Duncan A. Thomas
@duncanathomas
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Policy & Knowledge Exchange Lead @bathtr @UniofBath | Instructor @coursera MOOCs | Former @cfa_res_pol | Baha’i, own views, not endorsing
Bath, England
Joined March 2010
What if a menu offered nothing but harm? It exists. It's Big Tobacco's "Menu of Addiction" and there are plenty of options available. Visit @exposetobacco to explore the "menu" and see what the tobacco industry is serving up —and why it matters. https://t.co/Svl3IAPoFK
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🎙️Listen to the latest episode of leading public health podcast @WSITYpod with special guest Professor Anna Gilmore. In this unmissable episode, Professor Gilmore pulls back the curtain on the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH. 🎧 Listen here: https://t.co/CFoUzE4Roa
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🎓 New PhD opportunity available at the University of Bath! Starting January 2026, a new #funded PhD placement will examine #PolluterPays approaches to address the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDoH. 📅 Apply by Tues 30 September. Find out more: https://t.co/ylnDzB7ztw
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It’s almost time for #WCTC2025! Come and find us next week at booth B2508 in Dublin where we will be running our #TobaccoFacts quiz. @WCTC_official
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The tactics used by the #tobaccoindustry to influence #policy vary from country to country. New #research highlights strategies used to influence tobacco policy in South Africa where industry interference is a barrier to progressing tobacco control. https://t.co/bpcVULKKO3
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Tactics used by #tobaccocompanies to target health professionals include: 🎯 funding academic medical centres & groups; 🎯 publishing in journals aimed at health professionals; and 🎯 sponsoring and presenting at medical conferences & events. More info: https://t.co/CEpUOuElax
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Great to see the launch of this 🆕 report which looks at how smoking can be ended in a generation. The report calls for the introduction of a #polluterpays levy to raise £700m a year from the #tobaccoindustry, a measure supported by TCRG’s @JRBranston. https://t.co/VaVWqnN7iJ
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This afternoon, Parliament heard a clear message: it's time to end smoking for good – and make tobacco companies pay for the harm they cause. Here's what happened at today’s APPG event. 👇
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Tobacco companies rake in millions from addiction, illness, and loss. MPs say it’s time they paid for the damage. 📖Read the latest report from the APPG on Smoking and Health, which calls for a polluter pays levy to fund a smokefree country. https://t.co/ufSjdSK2LI
ash.org.uk
A Roadmap to a Smokefree Country – published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health in April 2025 – sets out the urgent actions needed to end smoking in a generation, cut health...
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Responding to the APPG on Smoking and Health’s latest report, our special adviser on tobacco, Professor Sanjay Agrawal said: ‘This report rightly recognises the 6 million current smokers in the UK as an important group in achieving a truly smokefree nation in the coming decades.
Tobacco companies rake in millions from addiction, illness, and loss. MPs say it’s time they paid for the damage. 📖Read the latest report from the APPG on Smoking and Health, which calls for a polluter pays levy to fund a smokefree country. https://t.co/ufSjdSK2LI
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The #tobaccoindustry claims it has transformed, but its reaction to potential new regulation suggests otherwise. Read our analysis of official responses to the UK Tobacco & Vapes Bill from the tobacco and nicotine industries and linked organisations here: https://t.co/elbrBq0RrB
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The UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill presents a threat to the profits of the tobacco and nicotine industries. Our analysis of official responses to the Bill from these industries and linked organisations calls into question claims #BigTobacco has transformed. https://t.co/elbrBq0RrB
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Tobacco companies don’t just market in stores—they use hidden incentives to push their products. Retailers get cash, gifts & perks to promote tobacco, keeping addiction alive. What’s the real cost? Read more on how these programs harm public health.
exposetobacco.org
Ads aren't the only ways tobacco marketing reaches kids. Colorful displays in stores are designed to catch the eye and attract youth.
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Forewarned is for-armed: Tobacco, food and alcohol industry efforts to intimidate health advocates and researchers
profglantz.com
As someone who has spent decades doing public health research and advocacy on tobacco and other issues, I have been the object of several attacks and intimidation efforts, including, among other th…
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🆕 #research suggests that companies supplying the tobacco industry are not transparent about their tobacco links. These companies use a range of strategies to downplay their #tobaccoindustry involvement. 👉 Find out more: https://t.co/xgGbqqMHis
#tobaccosupplychain
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Accurate analysis of relevant #socialmedia content helps build understanding of public opinion which can contribute to #policyformulation. New TCRG research explores how to use Large Language Models #LLMs to identify the intent of social media messaging. https://t.co/x7j7Xx0h4Y
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📹 Last week we held a special #screening in Amman, Jordan of #TobaccoSlaveFilm, our #documentary on the lives of tobacco farmers in Malawi . It has been great to be able to share Tobacco Slave with new audiences around the world this year, including in Brazil and Kenya.
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We and advocates worldwide are calling on Philip Morris International, Hearst and Condé Nast to stop promoting tobacco products to youth. Across the globe, Hearst and Condé Nast’s magazines like Glamour, Vogue, ELLE and Esquire are promoting Philip Morris’ tobacco products on
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🪄 The tobacco industry is a master of illusion. It takes a small grain of reality and then manipulates it. But beneath the smoke lies the truth: The truth that the tobacco industry loves to twist, turning it into something that it's not. The tactics used by the
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We have published research in @PLOS exploring cigarette affordability in Malaysia between 2009-2019 which finds that cigarettes in the country became more affordable over most of the study years, emphasising the need for stronger tobacco tax policy. Read: https://t.co/BYit5DGLKd
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