Tahir Turk PhD
@TahirTturk
Warrior for Public Health, Social Justice and the Environment. Adjunct Professor Dow University of Health Sciences - School of Public Health. Tweets are my own.
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http://cpiweb.info 27-03-2012 22:51:17
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Coming from PMI? If you believe this Dr. Moira Gilchrist you really do deserve your PR job at the company! More industry spin to undermine credibility in good science. Philip Morris International when you stop killing your customers and divest from combustibles, we can talk about trust.
'Generation Vape': Just what the industry wanted. The governments and a few naive NGOs and academics that supported this industry should admit their mistake and move to restrict supply #PrescriptionModel
More than 3,200 children try their first cigarette every day.
Nearly 9 out of 10 people who smoke started before the age of 18 and almost all start smoking by age 26.
We must protect our next generation by phasing out the sale of cigarettes. #StandWithHealth
For the dog lovers Dr Olivia Doll DCS May be the first time a tobacco control message has addressed harms to 'furry family' members!
Smoking prevalence in Brazil, despite the ecig ban, is around 9% which is better than most countries with liberal ecig laws. Significant annual reductions in smoking prevalence with no new epidemic of youth vaping or multi-tobacco harms? #Misconceptions gov.br/inca/resolveui…
You take money from Cliff Global Action to End Smoking
and his motley crew at rebranded 'Global Action to End Smoking' you are taking money from the blood of PMI smokers/vapers. GAES, Former Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, Awards Grant to Urban Institute ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/global-ac… via Yahoo
“The Tobacco Control Movement’s Next Act: Challenges Following Two Decades of Unprecedented Progress.” The biggest is the advent of industry novel tobacco products that will set back tobacco control decades. Innovations in Tobacco Control Lecture Series: publichealth.jhu.edu/events/2024/in…
Funny when you've hitched your caboose to the addiction train how instead of acknowledging the failures to protect another generation of kids from nicotine addiction and multi-tobacco use harms you double down on countries that have acted to protect kids. Ps It's 9% ASH New Zealand