TCRG's Rob Branston spoke with Nigel Farage on GB News last night about the UK’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

'This is a good policy because it introduces an age of sale requirement to a group of people who aren't used to buying tobacco products and where there are very few smokers.'

Rosemary Hiscock is quoted in the i newspaper on the Association of Convenience Stores' #lobbying of MPs.

“The industry often operates with front groups so that it looks like the challenge in coming from the retailers, but actually they’re being funded by the tobacco industry.”

We back calls for the ‘polluter pays principle’ to be considered as part of the UK’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill which is getting it's 2nd reading today.

Our work in this area has influenced thinking around a potential tobacco industry levy.

Learn more here: ash.org.uk/resources/view…

📣 BLOG We're thrilled to be playing a key role in a new £8m research programme led by University of Bath on how local action can influence the impact of business on health and equity. Read about it here buff.ly/43WLrD9

Thanks to my co-author Katherine Körner (she/her) + all those who contributed to toolkit and to the speakers greg fell FFPH Niamh Fitzgerald and panellists Mark Petticrew Dr Lauren Carters-White & Jeff Collin, and for helping with the launch Alice Kadri Stefanie Gissing plus Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) & SPECTRUM Research Consortium

We know the #tobaccoindustry uses #frontgroups to obscure its involvement in #science , but there is little evidence on how this affects the public’s trust in this science.

Our latest paper investigates the public’s perception of industry funded science.

frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

We call upon #Medscape to permanently remove their PMI-sponsored smoking cessation courses.

As Dr Tess Legg is quoted saying in this piece for The BMJ, these courses are another tactic in the #tobaccoindustry 's 'decades long manipulation of science.”

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

We are really pleased that #tobaccoslavefilm has been nominated for the Learning on Screen awards in the category of Educational Film (in-house).

Well done to Roy Maconachie, Simon Wharf and all the other nominees.

We are looking forward to finding out who the winners are on 2 May!

Great news! We have another #roleavailable in our new Commercial Determinants of Health & Equity research team.

This time we are looking for a motivated #ProjectAdministrator to support the team in a variety of ways.

Apply here - bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.a…

#publichealthjobs

A formal criminal investigation into British American Tobacco's activities in Africa by the Serious Fraud Office, which cost UK taxpayers over £2.3m, was dropped in 2021.

Andy Rowell has written for Declassified UK on why the case may have been dropped.

declassifieduk.org/what-is-the-go…

The University is leading an £8M UK Research and Innovation project investigating how the commercial sector influences local population health.

Partners include universities, local government, communities, public health practitioners & civil society groups:

bath.ac.uk/announcements/…

The impact that the #commercialsector has on #publichealth at a local level is not well understood.

A major research project, lead by our Director Anna Gilmore, has received funding to investigate this under-researched area.

Read more: bath.ac.uk/announcements/…

This new documentary from Bloomberg Philanthropies and RadicalMedia explores the hidden public health infrastructure that protects individuals and communities from the threat of disease and injury.

Learn more: forbes.com/sites/brucelee…

'The Price We Pay: 6 Industry Pricing Strategies that Undermine Life-Saving Tobacco Taxes' is a helpful tool tobacco control advocates, government officials & policymakers can use to help end the tobacco crisis. Dr. Rob Branston Tobacco Control Research Group explains more. #ExposeTobacco

The #tobaccoindustry has a long history of #manipulatingscience for its own benefit, and evidence suggests it hasn't stopped.

Our new TobaccoTactics pages on influencing science explore the ways in which the industry uses 'science' to further its aims:
tobaccotactics.org/article/influe…

.Seventh Generation Rainforest Alliance and @SEJOrg are environmental leaders, yet @ReutersEvents is putting them on the same stage with tobacco giant Altria for their “Responsible Business” #RBUSA event.

These leaders should stand together against the tobacco industry’s blatant…

We support Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids call to remove Altria as sponsors of and speakers at this Reuters Events conference. #RBUSA #irresponsible

Today is the International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims & the Transatlantic Slave Trade, an opportunity to consider the role of #tobaccoindustry in historical abuses of enslaved people & the industry’s continued #exploitation of vulnerable groups.
exposetobacco.org/campaigns/toba…