Jodie Harris
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Supporting snus as a harm reduction tool: the need for caution
There has been a long, polarising debate among public health experts in Europe about the potential benefits of tobacco harm reduction, and whether the wider availability of smokeless tobacco (particularly snus, a Swedish smokeless tobacco) and e-cigarette will lead to...
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Plain packaging opposition in the UK
A public consultation aimed to help the government gather evidence on the potential impacts of plain packaging ran between the 16th April 2012 and the 10th August 2012. In response to this consultation, the tobacco industry and its allies launched...
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Smokeless tobacco illegally sold via the internet
We discovered that snus, a smokeless tobacco banned in all EU countries except Sweden, is easily obtainable online - contravening three pieces of EU legislation. Is Swedish legislation doing enough to prohibit exports to other EU countries?
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Smoking ban linked to drop in adults’ second-hand smoke exposure
Levels of second-hand smoke exposure among non-smoking adults fell by almost 30 per cent after smoke free legislation was introduced in England in 2007. The most comprehensive study to date of second-hand smoke exposure among non-smoking adults in England, which...
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Adults know that smoking harms others. Or do they really?
Children are still exposed to second-hand smoke in the home even though there is evidence that people know that it's harmful. However there’s little evidence to show that people know about the specific illnesses that second-hand smoke can cause. We...
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Links between political influence and corporate social responsibility uncovered
Until now, how corporate social responsibility (CSR) works to secure access to public and elected officials has remained a mystery. For the first time researchers at the University of Bath have been able to explore this question using internal British...
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Smoking ban linked to drop in admissions for heart attacks
We have observed a 2.4 per cent drop in the number of emergency admissions to hospital for a heart attack following the implementation of smokefree legislation in England. The legislation was introduced on 1 July 2007 and this study was...
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Children’s exposure to second-hand smoke on decline
Children’s second-hand smoke exposure and health inequalities declined in the build-up to the Smoke-free Legislation in England