What does the new Health Minister Tanya Plibersek think of Nicola Roxon’s promise to halve the prevalence of indigenous smoking by 2018, asks associate professor David Thomas?
Smoking related deaths
Gains from Roxon’s anti-smoking stance lost by lax fitness
Crikey / Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Lack of exercise is the “new” tobacco. It is strongly associated in large numbers of studies with heart disease, stroke, most cancers, diabetes, osteoporosis and depression, writes sports physician John Orchard.
British American Tobacco’s big numbers on illegal tobacco don’t add up
Crikey / Simon Chapman / Monday, 8 February 2010
Australia’s tobacco industry is having a major attack of the vapours following recommendations made by the government’s Preventive Health Task Force last year.
The deadly workplace hazard that doesn’t rate a mention
Crikey / Thursday, 18 December 2008
Thousands of Australian workers are being exposed daily to deadly carcinogens, writes Stafford Sanders.
Taking a stab at lung disease: whose numbers do you believe?
Crikey / Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Access Economics are playing with digits on smoking related illness, writes Simon Chapman.
What the tobacco company didn’t tell SMH readers
Crikey / Friday, 15 August 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald recently carried a glossy supplement, featuring a British American Tobacco Australia (BATA) promotion, writes Ross MacKenzie.
Why everybody should calm the Yahoo down about Google
Crikey / Tuesday, 11 December 2007
A heavily critical study has garnered significant media attention in recent weeks. The 187-page study alleges that “Google has amassed power in an unprecedented way that is endangering our society,” writes Adam Schwab.
