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Struggling to see what other options the poor sea bass had here.

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It's official. Resistance Summer School is happening. Columbia cancelled my class on Race, Media and International Affairs, but I'm going to teach it anyway. 100+ people have enrolled in just six hours. karenattiah.substack.com/p/enrollment...

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You broke it, you own it.

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Varenicline, combined with behavioral counseling, increased vaping abstinence in youth(16-24) who vape nicotine and do not regularly smoke tobacco. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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🚨 Breaking News: The Tobacco and Vapes Bill has passed its Second Reading in @ukhouseoflords.bsky.social! 🚨 This marks another hugely important step towards ending cancers caused by smoking. Please share to show your support for a #SmokefreeUK 🔁

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Out now - the May edition of Thorax. thorax.bmj.com/content/80/5... #RespEd #LungSky @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @bmj.com

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"These results demonstrate the high smoking cessation efficacy and excellent tolerability of cytisinicline, confirm its ability to reduce nicotine craving, and support adoption of cytisinicline as a smoking cessation medication." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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A statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum regarding trans inclusion.

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Commuting podcast: Amartya Sen at the LSE in 2015 on our diverse differences, health and education as freedom, and other things. @lseinequalities.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/humanrights/...

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“personne ne commence, tout le monde arrete, pas un sou pour l’industrie du tabac” www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art... @lemonde.fr @whofctc.bsky.social @ashorg.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social

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🧵1/8 Conventional warfare is a public health issue, counting the casualties, mitigating the effects, and advocating for alternatives. Our new editorial, in IJHPM, with @chrischirp.bsky.social & @tiagocorreia.bsky.social argues for the same engagement with economic warfare

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Climate Change & COPD: A GOLD Science Committee Review. www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

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“If we’re serious about prosperity, we must be serious about ending smoking.” In a guest blog for ASH, @ippr.bsky.social's Sebastian Rees makes the economic and moral case for a levy on Big Tobacco to fund a Smokefree Britain. 🧾 Read more: ash.org.uk/media-centre...

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Tobacco Companies Targeting Health Professionals: The Tactics www.tobaccotactics.org/article/targ...

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As the Mayor to a city of more than one million Catholics, I want to express my sadness, and the sadness of all Londoners, at the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis. He was a man of courage and humility who demonstrated how cooperation between faiths was a force for good.

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“Danger of abuse in the NHS is always at the point where private commercialism impinges on the Service..Abuse occurs where an attempt is made to marry the incompatible principles of private acquisitiveness with a public service..The solution is to decrease the dependence on private enterprise”-Bevan

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On March 28 and 29, settlers and Israeli forces stormed and attacked the Jinba community in #MasaferYatta, #WestBank, #Palestine. Five Palestinians were hospitalized —two in intensive care, including a child.

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Genocide. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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#TransLivesMatter

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Interesting www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Stupid, evil, misogynists.

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“more than 18,000 detainees died in conditions so horrific that British relief teams felt fit to say it was difficult to discern the living from the dead.” First-person account of Bergen-Belsen, liberated 80y ago today. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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Proud to have have topped the poll in the council election. I hope to be of use, and look forward to working with Mumtaz Patel Hilary Williams and the rest of the @rcphysicians.bsky.social team. Thanks @drasifqasim.bsky.social @respirologist.bsky.social @martinmckee.bsky.social for nominating me.

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1/3 Smoking doubles the risk of heart disease or stroke - and even one cigarette a day raises the risk. John, a former smoker from Stockton, had a heart attack and feared he wouldn't live to see his family again.

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Could men who think anything I didn't pack into a single post is something I don't know or care about please take a very long hike? I know, I should just block them, and did with this Jason person.

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Time is running out! Less than 3 days left to vote in the @rcphysicians.bsky.social elections. Links to voting in email from Civica. Vote @drlkvaughan.bsky.social for Vice President!

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One man is standing up for the rule of law in Britain. His reward is to be savagely attacked by right wing think tanks, newspapers & politicians. They understand where the battle against populism is taking place. And they've marshalled their forces accordingly. iandunt.substack.com/p/a-good-man...

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This is an important election for the RCP With the abolition of NHSE and the Postgraduate Medical Education review we have to ensure the RCP is the Voice of Physicians and leads on policy It really is time for change Vote Asif Qasim Please encourage FRCP colleagues to vote by Monday 14th April

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SUVs increase the odds of killing in a collision. They're high at the front, your children get dragged under then crushed to death. They're also too big for parking spaces. They shld just be treated like vans, subject to lower speed limits, higher parking charges. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Commuting podcast: Sven Lindqvist - Bombing Savages in Law, in Fact, in Fiction. Was privileged to be in the audience for this back in 2011. Hard truths about racism, mass murder and genocide. pulsemedia.org/2011/12/15/b...

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Asthma, COPD and ILD affect over 10 million people across the four nations, and a substantial number of diagnoses were missed during the pandemic. thorax.bmj.com/content/earl... #LungSky @bmj.com @asthmaandlung.org.uk #RespEd

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In one week, we’ll have a new @rcphysicians.bsky.social President & other elections will close. Please vote for: PRCP: @drasifqasim.bsky.social Clinical VP: @drlkvaughan.bsky.social Council: @copddoc.bsky.social, @respirologist.bsky.social (me!), Dr Barry Monk, Dr Dilesh Lakhani #RCPTimeForChange

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I’ve donated to this case @anaesunited.bsky.social with the equivalent of my @gmcuk.bsky.social fee See you in Court GMC www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-mi...

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Thank you - proud to have proposed you @respirologist.bsky.social and @copddoc.bsky.social for council A call to RCP Fellows to Vote Asif Qasim before 14th April

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Stupid and reckless. Also stupid to accept the framing that 80% of this vandalism is justified. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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At a time like this, policies based on evidence are more important than ever. And that means learning from failures. @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social & I provide an example - physician associates in the U.K. in latest @independentsage.bsky.social Substack open.substack.com/pub/independ...

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Substantial health threats from polluting household fuels. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #LungSky @asthmaandlung.org.uk

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Substantial health threats from polluting household fuels. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @btsrespiratory.bsky.social #LungSky @asthmaandlung.org.uk

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This is awful.

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These doctors own it all. They betrayed medical ethics for fame and fortune.

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So true. And also no signs that PMI will stop opposing and undermining evidence-based measures that would reduce smoking and their profits.

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Responding to US executive orders and Trump 2.0: ideological language bans and attempts to suppress science will not obscure the tobacco epidemic’s foundations of exploitation and inequity. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/34/2... @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky

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🆕 Updated: European Public Health starter pack Dr Tedros, WHO Director-General @drtedros.who.int European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions @eurofound.europa.eu European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights @epfsrr.bsky.social go.bsky.app/K2JB6CN

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📘 New book: "The stark reality is that we’ve been sold a monumental lie. The obsession with individual health optimization has distracted us from the real game-changer: holding governments accountable for policies that can significantly extend our lifespans"

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Performative ignorance.

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🚨 We’re hiring! Are you a sharp communicator and storyteller? Join our ambitious team to help shape the tobacco and vaping narrative in Westminster, the NHS & local gov at a critical moment. 🔗 charityjob.co.uk/jobs/action-...

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