Abby Smith

Health promotion, tobacco control, healthy retail, translational research | Director Quit Tas @CancerTas | PhD Candidate @Sydney_Uni | she/her.

[Quit @quitvic]

It’s been ten years since Australia implemented the world’s first cigarette plain packaging laws. The impact is undeniable. 1 million Australians have since quit smoking. 26 countries globally have introduced tobacco control laws mirroring Australia’s. https://t.co/6HZjCEtJBB

[Quit @quitvic]

The toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke are formed at every stage – from the tobacco farm, to the factory, to when a cigarette is lit. Click the link to watch @US_FDA @FDATobacco From Plant to Product to Puff videos and learn how: https://t.co/JF2v5i8ws5 #TheConThatKills

[Abby Smith @abbysmithAU]

@DrBFreeman @DrSarahLWhite Ditto!😊 (BTW I'm now public!)

[Abby Smith @abbysmithAU]

Excited to share, as my first of many public tweets(!), our @TC_BMJ paper showing the potential of a non-regulatory intervention, in addition to strong tobacco licensing, to encourage tobacco retailers to end sales. Read it now👇
@syd_health @DrBFreeman @DrSeemaM @CancerTas

[Tobacco Control @TC_BMJ]

Tasmania: Study investigated the feasibility of a real-world, non-regulatory intervention to encourage low volume tob retailers to stop selling, in a jurisdiction with a tobacco retailer licensing system and found that there was appetite for such a system. https://t.co/ezUyrzxpqI

[Abby Smith @abbysmithAU]

@drayuswandewi @DrBFreeman Amazing job Ayu!!

[Abby Smith @abbysmithAU]

@FAREAustralia Congrats @catgiorgi !!!

[Abby Smith @abbysmithAU]

Great hearing about work by @quitvic and some of the impacts on people’s lives “the consumer saved $11,000 in 11 months when he quit” #OTCC2019

[Abby Smith @abbysmithAU]

@DrBFreeman @drayuswandewi @WattsChrissy90 Thanks for being an epic supervisor!

[#LeadOnNCDs @WePublicHealth]

5 easy measures with big returns for tobacco control: Michelle Scollo #OTCC2017