http://www.crikey.com.au now with extra source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/08/15/what-was-bronwyn-bishop-smoking-reporting-from-the-inquiry-into-political-donations/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/08/15/what-was-bronwyn-bishop-smoking-reporting-from-the-inquiry-into-political-donations/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:35:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240982 Anne Jones.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/08/15/what-was-bronwyn-bishop-smoking-reporting-from-the-inquiry-into-political-donations/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/05/09/how-representative-is-online-commentary-not-very-suggests-tobacco-study/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/05/09/how-representative-is-online-commentary-not-very-suggests-tobacco-study/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 23:23:13 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=221745 Becky Freeman found that those opposed to plain packaging cigarettes are much more likely to post responses online, despite public opinion polls showing strong support for tobacco control measures.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/05/09/how-representative-is-online-commentary-not-very-suggests-tobacco-study/feed/ 0 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/03/02/why-the-tobacco-industry-is-bad-for-public-health-beyond-the-obvious-reasons/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/03/02/why-the-tobacco-industry-is-bad-for-public-health-beyond-the-obvious-reasons/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:47:16 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=207427 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/03/02/why-the-tobacco-industry-is-bad-for-public-health-beyond-the-obvious-reasons/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/05/smokers-revolt-how-the-cig-tax-will-hurt-the-working-folk/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/05/smokers-revolt-how-the-cig-tax-will-hurt-the-working-folk/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 03:10:59 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=135788 Lionel Elmore.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/05/smokers-revolt-how-the-cig-tax-will-hurt-the-working-folk/feed/ 10 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/30/on-ciggies-australia-the-world-leader-in-public-health-reform/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/30/on-ciggies-australia-the-world-leader-in-public-health-reform/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:30:48 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134619 Becky Freeman and Professor Simon Chapman.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/30/on-ciggies-australia-the-world-leader-in-public-health-reform/feed/ 23 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/30/cigs-up-just-a-puff-of-hot-smokey-air/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/30/cigs-up-just-a-puff-of-hot-smokey-air/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:07:19 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134504 Daily media wrap: Australia has gone into a cigarette-buying frenzy, with news that smoke prices would jump 25% overnight. But is the country also buying into Rudd's ETS smokescreen?]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/30/cigs-up-just-a-puff-of-hot-smokey-air/feed/ 2 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2010/04/29/pity-the-coal-lobbyists-are-more-powerful-than-the-tobacco-lobbyists/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2010/04/29/pity-the-coal-lobbyists-are-more-powerful-than-the-tobacco-lobbyists/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:56:27 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134502 Tim Hollo.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/rooted/2010/04/29/pity-the-coal-lobbyists-are-more-powerful-than-the-tobacco-lobbyists/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/preventative-health-lobby-inflicting-serious-damage-on-our-freedom/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/preventative-health-lobby-inflicting-serious-damage-on-our-freedom/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:35:04 +0000 Bernard Keane http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134284 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/preventative-health-lobby-inflicting-serious-damage-on-our-freedom/feed/ 55 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/draconian-perhaps-but-changing-fag-packaging-will-work/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/draconian-perhaps-but-changing-fag-packaging-will-work/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:34:56 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134255 Nicholas Gruen.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/draconian-perhaps-but-changing-fag-packaging-will-work/feed/ 4 http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/17/6/416.full http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/17/6/416.full#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:03:01 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134295 British Medical Journal's Tobacco Control journal. Smokers presume cigarettes in plain packs will be "less rich in tobacco, less satisfying and of lower quality tobacco."]]> http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/17/6/416.full/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/will-rudds-ets-woes-go-up-in-smoke/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/will-rudds-ets-woes-go-up-in-smoke/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:28:11 +0000 Ruth Brown http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134150 Daily Media Wrap: Less than two days after Rudd's ETS backflip, the government has pulled a sleight of hand: announcing it will introduce tough new laws for cigarette packets. Ta-da! Health is back on the national agenda. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/will-rudds-ets-woes-go-up-in-smoke/feed/ 8 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/05/plain-packs-tobacco-industry-bares-its-butts-to-bluff-rudd/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/05/plain-packs-tobacco-industry-bares-its-butts-to-bluff-rudd/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:48:05 +0000 Simon Chapman http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121118 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/05/plain-packs-tobacco-industry-bares-its-butts-to-bluff-rudd/feed/ 37 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/17/want-to-help-the-hunt-for-dodgy-tobacco-online-marketing/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/17/want-to-help-the-hunt-for-dodgy-tobacco-online-marketing/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:13:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=117314 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/17/want-to-help-the-hunt-for-dodgy-tobacco-online-marketing/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/08/british-american-tobacco%e2%80%99s-big-numbers-on-illegal-tobacco-don%e2%80%99t-add-up/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/08/british-american-tobacco%e2%80%99s-big-numbers-on-illegal-tobacco-don%e2%80%99t-add-up/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:11:54 +0000 Simon Chapman http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114878 http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/08/british-american-tobacco%e2%80%99s-big-numbers-on-illegal-tobacco-don%e2%80%99t-add-up/feed/ 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/pfizer%e2%80%99s-campaign-to-drug-as-many-smokers-as-possible/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/pfizer%e2%80%99s-campaign-to-drug-as-many-smokers-as-possible/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/pfizer%e2%80%99s-campaign-to-drug-as-many-smokers-as-possible/ Simon Chapman. ]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/18/pfizer%e2%80%99s-campaign-to-drug-as-many-smokers-as-possible/feed/ 13 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/taxing-fags-an-unhealthy-obsession/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/taxing-fags-an-unhealthy-obsession/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/taxing-fags-an-unhealthy-obsession/ Sinclair Davidson. The medical profession may get more money, but there's no reason to believe it will solve the smoking or alcohol crisis.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/taxing-fags-an-unhealthy-obsession/feed/ 32 http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/01/tobacco-industry-sues-to-protect-its-first-amendment-rights/ http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/01/tobacco-industry-sues-to-protect-its-first-amendment-rights/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:30:31 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=83561 http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/01/tobacco-industry-sues-to-protect-its-first-amendment-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=health-insurers-want-you-to-keep-sm-2009-06-03 http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=health-insurers-want-you-to-keep-sm-2009-06-03#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:00:38 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=65053 http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=health-insurers-want-you-to-keep-sm-2009-06-03/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/surgery-is-not-the-solution-to-obesity-epidemic/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/surgery-is-not-the-solution-to-obesity-epidemic/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000 Melissa Sweet http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/surgery-is-not-the-solution-to-obesity-epidemic/ Melissa Sweet.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/04/surgery-is-not-the-solution-to-obesity-epidemic/feed/ 1 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/06/02/why-increasing-tobacco-taxes-is-good-for-the-poor/ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/06/02/why-increasing-tobacco-taxes-is-good-for-the-poor/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:14 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=63788 Simon Chapman -- when cigs go up, they smoke less and are more likely to quit.]]> http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/06/02/why-increasing-tobacco-taxes-is-good-for-the-poor/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/nicotine-addicted-fast-food-coming-to-a-tv-near-you/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/nicotine-addicted-fast-food-coming-to-a-tv-near-you/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 03:55:20 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59163 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/nicotine-addicted-fast-food-coming-to-a-tv-near-you/feed/ 0 http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/135965/big_food_is_copying_big_tobacco%27s_disinformation_tactics%2C_how_many_will_die_this_time_/ http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/135965/big_food_is_copying_big_tobacco%27s_disinformation_tactics%2C_how_many_will_die_this_time_/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:41:42 +0000 Crikey http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51270 http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/135965/big_food_is_copying_big_tobacco%27s_disinformation_tactics%2C_how_many_will_die_this_time_/feed/ 0 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/liberals-lucrative-love-affair-with-big-tobacco/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/liberals-lucrative-love-affair-with-big-tobacco/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Bernard Keane Bernard Keane.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/12/liberals-lucrative-love-affair-with-big-tobacco/feed/ 10 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/27/mission-australia-under-fire-for-tobacco-links/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/27/mission-australia-under-fire-for-tobacco-links/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Crikey Mike Daube.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/11/27/mission-australia-under-fire-for-tobacco-links/feed/ 3 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/is-qantas-giving-big-tobacco-the-executive-treatment/ http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/is-qantas-giving-big-tobacco-the-executive-treatment/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Crikey Glenn Dyer poses the question.]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/17/is-qantas-giving-big-tobacco-the-executive-treatment/feed/ 3