco discussed bill, which he aims to weaken A member of the House of Lords who is trying to derail the generational ban on tobacco sales discussed the legislation with a family member who is “very high up” at British American Tobacco (BAT). Lord Strathcarron is proposing amendments that would scrap the central provision of the tobacco and vapes bill, originally proposed by Rishi Sunak’s government. Continue reading...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17d
The White House has released a list of donors who contributed to President Trump’s new ballroom, amid a backlash over the demolition of the decades-old East Wing to make way for the project. https://wapo.st/4nhvJKD