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1 online resource |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Smoke Signals gathers 71 of Professor Simon Chapman's authoritative, acerbic and often heretical essays on public health written across his 40-year career. |
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Introduction -- 1 Never say die? -- 2 The paradox of prevention -- 3 The commodification of prevention -- 4 A testing time for prostate -- 5 Prostate screening not worth it -- 6 Why do doctors keep silent about their own prostate cancer decisions? -- 7 How famous faces muddle the message on cancer -- 8 Patient consent in spectator surgery not the only consideration -- 9 Does celebrity involvement in public health campaigns deliver long-term benefit? Yes -- 10 A nation of flashers should show some modesty -- 11 A long, winding road to end the carnage -- 12 Drink and drive? Not the publican's problem -- 13 The AIDS myth that will not die -- 14 A shattering of glass in Tasmania -- 15 Gun lobby on shaky ground -- 6 Now, about those guns . . . -- 17 150 ways (and counting) that the nanny state is good for us -- 18 Tardis travelling into David Leyonhjelm's post-nanny state dystopia -- 19 Torture by omission -- 20 It's the government's call over phone tower debate -- 21 No, we're not all being pickled in deadly radiation from smartphones and wi-fi -- 22 Wind turbine sickness prevented by the money drug -- 23 Wind turbine syndrome: a classic "communicated" disease -- 24 Questions a prominent wind farm critic needs to answer -- 25 Chilean earthquakes in Australia and other wacky myths from wind farm opponents -- 26 Let's appoint a judge to investigate bizarre wind farm health claims -- 27 Tragedy puts values at threat -- 28 Charities to be seen but no longer heard? -- 29 Reflections on a 38-year career in public health advocacy: ten pieces of advice to early-career researchers and advocates -- 30 Unravelling gossamer with boxing gloves: problems in explaining the decline in smoking -- 31 The banality of tobacco deaths -- 32 Smokers spend, then pay with their lives -- 33 Death of a Fat Lady -- 34 Stop-smoking clinics: a case for their abandonment -- 35 The inverse impact law of smoking cessation -- 36 Quitting unassisted: the 50-year neglect of a major health phenomenon -- 37 Is it time to stop subsidising nicotine replacement therapies? -- 38 The ethics of the cash register: taking tobacco industry research dollars -- 39 Smoke screen -- 40 It's smokers, better still those trying to quit, who should benefit -- 41 Corporate responsibility is fast becoming a smoke-free zone -- 42 The problem with selling a lethal product: you just can't get the staff -- 43 International tobacco control should repudiate Jekyll and Hyde health philanthropy -- 44 When will the tobacco industry apologise for its galactic harms? -- 45 Smoking bastions set to crumble -- 46 Why even "wowsers" argue about smoke bans -- 47 How Santa and the Tooth Fairy collaborated to allow smoking at casino -- 48 Is a smoking ban in UK parks and outdoor spaces a good idea? -- 49 Are today's smokers really more "hardened"? -- 50 Light cigarettes -- deadly despite the name -- 51 Matter of smoke and hire -- 52 Butt clean-up campaigns: wolves in sheep's clothing? -- 53 Silver screen lights up with a deadly hidden message -- 54 What should be done about smoking in movies? -- 55 Four arguments against the adult-rating of movies with smoking scenes -- 56 Factoids and legal bollocks in the war against plain packaging -- 57 The slow-burn, devastating impact of tobacco plain packaging -- 58 Pleased as Punch: interview with the tobacco industry -- 59 The case for a smoker's licence -- 60 E-cigarettes: the best and the worst case scenarios for public health -- 61 Spotless leopards? Decoding hype on e-cigarettes -- 62 Ten myths about smoking that will not die -- 63 Ten more myths about smoking that will not die -- 64 Letters to editors -- 65 Bertrand Russell's Why I am not a Christian: a book that changed me -- 66 Why do researchers donate their time and money to help private conference organisers make big bucks? -- 67 Why I block trolls on Twitter -- 68 Publishing horror stories: time to euthanase paper-based journals? -- 69 My mother's death -- 70 Dying with dignity with dementia -- 71 Can academics ever retire? |
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Social problems.
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Public health -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Tobacco industry.
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Gun control.
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Technological innovations -- Health aspects.
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Essays.
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Social Problems |
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Tobacco Industry |
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Problèmes sociaux.
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Santé publique -- Aspect moral.
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Tabac -- Industrie.
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Armes à feu -- Contrôle.
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Essais (Genre littéraire)
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social issues.
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essays.
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Essays
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Gun control
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Public health -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Social problems
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Tobacco industry
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| Indexed Term |
Australian |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781921364594 1921364599 (OCoLC)956758904 |
| ISBN |
9781921364600 (electronic bk.) |
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1921364602 (electronic bk.) |
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9781921364617 (electronic bk.) |
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1921364610 (electronic bk.) |
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9781921364624 (electronic bk.) |
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1921364629 (electronic bk.) |
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9781921364594 |
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1921364599 |
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AU@ 000058414258 |
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AU@ 000068088997 |
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AU@ 000074010131 |
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