Chris Emmerson
@cpemmerson.bsky.social
Consultant in Public Health, tobacco, vapes, health inequalities, Wales
Posting personally
Posting personally
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We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
Special report: Who are Reform in Wales?
We dived into the wild world of Reform UK in Cymru
willhaywardwales.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We have written a special report looking at the people behind Reform in Wales.
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
This was a bizarre piece to write.
willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...
"Timeo techbros et dona ferentes"
Submitted for your consideration, for use re: the AI/LLM boom and tech utopianism in general…
“Beware geeks bearing grifts.”
“Beware geeks bearing grifts.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Timeo techbros et dona ferentes"
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One of the government's plans for the NHS is "left shift", taking services from hospitals and placing them in the community. Closer to the residents, more responsive to their needs, cheaper, and faster services.
What's not to like?
This is not as easy as some think. A short thread:
1/
What's not to like?
This is not as easy as some think. A short thread:
1/
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
One of the government's plans for the NHS is "left shift", taking services from hospitals and placing them in the community. Closer to the residents, more responsive to their needs, cheaper, and faster services.
What's not to like?
This is not as easy as some think. A short thread:
1/
What's not to like?
This is not as easy as some think. A short thread:
1/
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We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
Wales has such a tradition of great writing
October 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wales has such a tradition of great writing
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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We are appalled that public service broadcaster the BBC continues to provide a platform for tobacco industry giant, British American Tobacco, to lobby against the Tobacco & Vapes Bill.
So we fixed the headline for them...
So we fixed the headline for them...
October 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We are appalled that public service broadcaster the BBC continues to provide a platform for tobacco industry giant, British American Tobacco, to lobby against the Tobacco & Vapes Bill.
So we fixed the headline for them...
So we fixed the headline for them...
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PMI paid the Spectator for this on 'cancel culture' in science. Big Tobacco has spent 50+ years funding 'science' that downplays health impact of smoking purely for commercial interests. That kind of track record should get you cancelled www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/defe...
October 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
PMI paid the Spectator for this on 'cancel culture' in science. Big Tobacco has spent 50+ years funding 'science' that downplays health impact of smoking purely for commercial interests. That kind of track record should get you cancelled www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/defe...
Public health: the structural causes and salience challenge
Nice chart from @ourworldindata.org showing the contrast between what Americans die of (heart disease and cancer) v what the US media reports on (homicide and terrorism). This naturally leads to it being trickier to build a fact based world view
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
October 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Public health: the structural causes and salience challenge
11pm train out of Waterloo after a great evening out, conductor congratulated us on being on a train on the 200th anniversary of the first passenger rail service
You love to see it, you love to be it
You love to see it, you love to be it
September 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
11pm train out of Waterloo after a great evening out, conductor congratulated us on being on a train on the 200th anniversary of the first passenger rail service
You love to see it, you love to be it
You love to see it, you love to be it
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New briefing taking a deeper look behind the free school meal data in Wales.
The number of e-FSM children in Wales has fallen since Welsh Govt began to phase out transitional protection.
We estimate 25,000 secondary learners in poverty can't get a free school dinner due to the £7,400 means test.
The number of e-FSM children in Wales has fallen since Welsh Govt began to phase out transitional protection.
We estimate 25,000 secondary learners in poverty can't get a free school dinner due to the £7,400 means test.
Free school meals in Wales: secondary learners in poverty overlooked
Latest Welsh government free school meal (FSM) statistics show a fall of 6,000 in the number of children registered for means-tested FSMs in Wales. The fall in the number of children registered means ...
cpag.org.uk
September 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
New briefing taking a deeper look behind the free school meal data in Wales.
The number of e-FSM children in Wales has fallen since Welsh Govt began to phase out transitional protection.
We estimate 25,000 secondary learners in poverty can't get a free school dinner due to the £7,400 means test.
The number of e-FSM children in Wales has fallen since Welsh Govt began to phase out transitional protection.
We estimate 25,000 secondary learners in poverty can't get a free school dinner due to the £7,400 means test.
The attack on the CDC was a terrorist action inspired by the current US Secretary of Health's lies about vaccines
Public health professionals have a duty to each other, to the publics they serve and to the truth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Public health professionals have a duty to each other, to the publics they serve and to the truth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CDC union says vaccine misinformation put staff at risk after Atlanta shooting
Deadly violence not random as staff have endured ‘months of mistreatment, neglect and vilification’, says union
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The attack on the CDC was a terrorist action inspired by the current US Secretary of Health's lies about vaccines
Public health professionals have a duty to each other, to the publics they serve and to the truth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Public health professionals have a duty to each other, to the publics they serve and to the truth
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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🦷New article: Tobacco industry targeting dental professionals in 🇩🇪
With colleagues from @dkfz.bsky.social, we document how PMI pushes its 'harm reduction' messaging via dental magazines, events, education platforms, KOLs&more.
📜: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
@tcrgbath.bsky.social
With colleagues from @dkfz.bsky.social, we document how PMI pushes its 'harm reduction' messaging via dental magazines, events, education platforms, KOLs&more.
📜: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
@tcrgbath.bsky.social
“Let us all work together for the larger public health good.” Philip Morris targeting German dental professionals
As tobacco companies expand marketing of their newer nicotine and tobacco products—particularly heated tobacco products (HTPs) and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes)—Philip Morris GmbH (PM, GmbH is ...
tobaccocontrol.bmj.com
July 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🦷New article: Tobacco industry targeting dental professionals in 🇩🇪
With colleagues from @dkfz.bsky.social, we document how PMI pushes its 'harm reduction' messaging via dental magazines, events, education platforms, KOLs&more.
📜: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
@tcrgbath.bsky.social
With colleagues from @dkfz.bsky.social, we document how PMI pushes its 'harm reduction' messaging via dental magazines, events, education platforms, KOLs&more.
📜: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
@tcrgbath.bsky.social
Terrific paper
➡️Improves understanding of smoking patterns within + between populations
➡️New ways to frame smoking as urgent policy issue
➡️Great to see data for Wales and Scot reported, so link to devolved policymaking
Already using the fig of 1.34bn cigs smoked in Wales/year!
➡️Improves understanding of smoking patterns within + between populations
➡️New ways to frame smoking as urgent policy issue
➡️Great to see data for Wales and Scot reported, so link to devolved policymaking
Already using the fig of 1.34bn cigs smoked in Wales/year!
Our new paper provides up-to-date evidence on cigarette consumption across Great Britain.
🟡~28.6 billion cigarettes are smoked each year.
🟡There are persistent disparities across socioeconomic groups, regions, and nations.
academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-... @ntrjournal.bsky.social
🟡~28.6 billion cigarettes are smoked each year.
🟡There are persistent disparities across socioeconomic groups, regions, and nations.
academic.oup.com/ntr/advance-... @ntrjournal.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Terrific paper
➡️Improves understanding of smoking patterns within + between populations
➡️New ways to frame smoking as urgent policy issue
➡️Great to see data for Wales and Scot reported, so link to devolved policymaking
Already using the fig of 1.34bn cigs smoked in Wales/year!
➡️Improves understanding of smoking patterns within + between populations
➡️New ways to frame smoking as urgent policy issue
➡️Great to see data for Wales and Scot reported, so link to devolved policymaking
Already using the fig of 1.34bn cigs smoked in Wales/year!
"Blue steel!"
"Magnum!"
"Magnum!"
July 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Blue steel!"
"Magnum!"
"Magnum!"
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🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
The Misleading Panic over Misinformation
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
www.cato.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
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Migrant With Disturbingly Violent ‘The Edge’ Nickname Went Undetected By Authorities In Ireland For 62 Years
Migrant With Disturbingly Violent ‘The Edge’ Nickname Went Undetected By Authorities In Ireland For 62 Years
UNSETTLING reports coming into WWN suggest Irish authorities had no idea a migrant with a disturbing gang name 'The Edge' had been operating in Ireland for almost 62 years.
Experts have suggested the...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
June 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Migrant With Disturbingly Violent ‘The Edge’ Nickname Went Undetected By Authorities In Ireland For 62 Years
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Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
etsc.eu
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%
etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
Genuinely moved to get this final subscriber gift from @hiraethpod.bsky.social, still remembered, still enjoyed.
Enjoying all the team still does, follow for essential Welsh history, culture and politics
Ymlaen!
@ceritheviking.bsky.social
@hexter101.bsky.social
@mimosacymru.bsky.social
Enjoying all the team still does, follow for essential Welsh history, culture and politics
Ymlaen!
@ceritheviking.bsky.social
@hexter101.bsky.social
@mimosacymru.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Genuinely moved to get this final subscriber gift from @hiraethpod.bsky.social, still remembered, still enjoyed.
Enjoying all the team still does, follow for essential Welsh history, culture and politics
Ymlaen!
@ceritheviking.bsky.social
@hexter101.bsky.social
@mimosacymru.bsky.social
Enjoying all the team still does, follow for essential Welsh history, culture and politics
Ymlaen!
@ceritheviking.bsky.social
@hexter101.bsky.social
@mimosacymru.bsky.social
So, a few things I've learned over the last few days, in case they're useful to anyone:
- popes aren't informed of their new job on WhatsApp
- there's no such thing as a '£200 one-off pope registration fee'
Thanks
- popes aren't informed of their new job on WhatsApp
- there's no such thing as a '£200 one-off pope registration fee'
Thanks
May 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So, a few things I've learned over the last few days, in case they're useful to anyone:
- popes aren't informed of their new job on WhatsApp
- there's no such thing as a '£200 one-off pope registration fee'
Thanks
- popes aren't informed of their new job on WhatsApp
- there's no such thing as a '£200 one-off pope registration fee'
Thanks
April 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y)
No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia)
(🧵)
mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...
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A 7000 word rollercoaster ride through the village of governance. Not one of the exciting rollercoasters. More like the old wooden ones that hurt your back.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A 7000 word rollercoaster ride through the village of governance. Not one of the exciting rollercoasters. More like the old wooden ones that hurt your back.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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2/12/1957, Cardiff. Sister Rosetta Tharpe & a group of kids from Tiger Bay📸Chris Ware
April 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
2/12/1957, Cardiff. Sister Rosetta Tharpe & a group of kids from Tiger Bay📸Chris Ware