Since in in San Francisco at the Twitter HQ I wonder what it'll take to get @ProfGlantz to come join me so we can have a real conversation. I'll be here a while. Let me know.
Fair play @CocaCola_GB, not capitulating to #PublicHealth fussbuckets, you have my custom
Shame on you @irnbru, @LucozadeEnergy & @RibenaUK, you've lost mine
Coca-Cola launches campaign to talk up its ‘uniqueness’ ahead of the #sugartax https://t.co/CGIj1waCgf
《If affordability were the decisive factor, the poor would be paragons of #health and the rich would be gout-ridden, chain-#smoking wrecks.》
Indeed #beatNCDs /#SDGs is a global #con targeting the poor.
#nphw#AbolishPH
https://t.co/kyOvAKXRvY
There is real confusion about tobacco, and little trust in evidence that finds a dramatic reduction of health risks with harm-reduction products. To achieve progress, we need a segmented approach that takes culture and socio-economic status into account https://t.co/VykRgHhDrO
"Model" used to predict "risks" of #smoking "predicts" the same risks for not-smoking compared to... erm not-smoking. IOW, it's not a model at all, but a precooked conclusion packaged as statisticky mambo jumbo https://t.co/1sMmd5piCh
#Sugartax and other sin taxes are merely "fines imposed on ordinary people as punishment for engaging in activities that displease super-rich do-gooders" - @cjsnowdon https://t.co/IaBs8vBDk6
.@JohnsHopkinsSPH says that sin taxes discourage behavior they don't like and don't hurt the poor.
In other news:
Private prison operators say criminalization stops drug use and does not hurt the poor.
Pentagon says missile strikes promote democracy and do not hurt the poor.