Luis Caceres

Personal account 🇨🇦 Tweet mostly about #sugar #tobacco #alcohol and Latin America. Views are my own. Re-tweets ≠ endorsement

[Luis Caceres @cacecar]

Sad to hear this news. @CollishawNeil was always happy to share with me his insights and perspectives and I'll be forever grateful as it made me a better writer, researcher, and person. My condolences to the family. https://t.co/uoQTuY10Fc

[WHO FCTC @FCTCofficial]

Today is #HumanRightsDay

#HumanRights are embedded in the provisions and spirit of the WHO FCTC

#FCTCSavesLives #HumanRightsDay

Learn more: https://t.co/W226x9HREt

[Global tobacco control research @SFU @gtc_sfu]

Online Simulation Model to Estimate the Total Costs of Tobacco Product Waste (TPW) in Large U.S. Cities: total annual TPW-attributable mean costs for large US cities range from US$4.7 million to US$90 million per year. https://t.co/EO1I2qbEfB via @MDPIOpenAccess

[John Schwartz @jswatz]

BREAKING: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sues ExxonMobil, Koch Industries and the American Petroleum Institute over climate change issues, alleging violations of the state's statutes on consumer fraud, false advertising and more https://t.co/icb8CRsALt

[Global tobacco control research @SFU @gtc_sfu]

Jordan has surpassed Indonesia to have the highest smoking rates in the world. Including e-cigarettes and other “smokeless” products, more than eight in 10 Jordanian men are nicotine users, according to a 2019 national survey carried out with the WHO. https://t.co/TK4HK9vcWH

[UConn Rudd Center @UConnRuddCenter]

Over $1 billion was spent in sugary drink ads in 2018, finds the latest Rudd Center FACTS report. Despite pledges by companies to help reduce calories consumed, 1/2 of these ads promoted regular sodas. And, they continued targeting Black & Hispanic youth. https://t.co/wChAJ61asK

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

BREAKING: @AshOrg & @aatclc file lawsuit against @US_FDA for their lack of action to protect thousands of African Americans from tobacco-related deaths.

Read our joint statement & the full complaint here:
https://t.co/fF7rnnQjZ7

#BanMenthol

[WHO FCTC @FCTCofficial]

📡Landmark legal victory @wto for public health and a major setback for the tobacco industry.

The Convention Secretariat recognizes the importance of this decision. #FCTCSavesLives
>> https://t.co/SKsvuXN60P

[Reuters @Reuters]

WTO backs Australia in appeal over its tobacco packaging law https://t.co/3hEBPzzi23

[WHO FCTC @FCTCofficial]

On #WorldNoTobaccoDay 🚭, we call on Parties to protect adolescents and young people from the tobacco industry’s systematic and sustained efforts to hook them.

👉 https://t.co/ySBL0TsnUT

#FCTCSavesLives #SpeakOut #TobaccoExposed

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Tobacco is one of the greatest public health threats ever! It increasingly targets young people in a bid to replace the 8 million people that it kills every year. This #WorldNoTobaccoDay, @WHO calls on everyone to #SpeakOut! Let's get #TobaccoExposed!

https://t.co/r1G9TMTxBi

[WHO FCTC @FCTCofficial]

Tobacco advertising ban in the streets of Germany from January 2022 👏
A bold step aiming to the full implementation of the WHO FCTC.
#FCTCSavesLives
https://t.co/DgxbCQuVJd via @TheLocalGermany

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

NEW: Foundation for a Smoke-Free World just released its 2019 tax return. Analysis from @BathTR researchers found the Foundation is still funded solely by #PMI and spending much of its budget on PR and questionable science. #ExposeTobacco #Smokefree https://t.co/jE0WxgtZi0

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

A review of studies by public health experts convened by WHO on 29 April 2020 found that smokers are more likely than non-smokers to develop severe disease with #COVID19.

👉 https://t.co/AUS8VSUKnu

[Luis Caceres @cacecar]

Trump announces 60-day ban on immigrants seeking permanent status in US https://t.co/A6ApPBvYJd

[Luis Caceres @cacecar]

Juul Stopped Selling Their Fruit-Flavored Vaping Pods, With No Effect On Overall Sales https://t.co/rfqW3MgJKH; study: https://t.co/zHk6xewiFO

[Luis Caceres @cacecar]

Smallpox, Seatbelts and Smoking: 3 Ways #PublicHealth Has Saved Lives From History to the Modern Day https://t.co/PqdAszeINn

[Luis Caceres @cacecar]

"The job of #publichealth is to tell people things they don’t want to hear. They are, alternately, accused of over-reacting and under-reacting."

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Health officials like @CPHO_Canada and agencies like @WHO deserve better than political pot shots, by ⁦@picardonhealth⁩ via ⁦@GlobeDebate⁩ #COVID19 https://t.co/0zwOcpX4kw