Kicking the Habit Project

Kicking the Habit: Historicising 'Addictive' Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025. Wellcome Trust Funded. Runs 2024-30 @UniofNottingham @LSHTM @UofGlasgow

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We've launched our 'Kicking the Habit' project website and Digital Map. It uses people's submissions of everyday objects to historise unhealthy sponsorship in British sport through branded memorabilia since 1960. Visit to submit content and learn more: https://t.co/Ad2hmb11pW

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@UofGlasgow @GlaGamRes @wellcometrust @drannagreenwood Alex Mold @shwardle @danoneill87 @Milk_w_Knives @FabiolaCreed @UoNHumanities @LSHTM @LSHTMhistory

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In the first of three blogs exploring each of the project’s strands, @danoneill87 takes us through a short history of tobacco sponsorship in British professional sport. Read more about Dan’s research here: https://t.co/lXUtBUh2ZN

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Whilst there, send us your own sports sponsorship memorabilia, and check out its Digital Map https://t.co/Ad2hmb11pW

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Funded by @wellcometrust

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We held our first project workshop @LSHTM
a fortnight ago. If you're interested in reading about some of the fantastic papers we had the pleasure of hearing, you can read the blog on our website: https://t.co/X4fAzgqdj3

In collab with @GlaGamRes @UofGlasgow @UoNHumanities

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@sportCIES @ihr_history @CSHHH_Glasgow

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Please feel free to repost and circulate @UniofNottingham @UoNHumanities @UoNPressOffice @LSHTMhistory @PSG_LSHTM @CDRG_LSHTM @UofGlasgow @Glasgow @UofGSociology @wellcometrust @ExploreWellcome @HatAds @BritSportHisSoc @drughistory @socialhistsoc @CultSocHistory @SSHMedicine

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

We've launched our 'Kicking the Habit' project website and Digital Map. It uses people's submissions of everyday objects to historise unhealthy sponsorship in British sport through branded memorabilia since 1960. Visit to submit content and learn more: https://t.co/Ad2hmb11pW

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

REMINDER: Just a week left now to submit abstracts to the CfP below.

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CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

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REMINDER: There’s just under a month left until the CfP for 'Historicising CDoH' closes. Please do share & circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025 if you’re interested.

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

@drannagreenwood @shwardle @danoneill87 @FabiolaCreed @Milk_w_Knives

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

This 6-year interdisciplinary project is held at @UniofNottingham @LSHTM @UofGlasgow @UofGSocSci

Led by PIs @drannagreenwood Professor Alex Mold @shwardle

PDRAs @Milk_w_Knives Dr Daniel O'Neill @FabiolaCreed

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@PointsHistory introduces our project, 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025', on the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries’ sponsorship of football, rugby, cricket, F1 & tennis https://t.co/iJV3is3z9B
Funded by @wellcometrust
@drughistory

[Kicking the Habit Project @KtHabitProject]

This 6-year interdisciplinary project is held at @UniofNottingham @LSHTM @UofGlasgow @UofGSocSci

Led by PIs @drannagreenwood Professor Alex Mold @shwardle

PDRAs Dr Daniel O'Neill @Milk_w_Knives @FabiolaCreed

@the_polyphony

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Our first blog introduces our @wellcometrust funded project, 'Kicking the Habit: ‘Addictive’ Sport Sponsorship in Britain, 1965-2025'. It focuses on the tobacco, alcohol and gambling industries’ sponsorship of football, rugby, cricket, F1 and tennis https://t.co/GeLTonSXIN