Dr Tahir Turk
@tahirturk.bsky.social
Adj Professor Dow University of Health Sciences. Behavioural scientist and practitioner. World traveller to locations most avoid. Passionate about public health, the environment, being active and supporting positive change in the most vulnerable.
NZ is often cited as the industry's poster child for "harm reduction" but international tobacco control knows the truth: Policies have reversed world-leading reforms, sabotaged Indigenous tobacco-free aspirations, and supported alarming vaping rates among youth. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand receives 'Dirty Ashtray' award for poor progress in tobacco control
Researchers say New Zealand is attracting international attention for all the wrong reasons.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 AM
NZ is often cited as the industry's poster child for "harm reduction" but international tobacco control knows the truth: Policies have reversed world-leading reforms, sabotaged Indigenous tobacco-free aspirations, and supported alarming vaping rates among youth. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"Industry groups are now pressuring Jacinta Allan to call for a reduction or pause on the federal government’s excise." More industry interference supported by Murdoch Media NewsCorp who always put business interests ahead of public health. www.tobaccotactics.org/article/alli...
Alliance of Australian Retailers - Tobacco Tactics
https://www.australianretailers.com.au/ AAR website The Alliance of Australian Retailers (AAR) is a tobacco industry front group financed by Philip Morris, Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacc...
www.tobaccotactics.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Industry groups are now pressuring Jacinta Allan to call for a reduction or pause on the federal government’s excise." More industry interference supported by Murdoch Media NewsCorp who always put business interests ahead of public health. www.tobaccotactics.org/article/alli...
The doomsayers already predicting the end of the world —at least as kids currently know it. If you want to change social and cultural norms for the better, bold moves are needed. Now let them be kids again and interact directly with their peers in healthier more meaningful ways. #SocialMediaBan
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The doomsayers already predicting the end of the world —at least as kids currently know it. If you want to change social and cultural norms for the better, bold moves are needed. Now let them be kids again and interact directly with their peers in healthier more meaningful ways. #SocialMediaBan
Imagine the carnage of an airborne virus with a fatality rate of 50% if it ever went global? This is what we face with the growing mobility of populations and the mutation of deadly viruses including zoonosis which account for more than 60% of infectious diseases. www.lokmattimes.com/internationa...
Death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg outbreak rises to five - www.lokmattimes.com
Death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg outbreak rises to five - Addis Ababa, Nov 24 The death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak has risen to five, the ... Get Latest News on Internationa...
www.lokmattimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Imagine the carnage of an airborne virus with a fatality rate of 50% if it ever went global? This is what we face with the growing mobility of populations and the mutation of deadly viruses including zoonosis which account for more than 60% of infectious diseases. www.lokmattimes.com/internationa...
Since their inception nicotine levels in vapes have increased 5-fold. It’s no accident that the industry wants to get kids hooked for life faster. x.com/i/status/199...
Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social on X: "Since their inception nicotine levels in vapes have gone up by a 5-fold increase. It’s no accident that the industry wants to get kids hooked for life faster. https://t.co/XFe07ShKdF" / X
Since their inception nicotine levels in vapes have gone up by a 5-fold increase. It’s no accident that the industry wants to get kids hooked for life faster. https://t.co/XFe07ShKdF
x.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Since their inception nicotine levels in vapes have increased 5-fold. It’s no accident that the industry wants to get kids hooked for life faster. x.com/i/status/199...
Just another reason online social media platforms need to be held to account for preying on the young and most vulnerable while making billions in profits. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Meta forecast $24b revenue from scam ads, internal documents show
Users of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are exposed to fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos, and the sale of banned medical products.
www.abc.net.au
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Just another reason online social media platforms need to be held to account for preying on the young and most vulnerable while making billions in profits. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
It's impossible to tackle individual level behaviour change with corporate promotion of UPFs: Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ. World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds
World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health and wellbeing
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It's impossible to tackle individual level behaviour change with corporate promotion of UPFs: Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ. World’s largest scientific review warns consumption of UPFs poses seismic threat to global health. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety-Scientific Reports-Int Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health-Nicotine & Tobacco Research-Internal & Emergency Medicine. We await retraction of manuscripts from lying industry funded advocates claiming no COI. www.lemonde.fr/en/investiga...
The nicotine lobby's secret expert
Greek cardiologist Konstantinos Farsalinos, an influential nicotine researcher, received thousands of euros from the vaping industry via an offshore company, according to documents seen by Le Monde.
www.lemonde.fr
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety-Scientific Reports-Int Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health-Nicotine & Tobacco Research-Internal & Emergency Medicine. We await retraction of manuscripts from lying industry funded advocates claiming no COI. www.lemonde.fr/en/investiga...
Common sense from a former Australian PM @JuliaGillard It’s why Australia is a global leader in putting protection of the vulnerable before corporate profits.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Common sense from a former Australian PM @JuliaGillard It’s why Australia is a global leader in putting protection of the vulnerable before corporate profits.
Loving this “commie” socialist Democrat. A bane for the oligarchs supporting Trump.
STARBUCKS WORKERS WILL BEGIN STRIKING ON 11/13 IF STARBUCKS DOESN’T COME THROUGH IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
Join them by not purchasing Starbucks products until the strike is over!!!
Pass it on.
Join them by not purchasing Starbucks products until the strike is over!!!
Pass it on.
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Loving this “commie” socialist Democrat. A bane for the oligarchs supporting Trump.
Good work The Australian Newspaper for showcasing Tobacco executives like Kingsley Wheaton — and other industry-linked figures who feature heavily in Australian's coverage of tobacco, vaping and illicit trade. #MurdochMedia still pushing industry interests over public health.
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Good work The Australian Newspaper for showcasing Tobacco executives like Kingsley Wheaton — and other industry-linked figures who feature heavily in Australian's coverage of tobacco, vaping and illicit trade. #MurdochMedia still pushing industry interests over public health.
The international tobacco control community must hold DHSC,OHID and Ash (UK) accountable for the e-cigarette policy failure in England. Countries that ratified FCTC must uphold evidence-based policy—not let industry advocates hijack public health. #VapePolicyCrisis
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The international tobacco control community must hold DHSC,OHID and Ash (UK) accountable for the e-cigarette policy failure in England. Countries that ratified FCTC must uphold evidence-based policy—not let industry advocates hijack public health. #VapePolicyCrisis
“The world’s leading think tank- The International Energy Agency- has predicted the renewable energy surge would plateau, and each year since 2011 the IEA has been wrong!”
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
“The world’s leading think tank- The International Energy Agency- has predicted the renewable energy surge would plateau, and each year since 2011 the IEA has been wrong!”
What the hell is wrong with some of these corporations? "Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada." #ClimateCrisis www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
What the hell is wrong with some of these corporations? "Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada." #ClimateCrisis www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
Among teens, nearly one in three cannabis users transitioned to regular tobacco use, a spike of 15.6% compared to their peers. Even among young adults there was a significant increase with 14% of cannabis users becoming regular smokers. - Looks like another gateway to me!
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Among teens, nearly one in three cannabis users transitioned to regular tobacco use, a spike of 15.6% compared to their peers. Even among young adults there was a significant increase with 14% of cannabis users becoming regular smokers. - Looks like another gateway to me!
Perceptions are reality - but it's an unhealthy reality for children: "Nearly two-thirds of European parents with children who are overweight or obese think their kids are underweight or normal weight." iris.who.int/server/api/c...
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Perceptions are reality - but it's an unhealthy reality for children: "Nearly two-thirds of European parents with children who are overweight or obese think their kids are underweight or normal weight." iris.who.int/server/api/c...
Rates of drug-resistant bacterial blood infections will surge 22% to 62% among some European populations through 2030, based on aging populations and infection trends. journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
Combining demographic shifts with age-based resistance prevalence to estimate future antimicrobial resistance burden in Europe and implications for targets: A modelling study
Author summary Why was this study done? Infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics are a major and growing threat to public health. Older adults and men are at higher risk of...
journals.plos.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Rates of drug-resistant bacterial blood infections will surge 22% to 62% among some European populations through 2030, based on aging populations and infection trends. journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...
If this really is what”Communism” looks like, can we have some?
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
If this really is what”Communism” looks like, can we have some?
Global inequalities exacerbate risks - and it's not only in developing countries, when President's build $250M ballrooms while people are living in boxes on the street! news.un.org/en/story/202...
Surviving the next pandemic could depend on where you live
A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting – and where you live, could determine how badly ...
news.un.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Global inequalities exacerbate risks - and it's not only in developing countries, when President's build $250M ballrooms while people are living in boxes on the street! news.un.org/en/story/202...
Same happened in Australia. Prove to Rupert how impotent his network is before we are finally rid of him. #Murdochgutterpress
Another reason to vote for Zohran Mamdani?
Prove to the vile Murdoch propagandists at the New York Post that their relentless smear campaign was laughably shoddy.
Prove to the vile Murdoch propagandists at the New York Post that their relentless smear campaign was laughably shoddy.
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Same happened in Australia. Prove to Rupert how impotent his network is before we are finally rid of him. #Murdochgutterpress
Reposted by Dr Tahir Turk
Letter to the Editor:
It’s the People’s House, yet the people were caught completely off guard finding a pile of rubble where the East Wing once stood. This is truly symbolic to our country’s current state.
It’s the People’s House, yet the people were caught completely off guard finding a pile of rubble where the East Wing once stood. This is truly symbolic to our country’s current state.
Letters: The demolition of the East Wing is an assault on the People’s House
We the people run this country, and yet we’ve been left in the dark during its governance for the past 10 months.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Letter to the Editor:
It’s the People’s House, yet the people were caught completely off guard finding a pile of rubble where the East Wing once stood. This is truly symbolic to our country’s current state.
It’s the People’s House, yet the people were caught completely off guard finding a pile of rubble where the East Wing once stood. This is truly symbolic to our country’s current state.
US experiencing one of its worst flu season in decades. “CDC reported up to 99 thousand deaths linked to the 2024/25 flu season, which was one of the deadliest seasons on record for children.” We can thank these guys:
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
US experiencing one of its worst flu season in decades. “CDC reported up to 99 thousand deaths linked to the 2024/25 flu season, which was one of the deadliest seasons on record for children.” We can thank these guys:
Finally, the long awaited crackdown on illicit retail tobacco and vapes begins across Australia. Time running out from those evading taxes and funnelling billions into organised crime. @nswpolice.bsky.social @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Finally, the long awaited crackdown on illicit retail tobacco and vapes begins across Australia. Time running out from those evading taxes and funnelling billions into organised crime. @nswpolice.bsky.social @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social
Classic @cathywilcox.bsky.social and also classic neocon negativity which will keep the LNP in opposition for years to come.
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Classic @cathywilcox.bsky.social and also classic neocon negativity which will keep the LNP in opposition for years to come.