Our beginner friendly guide to #ElectronicCigarettes, #HeatedTobacco, and #NicotinePouches covers key characteristics of these products, how they are used and frequently asked questions. Read more on OncoDaily - https://oncodaily.com/voices/nicotine-and-tobacco-products-491901

A Beginner’s Guide To Newer Nicotine And Tobacco Products: Nicotine Pouches, Heated Tobacco And E-cigarettes (Vapes) - OncoDaily

A Beginner’s Guide To Newer Nicotine And Tobacco Products: Nicotine Pouches, Heated Tobacco And E-cigarettes (Vapes) / cancer, e-cigarettes, Heated Tobacco,

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The tobacco industry has targeted medical professionals to boost its credibility since the 1930s. STOP's 🆕 #blog explores why #BigTobacco wants medical professionals on its side? https://exposetobacco.org/news/tobacco-dental-oral-health/?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=evergreen

Dentists and Other Medical Professionals Are Still Being Targeted by the Tobacco Industry

Big Tobacco is calling its newer products "an opportunity for oral health," and is working to make dentists its allies.

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Have you listened to series two of #DeadlyIndustryPod? The 8 episodes cover topics from the experiences of tobacco farmers, to how conflicts of interest threaten science and how #BigTobacco uses different tactics in different countries. Listen here - shows.acast.com/deadly-indus...

Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco

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Are Heated Tobacco Products #HTPs an aid in tackling the tobacco epidemic or just another item on the #TobaccoIndustry’s menu of addiction? Our research has examined industry claims on these products. Find out more on our #CaseStudy page: bath.ac.uk/case-studies...

We would like to offer our warm congratulations to Andrew Black on his appointment as the Head of the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. @whofctc.bsky.social

On #InternationalYouthDay, we think about the issues that impact young people. Globally, an estimated 50 million 13–15 years old smoke cigarettes or use smokeless tobacco products. The #TobaccoIndustry has a long history of targeting youth with its products. www.tobaccotactics.org/article/toba...

Tobacco Industry Targeting Young People - Tobacco Tactics

The tobacco industry use a range of manipulative tactics and marketing strategies to target young people

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New #research by Dr Iona Fitzpatrick and Xinmei Sun suggests the lack of a common language about #TobaccoProducts and #TobaccoUse can impact the understanding of related risks and influence product usage and cessation. Find out more: doi.org/10.2196/86593 #TobaccoControl

Research by @tcrgbath.bsky.social and @sheffielduni.bsky.social investigates the potential #PublicHealth benefits of a #PolluterPays levy scheme. This modelling suggests that implementing a scheme would cut smoking deaths, reduce hospital admission, and raise tax revenue. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Does the tobacco industry's use of #frontgroups to obscure its involvement in #science have an effect on the public's trust in this science? TCRG research found there was more trust in science carried out by #TobaccoIndustry funded groups than directly by tobacco companies. doi.org/10.3389/fcom...

Does your work apply the tools of social science to address the tobacco and nicotine epidemics? Submissions for a special issue of Academy of Social Sciences #ContemporarySocialScience are open until January 2027. Find out more: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #SocialScience

New #research by Dr Iona Fitzpatrick and @xinmeisun.bsky.social explores the language that is used to talk about tobacco use and tobacco users. The research examines the variations in language used by health organisations, the tobacco industry, and in general English. doi.org/10.2196/86593

The generational sales ban, a key feature of the UK #TobaccoAndVapesAct, could act as a firebreak in the #TobaccoEpidemic by challenging the idea that there is an age when smoking becomes acceptable. In a 🆕 article @brittakm.bsky.social & Jon Berrick discuss the potential impacts of this approach.

Well-designed #TobaccoTax policies reduce tobacco use, save lives, and generate domestic revenue A new report from the Institute for Global Tobacco Control reviews 15 years of tax progress across countries in the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

#TIMRA2026 ends today. Huge thanks to the online and in-person participants for all of their excellent contributions throughout the course. Thank you also to the course trainers for their hard work in making the week a successes. #PublicHealthTraining #TobaccoControl #TobaccoTactics

It is day 4️⃣ of #TIMRA2026! Today our online and in-person participants will be receiving training on investigative skills, tobacco taxation, working with whistleblowers, and how the tobacco industry influences science. #TobaccoControl #training

Our paper on the tobacco industry post-adoption tactics was recently published in #Globalization&Health, showing that industry efforts to influence policy don't stop with policy passage. 📌 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The policy implementation playbook: a cross-policy taxonomy of post-adoption tobacco industry tactics - Globalization and Health

Background Tobacco industry interference during policy development is well documented, yet evidence on how the industry responds after policies are adopted and enter into force remains fragmented acro...

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Our recent research identifies 5️⃣ key tactics used by the #TobaccoIndustry to respond after the adoption of #TobaccoControl #policies. 1️⃣ Pre-emptive adaptation 2️⃣ Disregarding 3️⃣ Token implementation 4️⃣ Circumvention 5️⃣ Influence through intermediaries https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01220-0

Our latest TCRG #newsletter includes details of recent #research publications and #TobaccoTactics pages as well as how to register for the National Emergency Briefing film screening. 🖱️ Join mailing list - bath.us19.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... 👀 Read newsletter: mailchi.mp/4cfc3bb0a9ec...

We have a packed agenda for day 3️⃣ of #TIMRA2026 with sessions on AI and big data and our supply chain database. At yesterday’s networking session, participants shared lessons learned from addressing #TobaccoIndustry interference in their countries, including the value of collaboration. #Training

#TIMRA2026 day 2️⃣ has started with sessions on building evidence and defamation, followed by training on political mapping and how to stay safe while investigating the tobacco industry. Participants will also have the opportunity to showcase their own work during a networking session this afternoon.

Today is the first day of #TIMRA2026 🎉 This week, we will be joined online and in Bath by #TobaccoControl researchers and advocates from across the world who want to build on their skills to monitor, research and hold the tobacco industry accountable. #Training

#NicotinePouches may be newer products, but the tactics used to sell them are not. #TobaccoCompanies are emphasising exciting flavours, convenience and discreet use, and taking advantage of ambiguity in regulations to increase use. https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Nicotine_Pouches.pdf

Join us for a thought-provoking screening of the @nebriefing.bsky.social film on the climate and nature crisis. This film brings together experts to present the latest evidence on the crisis, highlighting risks to food systems, public health and national security, alongside practical solutions.

The @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social and @tcrgbath.bsky.social are featured in @uniofbath.bsky.social latest #ResearchWithImpact campaign! This article covers how the C21PH is setting the global agenda for addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH. stories.bath.ac.uk/research-wit...

How the Centre for 21st Century Public Health is setting the global agenda for addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health

Bath research explores ground-breaking approaches to public health and sustainability to enable us to meet the unique challenges of the 21st century.

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Last week Akanksha Patil and Hussein Faeq from our #TobaccoTactics team attended the @tcij.org summer conference. The #conference provided a valuable opportunity for them to learn about the latest investigative methods and tools. @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social

Our recent research identifies 5️⃣ key tactics used by the #TobaccoIndustry to respond after the adoption of #TobaccoControl #policies. 1️⃣ Pre-emptive adaptation 2️⃣ Disregarding 3️⃣ Token implementation 4️⃣ Circumvention 5️⃣ Influence through intermediaries https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01220-0

Our recent research identifies 5️⃣ key tactics used by the #TobaccoIndustry to respond after the adoption of #TobaccoControl #policies. 1️⃣ Pre-emptive adaptation 2️⃣ Disregarding 3️⃣ Token implementation 4️⃣ Circumvention 5️⃣ Influence through intermediaries https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-026-01220-0

Use of #NicotinePouches is rising at an alarming rate around the world. The transnational #TobaccoIndustry is targeting young people with advertising and capitalising on underdeveloped regulation to promote these products. Find out more in the new brief from STOP: bit.ly/3QzbOg4

Policy adoption is not the end point New research identifies 5️⃣ tactics used by the #TobaccoIndustry after policies are adopted These tactics form the Policy Implementation Playbook – a framework for understanding how industry actors shape policy implementation in practice doi.org/10.1186/s129...

There are three weeks to go until the start of our #TIMRA2026 course! We look forward to welcoming attendees from across the world to Bath and online for training on tobacco industry monitoring, research, and accountability. Find out more: www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-in...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup starts today. While #TobaccoIndustry sponsorships at that competition have been banned since the late 1980s, there is still a long history of the tobacco industry aligning itself with #football to promote its products. Find out more: www.tobaccotactics.org/article/foot...