Nick Hopkinson
@copddoc.bsky.social
Professor of Respiratory Medicine FRCP
#LungSky, Social justice 🫁 🚭 #NHS He/him cis Born at 323ppm
https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/n.hopkinson
#MedSky #NHS #LungSky
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Hopkinson+NS&sort=date&size=100
#LungSky, Social justice 🫁 🚭 #NHS He/him cis Born at 323ppm
https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/n.hopkinson
#MedSky #NHS #LungSky
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Hopkinson+NS&sort=date&size=100
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Nick Hopkinson
@copddoc.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Lung disease and social justice - COPD as a manifestation of structural violence.
#WorldCOPDday www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social
#WorldCOPDday www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social
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🧵1/ Global health is under attack, and not just by pathogens. Governments are walking away from international law, blocking humanitarian access, and even targeting health workers. We need a principled response, which @tiagocorreia.bsky.social & I set out in an editorial in Eur J Public Health
February 7, 2026 at 10:54 AM
🧵1/ Global health is under attack, and not just by pathogens. Governments are walking away from international law, blocking humanitarian access, and even targeting health workers. We need a principled response, which @tiagocorreia.bsky.social & I set out in an editorial in Eur J Public Health
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"When people stop spending on harmful products they buy other things, and that actually supports more jobs and generates more value for the UK."
🚨New research from @sarg-scharr.bsky.social busts industry arguments about the impact of regulation on the economy.
sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n...
🚨New research from @sarg-scharr.bsky.social busts industry arguments about the impact of regulation on the economy.
sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n...
New research shows that spending less on tobacco, gambling and sweets is good for the UK economy - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
A new study from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has found that public health policies which reduce spending on harmful products can actually provide a significant boost to UK jobs and ...
sarg-sheffield.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
"When people stop spending on harmful products they buy other things, and that actually supports more jobs and generates more value for the UK."
🚨New research from @sarg-scharr.bsky.social busts industry arguments about the impact of regulation on the economy.
sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n...
🚨New research from @sarg-scharr.bsky.social busts industry arguments about the impact of regulation on the economy.
sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n...
Smoking (15.1%), infections (10.2%) and alcohol consumption (3.2%) are the leading contributors to cancer burden worldwide.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social #LungSky #RespEd
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social #LungSky #RespEd
Global and regional cancer burden attributable to modifiable risk factors to inform prevention - Nature Medicine
Global cancer estimates across 185 countries show that 7.1 million new cancer cases were attributable to modifiable risk factors in 2022, with smoking, infections and alcohol consumption being the lea...
www.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Smoking (15.1%), infections (10.2%) and alcohol consumption (3.2%) are the leading contributors to cancer burden worldwide.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social #LungSky #RespEd
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social #LungSky #RespEd
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ICYMI, the UK government has put forward legislation to end the cruel two-child limit social security policy.
It is a short bill that simply proposes deleting two lines of earlier legislation applying the limit.
Finally debated yesterday. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4059
It is a short bill that simply proposes deleting two lines of earlier legislation applying the limit.
Finally debated yesterday. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4059
February 4, 2026 at 1:04 PM
ICYMI, the UK government has put forward legislation to end the cruel two-child limit social security policy.
It is a short bill that simply proposes deleting two lines of earlier legislation applying the limit.
Finally debated yesterday. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4059
It is a short bill that simply proposes deleting two lines of earlier legislation applying the limit.
Finally debated yesterday. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4059
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🎗️Today is World Cancer Day.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of cancer.
Today’s National Cancer Plan reinforces the Government’s commitment to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and the smokefree generation policy that will ensure our children do not grow up with the cancers caused by smoking.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of cancer.
Today’s National Cancer Plan reinforces the Government’s commitment to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and the smokefree generation policy that will ensure our children do not grow up with the cancers caused by smoking.
February 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
🎗️Today is World Cancer Day.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of cancer.
Today’s National Cancer Plan reinforces the Government’s commitment to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and the smokefree generation policy that will ensure our children do not grow up with the cancers caused by smoking.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of cancer.
Today’s National Cancer Plan reinforces the Government’s commitment to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and the smokefree generation policy that will ensure our children do not grow up with the cancers caused by smoking.
Surge in pneumonia cases.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
Emergency pneumonia cases surge to half a million a year in England
There were 579,475 instances of emergency hospitalisation being needed in the year to March 2025, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Surge in pneumonia cases.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
Surge in pneumonia cases.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
Emergency pneumonia cases surge to half a million a year in England
There were 579,475 instances of emergency hospitalisation being needed in the year to March 2025, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Surge in pneumonia cases.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026... @asthmaandlung.org.uk @btsrespiratory.bsky.social
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427.76 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 01-Feb-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
February 2, 2026 at 5:23 PM
427.76 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 01-Feb-2026
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keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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🇺🇳 Opinion: ‘Europe has greater responsibility in the World Health Organization without the United States’ - Writes Professor Ilona Kickbusch in @bmj.com
‘Europe must become a proactive system stabiliser as the principal guarantor of @who.int ’s operational continuity’
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
‘Europe must become a proactive system stabiliser as the principal guarantor of @who.int ’s operational continuity’
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Europe has greater responsibility in the WHO without the United States
The US’s withdrawal from WHO makes Europe the system stabiliser in global health multilateralism, writes Ilona Kickbusch
At the upcoming executive board meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO...
www.bmj.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:45 AM
🇺🇳 Opinion: ‘Europe has greater responsibility in the World Health Organization without the United States’ - Writes Professor Ilona Kickbusch in @bmj.com
‘Europe must become a proactive system stabiliser as the principal guarantor of @who.int ’s operational continuity’
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
‘Europe must become a proactive system stabiliser as the principal guarantor of @who.int ’s operational continuity’
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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Christopher Eccleston has joined forces with CEGA to call on the Government to end all gambling advertising.
Watch Chris explore the issues and make a 'real' gambling ad of his own.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uf...
Watch Chris explore the issues and make a 'real' gambling ad of his own.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uf...
Stacking The Deck - with Christopher Eccleston
YouTube video by CEGA
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Christopher Eccleston has joined forces with CEGA to call on the Government to end all gambling advertising.
Watch Chris explore the issues and make a 'real' gambling ad of his own.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uf...
Watch Chris explore the issues and make a 'real' gambling ad of his own.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6uf...
Child poverty strategy: Bold commitments and binding targets are essential for health equity. www.bmj.com/content/392/... @bmj.com
Child poverty strategy: Bold commitments and binding targets are essential for health equity
To protect the health of children now and in the future, the medical profession must continue to advocate for action
Child poverty is a fundamental driver of ill health that has been rising in recent...
www.bmj.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Child poverty strategy: Bold commitments and binding targets are essential for health equity. www.bmj.com/content/392/... @bmj.com
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Thanks to Think Like a Key for a perfect and timely release day delivery! Listen to @joebankswriter.bsky.social and me mulling it over below...
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Thanks to Think Like a Key for a perfect and timely release day delivery! Listen to @joebankswriter.bsky.social and me mulling it over below...
Last year, MSF healthcare workers and facilities in South Sudan experienced multiple attacks. David Charo Kahindi, MSF’s medical coordinator, was in Old Fangak in May the day the hospital there was bombed
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
The BMJ appeal 2025-26: Hospitals should be sanctuaries, not military targets
Last year, MSF healthcare workers and facilities in South Sudan experienced multiple attacks. David Charo Kahindi , MSF’s medical coordinator, was in Old Fangak in May the day the hospital there was ...
www.bmj.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Last year, MSF healthcare workers and facilities in South Sudan experienced multiple attacks. David Charo Kahindi, MSF’s medical coordinator, was in Old Fangak in May the day the hospital there was bombed
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Tobacco sleaze: Leading tobacco brands on Instagram often violated platform and federal policies, particularly those concerning age verification, sponsorship disclosure and health warning labelling tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... #LungSky #RespEd @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org /n
Evaluating policy compliance among leading tobacco brands on Instagram
Background Instagram hosts pro-tobacco content that may reach youth despite existing US federal and platform-specific policies designed to restrict such content. This study assessed compliance with pl...
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Tobacco sleaze: Leading tobacco brands on Instagram often violated platform and federal policies, particularly those concerning age verification, sponsorship disclosure and health warning labelling tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... #LungSky #RespEd @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org /n
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When we speak about community, or 'communities of care', it can easily sound like a buzzword, or platitude. A gloss to cover over the very real difficulties of dangerous times.
Yet here's the proof, that communities can form in necessary ways and collectively make powerful things happen.
Yet here's the proof, that communities can form in necessary ways and collectively make powerful things happen.
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
When we speak about community, or 'communities of care', it can easily sound like a buzzword, or platitude. A gloss to cover over the very real difficulties of dangerous times.
Yet here's the proof, that communities can form in necessary ways and collectively make powerful things happen.
Yet here's the proof, that communities can form in necessary ways and collectively make powerful things happen.
The ‘SPACEforCOPD’ programme co-developed with patients and tested over 10 yrs was highly cost-effective in extending the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation and reducing NHS costs by £139.72 per patient (95%CI −£728.14 to £1007.41). bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/12/1... #LungSky #RespEd @bmj.com
Cost-effectiveness of a self-management maintenance programme following pulmonary rehabilitation: a UK randomised controlled trial for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Introduction Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is an effective intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but impact typically only lasts 6–12 months. This paper presents ...
bmjopenrespres.bmj.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The ‘SPACEforCOPD’ programme co-developed with patients and tested over 10 yrs was highly cost-effective in extending the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation and reducing NHS costs by £139.72 per patient (95%CI −£728.14 to £1007.41). bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/12/1... #LungSky #RespEd @bmj.com
Thorax: therapist-guided, internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) effectively and safely reduces catastrophising about asthma, improves asthma control, avoidance behaviour and quality of life. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... #RespEd #LungSky @asthmaandlung.org.uk @bmj.com /n
January 27, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Thorax: therapist-guided, internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (ICBT) effectively and safely reduces catastrophising about asthma, improves asthma control, avoidance behaviour and quality of life. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... #RespEd #LungSky @asthmaandlung.org.uk @bmj.com /n
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
Happy birthday, Angela Davis.
January 26, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Happy birthday, Angela Davis.
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We’re inviting adults with lived experience of respiratory conditions to join the National Respiratory Audit Programme's (NRAP) patient panel.
Your perspective is invaluable in guiding NRAP’s programmes and improving patient outcomes.
Interested? Apply now: https://ow.ly/XqSA50XZLOE
Your perspective is invaluable in guiding NRAP’s programmes and improving patient outcomes.
Interested? Apply now: https://ow.ly/XqSA50XZLOE
January 19, 2026 at 4:53 PM
We’re inviting adults with lived experience of respiratory conditions to join the National Respiratory Audit Programme's (NRAP) patient panel.
Your perspective is invaluable in guiding NRAP’s programmes and improving patient outcomes.
Interested? Apply now: https://ow.ly/XqSA50XZLOE
Your perspective is invaluable in guiding NRAP’s programmes and improving patient outcomes.
Interested? Apply now: https://ow.ly/XqSA50XZLOE
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Kick off 2026 with 6 CPD credits and expert insights at the Update in medicine – Birmingham. 🩺
Join leading physicians such as Sir Michael Marmot for a full programme of topical, practice-relevant medical updates.
Book your place today: https://ow.ly/ygoN50XZAaz
Join leading physicians such as Sir Michael Marmot for a full programme of topical, practice-relevant medical updates.
Book your place today: https://ow.ly/ygoN50XZAaz
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Kick off 2026 with 6 CPD credits and expert insights at the Update in medicine – Birmingham. 🩺
Join leading physicians such as Sir Michael Marmot for a full programme of topical, practice-relevant medical updates.
Book your place today: https://ow.ly/ygoN50XZAaz
Join leading physicians such as Sir Michael Marmot for a full programme of topical, practice-relevant medical updates.
Book your place today: https://ow.ly/ygoN50XZAaz
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Respiratory Medicine Prof and @ashorguk.bsky.social Chair Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social lecture: 'COPD and the idea of justice' @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
COPD and the idea of justice
Join Professor Nick Hopkinson from the National Heart and Lung Institute for his Imperial Inaugural lecture.
www.imperial.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Respiratory Medicine Prof and @ashorguk.bsky.social Chair Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social lecture: 'COPD and the idea of justice' @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
Weds 28 January at 5:50-6:30pm
Attend or access the livestream: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/20195...
#publichealth #tobaccocontrol
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Finally out! The largest ever multiomics COPD study. 1.5M lung cells. 141 individuals. snRNAseq, spatial, blood proteomics reveal shifting cell states & biomarkers across COPD stages, disease endotypes.
Kudos Dr. Sauler & team for this Herculean effort.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kudos Dr. Sauler & team for this Herculean effort.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Aberrant cellular communities underlying disease heterogeneity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Nature Genetics
This study uses single-nucleus RNA sequencing to analyze lung tissue from 141 individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Distinct patterns of spatially resolved changes in cell compositio...
www.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Finally out! The largest ever multiomics COPD study. 1.5M lung cells. 141 individuals. snRNAseq, spatial, blood proteomics reveal shifting cell states & biomarkers across COPD stages, disease endotypes.
Kudos Dr. Sauler & team for this Herculean effort.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kudos Dr. Sauler & team for this Herculean effort.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Thanks for this valuable research, written by @tcrgbath.bsky.social experts.
How farmers in Zimbabwe could successfully escape the tobacco trap, you can find out here: unfairtobacco.org/en/alternati...
#FoodNotTobacco
How farmers in Zimbabwe could successfully escape the tobacco trap, you can find out here: unfairtobacco.org/en/alternati...
#FoodNotTobacco
Mushrooms from the tobacco barn - unfairtobacco
In Zimbabwe, the Utariri Programme supports farmers to venture into climate friendly alternatives with short cultivation periods and low socio-ecological footprints: oyster mushrooms, small grains, ap...
unfairtobacco.org
January 23, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Thanks for this valuable research, written by @tcrgbath.bsky.social experts.
How farmers in Zimbabwe could successfully escape the tobacco trap, you can find out here: unfairtobacco.org/en/alternati...
#FoodNotTobacco
How farmers in Zimbabwe could successfully escape the tobacco trap, you can find out here: unfairtobacco.org/en/alternati...
#FoodNotTobacco
New research highlights deforestation and economic traps created by flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #RespEd #LungSky
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #RespEd #LungSky
Flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe: a particularly harmful commodity requiring the attention of tobacco control
Background Tobacco control is beginning to pay attention to additives and flavours in tobacco products but less so to the tobacco leaf itself. Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) leaf increases dependence on ni...
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
New research highlights deforestation and economic traps created by flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe.
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #RespEd #LungSky
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl... @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #RespEd #LungSky