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Jon Livingstone-Banks
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Just a janner with a pen. I have a job, but this is not a professional account (he/him)
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ox.ac.uk
'Every year, 4.5 trillion cigarette butts are discarded – making them the most littered item on the planet.'

Dr Jonathan Livingstone-Banks and Dr Jamie Hartmann-Boyce on why cigarette filters should be banned ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned
Cigarette filters are one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution and they serve no purpose.
theconversation.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
cochranetag.bsky.social
Banning #cigarette filters would remove illusion of safety from filtered #cigs
WHO advise against measures sustaining perception of reduced harm
May help #quitsmoking unfiltered cigs less palatable
@jlivbanks.bsky.social
@jhb19.bsky.social
@oxfordtag.bsky.social
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Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned
Cigarette filters are one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution and they serve no purpose.
theconversation.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
Isn't it time we just banned cigarette filters?

theconversation.com/cigarette-fi...
Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers’ health and just create plastic pollution – they should be banned
Cigarette filters are one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution and they serve no purpose.
theconversation.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
cochranetag.bsky.social
Check out piece in @uk.theconversation.com on varenicline & cytisine, available but under used tools to help people #quitsmoking
@jlivbanks.bsky.social of @oxfordtag.bsky.social
@lionshahab.bsky.social & Dimitra Kale of @ucl-targ.bsky.social

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Two of the best stop smoking medications have been available in the UK since 2024 – so why is no one using them?
Why almost no one is using the stop-smoking drug that could save thousands of lives.
theconversation.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
lionshahab.bsky.social
New brief piece on the terrible underuse of effective smoking cessation medications in the UK by @jlivbanks.bsky.social, Dr Dimitra Kale and myself. There’s a need to get the message out to smokers trying to quit!
theconversation.com/two-of-the-b...
Two of the best stop smoking medications have been available in the UK since 2024 – so why is no one using them?
Why almost no one is using the stop-smoking drug that could save thousands of lives.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
oxprimarycare.bsky.social
300 million people use smokeless tobacco, mainly in South & Southeast Asia, but limited research is driving global health inequalities🌏

Ahead of #WorldNoTobaccoDay, @jlivbanks.bsky.social's new Cochrane review outlines methods most likely to help people quit

www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
A person's hands opening a packet of chewing tobacco. It is a type of smokeless tobacco product consumed by placing a portion of the tobacco between the cheek and gum or upper lip teeth and chewing.
May 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
oxfordclarion.bsky.social
The £75m Blavatnik School of Government on Walton Street, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, has been closed after an unexpected air strike by a hostile seagull. Events including a Heat Pump Summit next week have been rescheduled so that repairs can take place.
Herring gull (Peter F Wolf at Unsplash). Clarion reporters are appealing for anyone who knows whether it was in fact a herring gull or a black-headed gull to get in touch
April 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
aspaul.bsky.social
r/birdwatching u/FabulousCommittee602 • 1d saw one today. saw bird. outside Slight_Ad_3254 • 1d Is there a photo? FabulousCommittee602 OP • 1d no. flew away cbak9671 • 1d happens
April 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
cebmoxford.bsky.social
What does philosophy have to do with evidence-based healthcare?

Philosophical questions permeate everything we do, including the research and practice of healthcare. So thinking philosophically about healthcare evidence is essential.

Read about our History & Philosophy short course: bit.ly/4iHy7J0
What does philosophy have to do with evidence-based healthcare?
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March 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
Level up your evidence-based practice with critical thinking! Sign up this month and get a FREE high five!
cebmoxford.bsky.social Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Mar 13
When thinking about Evidence-Based Health Care, philosophy and history probably aren’t the first things that spring to mind.

So, what does the History and Philosophy of EBHC short course offer, and who takes it?

Read our blog to meet the students and learn what they gained from it:
bit.ly/3DCugxU
Who would take an Evidence-Based Health Care History and Philosophy short course?
What does philosophy have to do with Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC)? More than you might think! In this blog, we highlight the mistakenly perceived dissonance of the two, as explored by module lead...
www.cebm.ox.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
addictionjournal.bsky.social
Recommendations for future research exploring e-cigarette use and later cigarette smoking in young people: Results from a consultation exercise buff.ly/vzelU0v
March 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
monserratconde.bsky.social
New paper - Recommendations for future research exploring vaping and later smoking in young people.
@addictionjournal.bsky.social
@jhb19.bsky.social @drnlindson.bsky.social @jlivbanks.bsky.social @drsarahejackson.bsky.social

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Recommendations for future research exploring e‐cigarette use and later cigarette smoking in young people: Results from a consultation exercise
Background and Aims Exploring the relationship between vaping and smoking in young people is a key area of research that can inform e-cigarette policy. Rigorous evidence mapping and synthesis have h...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
addictionjournal.bsky.social
The impacts of e-cigarette flavours: An overview of systematic reviews @jlivbanks.bsky.social @monserratconde.bsky.social @hjarman.bsky.social @drnlindson.bsky.social @jhb19.bsky.social buff.ly/f0QgZD8
March 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
We conducted an overview of reviews on the impacts of e-cigarette flavours. Non-tobacco flavours may increase appeal & harms; this may vary by flavour & apply across different populations. Impacts of flavours on e-cig and cigarette use are inconclusive. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The impacts of e‐cigarette flavours: An overview of systematic reviews
Background and Aims E-cigarette flavours have the potential to impact the appeal, harms and use of e-cigarettes and combustible tobacco. Systematic reviews have synthesised evidence on their impacts...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
New game: read out the memories your ChatGPT has about you, preceding each with "your outie is...".
February 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
My dog's judging you. Sorry for that.
A greyhound looks down his very long nose at you. There is nothing but contempt in his eyes.
February 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
Received two press requests in one day (separate topics) and my immediate thought is that I'm being pranked by some transatlantic conspiracy. Do I need to work on my self esteem? Or tighten my tinfoil hat?
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
On the train upcountry: floods, a heron, data extraction. All just the right shade of grey. Hope London has coffee.
January 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
jhb19.bsky.social
New Cochrane review on interventions for quitting vaping - out today! www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10....
Interventions for quitting vaping - Butler, AR - 2025 | Cochrane Library
Select your preferred language for Cochrane reviews and other content. Sections without translation will be in English.
www.cochranelibrary.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
Writing holiday haiku:
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
For anyone who's planning an ironic Christmas
December 4, 2024 at 9:05 AM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
Wait... What? Well... #skipthequeues
December 1, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Reposted by Jon Livingstone-Banks
mikebenchcapon.bsky.social
When all you have is the expression "when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail", everything looks like everything looking like a nail to someone who only has a hammer
ryanbeckwith.bsky.social Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · Nov 20
Everyone should post their most viral tweet here, just for posterity's sake
November 28, 2024 at 12:14 PM
jlivbanks.bsky.social
So like, where can I find some power-hungry billionaires to tell me what to think?
November 25, 2024 at 2:01 PM