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Michael Marmot: Labour has reneged on its child poverty promises Lifting the two child benefit cap is an important step but will still leave 4.15 million children in poverty, Marmot tells Elisabeth Mahase Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, ...

"Lifting the two child benefit cap is an important step but will still leave 4.15 million children in poverty" Professor Sir Michael Marmot writing in the @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/392/... #StructuralViolence

Sociodemographic differences in clinical phenotypes among patients with COPD: a latent class analysis Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous condition whose clinical severity may be influenced by social factors. We aimed to identify distinct COPD clinical phenotypes...

The very severe COPD phenotype was associated with substantially higher mortality and was more common among Black and Hispanic individuals, those in low-income or rural counties and individuals who currently smoke. bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/13/1... @bmj.com #LungSky #RespEd
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Baroness Northover makes a strong argument for why tobacco companies should be required to publish their sales data.

This would help local authorities, Trading Standards and public health agencies target resources effectively.

Earl Russell @earlrussell.bsky.social made an excellent case for a polluter pays levy during Report stage for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

The levy could raise up to £700 million a year, placing the cost on the tobacco industry, not consumers. 💰

Celebrating 20 Years Since Parliament Voted to Introduce Indoor Smokefree Legislation - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

Celebrating 20 Years Since Parliament Voted to Introduce Indoor Smokefree Legislation @ashorguk.bsky.social #LungSky ash.org.uk/media-centre...

Pipe and cigar use, lung function decline and clinical outcomes: an analysis of the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study thorax.bmj.com/content/earl...

🤔Despite the Government writing to supermarkets to confirm it’s against the law, some are still advertising heated tobacco products.

Unpacking the BTS Trainee Survey 2024 Podcast Episode · Thorax Podcast · February 27 · 32m

Thorax Podcast: reflecting on the 2024 @btsrespiratory.bsky.social survey of trainees.
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Elections

RCP: Voting opens for the @rcphysicians.bsky.social vice president for education and training (VPET) and for councillors.
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A fond farewell to Public Health Minister Ashley Dalton @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social as she steps down from her Ministerial role.

Thank you for your work steering the Tobacco & Vapes Bill through Parliament - the Bill is a gift to future generations, protecting them from the harms of tobacco.

Report Stage for the Tobacco and Vapes Bill: What happened! - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

Last night's debate for Report stage of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill in the House of Lords - a clear and resounding vote in support of the generational sales ban. ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky

"a royal whose long association with a known child sex offender may look like the nadir of his behaviour, but is also completely congruous with a priapic, exploitative and money-grubbing life in which nothing was ever refused him".

Palantir- we told you so a £330 million pound scandal years in the making. The strange connection between the War on Terror and NHS Procurement

On Palantir @drdavidnicholl.bsky.social @thedauk.bsky.social
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RCP responds to a Cochrane review on the substitution of nurses for physicians in hospitals

Physicians undergo extensive medical training that equips them to manage clinical uncertainty based on complex and often incomplete information. @rcphysicians.bsky.social
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Tiago Correia and Martin McKee look at how media coverage of a new Cochrane review on doctor-nurse substitution was highly misleading.
www.bmj.com/content/392/... @martinmckee.bsky.social @bmj.com

I have to be one hundred percent honest I have no idea how to go about describing this one

basically what I do for work is destroy my brain in pursuit of jokes that will make maximum half a dozen civil servants laugh. anyway

Last week the Government launched a consultation on expanding smokefree legislation to protect the public from the harms of second-hand smoke.

The consultation covers smoking, vaping and heated tobacco products. Here’s what the Government proposes 👇

The tobacco industry and Swiss universities: a worrying influence - Transparency and Truth The tobacco industry and Swiss universities: investigation into influence, transparency, and conflicts of interest

Swiss report on blood money from the tobacco industry corrupting academia. transparencyandtruth.ch/en/ressource... @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social #LungSky

UK Government takes world-leading steps to enable a ban on so-called cigarette ‘filters’ and end the #FilterFraud
Filters no more protect against lung cancer than drinking beer through a straw stops you getting drunk
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Child poverty is his political choice - Households living below a Minimum Income Standard: 2008–2024. @jrf-uk.bsky.social
#AusterityKills #StructuralViolence
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Why do they hate children?

Child poverty as a political choice #AusterityKills #StructuralViolence
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Chart showing recent confirmed measles cases per year in England ranging from 1,414 in 2013 to 2,911 in 2024 and 91 in 2015

🧵What is going on with Measles in England?

UKHSA has reported 96 confirmed measles cases since 1 Jan 2026, concentrated in London (64% of cases) and the West Midlands (26% of cases).

But what does this all mean? Is 96 a lot? Why is it happening? And what can we do about it? 1/8

Celebrating 20 Years Since Parliament Voted to Introduce Indoor Smokefree Legislation - ASH Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

2️⃣0️⃣ years ago an 'impossible dream' became reality when the House of Commons voted for the Health Bill, which contained measures to prohibit smoking in enclosed public places.

To mark the moment, we asked 7 key figures to reflect on the vital moment for public health.

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Anti-vax death cult.

Jesse Jackson was ‘direct connection to great civil rights era’, says Diane Abbott MP leads UK tributes to African American campaigner, who has died aged 84

Rest in power.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS!

Medics that broke windows at JP Morgan HQ to expose fossil fuel financing links to climate devastation found NOT GUILTY today by jurors.

The climate crisis is a health crisis and health professionals have a duty to act when lives are at risk.

Read more here:
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Candidates announced for RCP vice president and councillor elections 2026

Voting for @rcphysicians.bsky.social councillors and VP for Education and Training opens on the 2nd March
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More than 60 children infected in north London measles outbreak Cases reported in seven schools and a nursery in Enfield amid concern over low levels of MMR vaccination in capital

Going backwards....
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Cardiovascular Disease and the Environment Examine how climate change, air pollution, and other environmental factors impact heart health. Aimed at healthcare professionals, this self-paced online course highlights the evidence linking environ...

Cardiovascular Disease and the Environment - nice and free online modules from Medshr / @drasifqasim.bsky.social en.medshr.net/learning/gro...