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Simon Chapman AO

@simonchapman.bsky.social

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Emeritus Prof. Public Health Former Australian Skeptic/Year. Author, blogger. Bovine excrement detective. EV driver, doting 5x grandpa, Sydney Swans tragic. https://simonchapman6.com/about/

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Simon Fenton Chapman, AO is an Australian academic and tobacco control activist.

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · Nov 15

7 of my books free here simonchapman6.com/books/
1. how most smokers quit (cold turkey)
2. Wind Turbine Syndrome: a communicated disease
3. Collected essays
4. Plain tobacco packaging
5. Cautions about prostate cancer screening
6. Gun control in Australia
7. Vol assisted dying
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View Page Quit smoking weapons of mass distraction. Sydney University Press (2022) FREE OPEN ACCESS e-book (8,363 accesses since Jul 25, 2022) $40 paperback Download Pre-publication reviews “In …

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 7h

"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"

Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->

The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig

As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 12h

This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 1d

"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 1d

Rumour: Ladbrokes are now shortening the odds for him calling for GST to be removed from cigarettes to make them even more attractive to smokers.

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 1d

In my post box this morning. The "Unstricted" war & China's real stratergy". Seems like illiteracy & Sinophobia are hand-in-glove. And why's this shite happening in NSW Parliament House?

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 3d

Toby Falkner, the new Angus Young, will open the afternoon performances on the @Hearthe cafe stage opposite the railway at 1pm Sat 15 Nov Stanmore Music Festival (Sydney) www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIG3... #ACDC
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Toby - OSIC NSW State Finals (Primary School Years 3-4)

YouTube video by Toby

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 4d

Deakin Uni academic calls for all tobacco tax to be eliminated to make legal taxed cigarettes competitive w illicit cheap cigs so that the gvt can get back the $7b in lost tobacco tax that ... oh wait ... would now be untaxed under our champ's plan www.straitstimes.com/asia/austral...

Australia's illegal tobacco market triggers crime spree

Australia faces a booming illegal tobacco market, fueled by high taxes and organized crime, leading to increased violence and arson attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.co...

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 5d

If necrotic rock is your thing, this might be something to watch. Don & Phil are both no longer with us.

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 5d

Theo Foukkare from the convenience store lobby continues to bang his toy "lower tobacco tax" drum this morning with latest data on illegal tobacco. ALL & more tobacco tax would have to go to compete with $7/pack illicits. simonchapman6.com/2025/08/07/l...

Lowering tobacco tax to make illegal tobacco sales “disappear overnight”: at last we have a proposed figure and it’s an absolute doozie

[updated 9 Aug 2025] Australian smoking rates have never been lower in adults, school kids, low socio-economic groups, and First Nations people. That’s a good thing, right? These outcomes rep…

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 5d

Stellar political commentary from the team at @theshovel.bsky.social. #auspol

The Shovel headline: Nationals Commit to Liberals Achieving Net Zero Seats by 2050.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5d

Jesus I see what you've done for others

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5d

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 5d

The Undisputed World Blowhard Champ bsky.app/profile/cjsn... spent a whole blog eviscerating the above paper thinking it was one published in March. Ermm ... no. snowdon.substack.com/p/australias... And he calls ME geriatric. Can someone get him a bickie & a warm bovril?

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 6d

Oh dear ... vaping promoters' most sacrosanct theological tenet: that vaping in NZ is driving down youth smoking, just got smashed in a new @thelancet.com paper theconversation.com/vaping-has-s...

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 7d

Oh no! Socialist New York mayoral candidate Mamdani romping home. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 7d

ermmm.. FIT for purpose

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 7d

Yes. Been noticing a few gone too. The new powers are future for purpose

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 7d

Armageddon finally decends on NSW illegal tobacco & vape stores. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

First stores allegedly selling illegal tobacco shut down in Sydney as officials wield new powers

Health minister Ryan Park promises the two closures are ‘just the beginning’ as NSW tries to stem sharp rise in illicit cigarettes and vapes

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 9d

Trumpian US response to news that many nations have universal health care.

Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 9d

Champ climate change denier on FB today runs "wind energy fails when wind not blowing" canard. My response: so dams useless when it's not raining? His winner? Have I ever seen an empty dam? in a few secs I find the pics below. Crickets ...

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 10d

What's the net population health population impact of vapes? @profglantz.com provides 10 slides (+ narrated commentary) to explain it's bad news. profglantz.com/2025/10/31/e...

E-cigarettes increase harm to smokers, so should not be promoted as a harm reduction strategy (in 10 slides)

The tobacco industry has used claims of reduced harm to sell its products since the 1950s with its efforts to promote “safe cigarettes.” “Harm reduction” claims have been central to marketing of e-…

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 10d

As countries around the world stampede to ban flavoured vapes, the US FDA under Trump who was bankrolled big time by BigTobacco, installs a yes man to push for the opposite xyfil.com/countries-wi... www.2firsts.com/news/fda-2#g...