Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social

Emeritus Prof. Public Health Former Australian Skeptic/Year. Bovine excrement detective. EV driver, doting 5x grandpa, @SydneySwans tragic.

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

8 of my books including new 50 year career memoir open access here. https://t.co/9XdZlXkZVX 262,300 accessed by 17 Jan '26. #TobaccoControl #GunControl #Windfarms #Advocacy #PublicHealth & much more

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

BREAKING: Australia hits record low smoking rate with 5.6% of 14+ smoking daily, and 7.8% in last month. Vaping also down. https://t.co/9iOUS9qNX4

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

If you read #vapes are 100% more effective than other ways of quitting,how are such figures calculated & why are they almost always highly misleading? A blog looking at all the ways that randomised trials differ from 'real world' attempts to quit #smoking. https://t.co/O9JpZbf9gb

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

To help celebrate DRP Congo's historic entry into the next round of the #WorldCup, here are my 50 favourite Congolese rumba tracks for your party! https://t.co/PBoPVTUNS6

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

"Prohibition never works!" Oh really? 150 examples where it does. My blog. https://t.co/0jThRYocDc

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

Yes Mr Kitney, One Nation is a danger to Australia’s public health. Anti-vax; 8 year Medicare delay for new arrivals, axe the TGA. Frightening. Conspiracists. See this video statement re PHON health policy 👇

[Mon.DaVinci @Mon_DaVinci]

Living proof that 'fighting for the battlers' pays incredibly well. 🥂

[Wendy Bacon @Wendy_Bacon]

Cancelled by Zionist lobby again but this time the cowardly accusers remain hidden - if this can happen to an eminent cardiologist Peter Macdonald what chance does a young Palestinian health worker or student have? No natural justice at Melb Uni!

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Really heartbreaking. 💔

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

@VenerableDraken @ZeekrGlobal Dream on ... https://t.co/awinNADDEM

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

@profholden @FinancialReview Nicotine is wastewater is from tobacco,vapes & NRT not just "smoking". Modern vapes deliver massive nicotine (10k-50k puffs are reasily availablle (illegally).

[Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social @SimonChapman6]

@profholden @FinancialReview Cut tobacco tax (even to zero) advocates always fail to explain why illegal pack smokers would switch from $7 a pack (now) to $11 (untaxed legals). Crims can buy cigs for 34c/pack in Cambodia so have huge further margins to burn. https://t.co/4cfVRrfR6L

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Step 1: Remove filters in Reflecting Pool because Obama put them in.
Step 2: Give your criminal neighbor who runs "Greenwater Services" a $20 million no-bid contract to paint the pool.
Step 3: Fill the pool with water from the Potomac River, the phosphates from which cause algae blooms.
Step 4: Freshly sealed pool and extreme heat result in a super scum event
Step 5: Direct National Park Service to dump hydrogen peroxide into the pool which causes the paint to peel.
Step 5: Deploy US National Guard to stop people from taking photos of the swamp as a perfect metaphor for the administration.
Step 6: Blame someone else.

[Mike Carlton @MikeCarlton01]

So after all this death and destruction, the idiot Trump will end up with a deal far worse than Obama’s JCPOA agreement with Iran back in 2015. This is spectacular folly and incompetence. https://t.co/yoy62JVIYw

[Acyn @Acyn]

De Niro: I hate to say it, but loving our country is starting to sound like an abused spouse saying they love their abuser.

I can’t love a country that starts stupid and inhumane wars, killing thousands of innocents and indirectly causing the deaths and suffering of millions more.

I can’t love a country that takes healthcare away from millions of people and uses that money to enrich their pals in the Trump-Epstein class.

I can’t love a country that sends out masked militias to shoot citizens in the streets, torture our neighbors, and separate families.

I can’t love a country that’s led by a racist, misogynist, xenophobic tyrant.

And let me just say it: I can’t love a country that’s led by Donald Trump and his sycophant Congress.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

Doubt the numbers? Here's what Elon's Grok says about Elon's destruction of USAID:

[Johanna Nyman @JohannaNyman5]

It is frankly embarrassing that a sitting U.S. Vice President is unaware of one of the most elementary facts of World War II. Nazi Germany did not negotiate an end to World War II. The war in Europe ended with Germany’s unconditional surrender after total military defeat and the collapse of the regime in May 1945.

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🧐🤔YOU WANTED A WALL, TRUMP? YOU’LL HAVE ONE.
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded to Trump’s threats:
“So you voted to build a wall.
Well then, dear Americans — even if geography isn’t your strong suit, and you see America as a country rather than a continent — you should know that on the other side of that wall stand 7 billion people.
And if the word ‘people’ doesn’t resonate with you, let’s call them ‘consumers.’
Those 7 billion consumers can switch from iPhone to Samsung or Huawei in less than two days.
They can trade Levi’s for Zara or Massimo Dutti, and within six months replace Ford and Chevrolet with Toyota, KIA, Mazda, Honda, Hyundai, Volvo, Subaru, Renault, or BMW — brands that are already more popular in many places.
They can cancel DirecTV.
And even if they choose not to, they can stop watching Hollywood films and turn instead to higher-quality productions from Latin America or Europe — with richer storytelling and better filmmaking.
Believe it or not, people can skip Disney and visit the Xcaret resort in Cancún instead — or explore destinations across Mexico, Canada, or South America.
Even in Mexico, you can find better burgers than McDonald’s — with higher nutritional value.
Have you ever seen pyramids in the United States?
Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, and Sudan have ancient wonders — none of them in the U.S.
If they were, Trump would probably have bought and resold them by now.
We know Nike isn’t the only sneaker brand. There’s Adidas — and even Mexican brands like Panama.
We understand economics better than you think.
And we also know that when those 7 billion consumers stop buying American products, unemployment will rise, and your economy — trapped behind its own self-imposed wall — will begin to collapse to the point where you’ll be begging for help.
We didn’t want to do this.
But you wanted a wall?
Well.
You’ve got one.”
Her approval rating has reached a historic level — according to a recent poll, it stands at 85%.

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries
https://t.co/8kY171r5w1

[Rep. Melanie Stansbury @Rep_Stansbury]

This is Trump’s Watergate.

Today, the @nytimes released a truly stunning report on the Epstein cover-up by the White House. 

Collusion, breaking the law, evading subpoenas—it’s all in there:
- Trump quashing the files
- The VP, COS, DOJ, FBI, and others colluding in the Situation Room to stop their release and compliance
- Officials lying to the public 
- Admin in-fighting and exits
- Officials who appeared in front of Congress during this time

Read the report here: https://t.co/prgyF2Isfg