March 25th, 20190513Recently I had the great privilege of being part of the Australian launch of the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR). In the 50 years to 2013, smoking rates...
March 11th, 20190939Recently my daughter was going to a music festival with a group of friends. Like her father she likes music and tried playing it - without great success. On the cusp of...
February 25th, 20190940There is a great Groucho Marx quote, which was reprised by Bugs Bunny in numerous cartoons - “Of course, you know - this means war”
Regular readers will know my...
February 11th, 201901005Many years ago, I did a share trading course based on the work of W.D. Gann reputed to be the most successful Wall Street trader ever. His approach was to study past...
January 28th, 201901601Cast your mind back to a time long past – the 1970’s. Very few people were overweight and an even smaller number had type two diabetes. Now think about what people...
January 21st, 201903940It was in April 2013 when I made the link between my son’s suicide attempt at five years of age and his use of the widely prescribed asthma and allergy medication...
December 10th, 201802096Those following me on social media may have noticed the hashtag that I have started- #bigpublichealth. Some have asked what does this mean and why have I done...
November 26th, 20180789The French have a reputation, rightly or wrongly, for arrogance. They believe that the French way is best and everyone else should get on board.
Sometimes they have a...
November 19th, 20180743The vaping debate has reached an interesting point. We seem to have moved on from arguing the merits of vaping as being 95% less harmful than smoking. Most of the more...
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