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Nason Maani

@spidermaani

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) @GHPUEdinburgh Visiting @BUSPH @LSHTM @theRSAorg, Senior Harkness Fellow. Podcast: tinyurl.com/4auryeyf #CDoH

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linkhttps://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/nason-maani calendar_today04-12-2011 18:12:54

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IAS (@instalcstud) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The @Guardian's view on alcohol is that the industry must not control the narrative and the government has to tackle alcohol harm in its 10-year health plan. The paper rightly points to minimum unit pricing as a crucial part of the strategy. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Nason Maani (@spidermaani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Social media = powerful determinants of health and the tech is moving far faster than research or policy. The status quo is worrying enough, but this could lead to even more targeted disinformation, at more vulnerable groups w no oversight #CDoH wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-a…

Timothy Caulfield (@caulfieldtim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Google searches for information about cancer lead to targeted ads from alternative clinics theconversation.com/google-searche… by Sandro Marcon (AR Marcon) Marco Zenone via The Conversation Canada "It’s imperative that Google take action to restrict its ads mechanism from being used in this exploitative manner."

AlcoholActionIreland (@alcoholireland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In their opposition to Ireland’s alcohol health information labelling, it is important to ask why industry doesn't want the public to see information about the health implications of consuming alcohol - implications that stretch to even before conception alcoholireland.ie/a-symbol-of-tr…

Alcohol Focus Scotland (@alcoholfocus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW Report šŸ“ƒ #CommunityNotACommodity explores how #AlcoholMarketing affects #LGBT+ people in Scotland, and how the industry’s presence in LGBT+ spaces and events, particularly #Pride, is being perceived by the community itself. alcohol-focus-scotland.org.uk/news/news/comm… #PrideMonth

The BMJ (@bmj_latest) 's Twitter Profile Photo

FIFA should drop Coca-Cola as sponsors of the 2025 Club World Cup, which begins this week, urge Chris van Tulleken šŸ³ļøā€šŸŒˆ and Carlos A. Monteiro. "It's normalising excessive sugar consumption, contradicting the principles of fitness and health that sport representsā€ bmj.com/content/389/bm…

Timothy Caulfield (@caulfieldtim) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Most Americans [95%] believe misinformation is a problem — federal research cuts will only make the problem worse theconversation.com/most-americans… The Conversation U.S. Key: misinformation research is NOT about censorship. It is about understanding a complex & extremely harmful phenomenon.

Alliance for HPSR (@alliancehpsr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The first episode of our new monthly podcast, The Alliance Lift, dropped this morning! Our first episode features Alliance alum Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo. Listen now and subscribe on your favourite podcast platform! ahpsr.who.int/newsroom/news/…

IAS (@instalcstud) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Alcohol causes at least 7 types of cancer - yet public awareness is dangerously low, thanks to industry-led misinformation. In our blog for #CPAW, Melissa Dando of WCRF calls for a new, independent Alcohol Strategy to put public health first. ias.org.uk/2025/06/26/why…

Elinor Jayne (@edinburghelle) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Important message to all policy makers (inc manifesto writers…) here: don’t be hoodwinked by misleading and cherry picked claims by the alcohol industry. The industry is not part of the solution to Scotland’s alcohol problem, it is the problem.

IAS (@instalcstud) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One in 50 adults in England face a drastically shortened life due to the deadly combination of smoking, drinking and excess weight, finds ASH. That’s a million people at risk of dying up to 20 years too soon. The Health Plan must tackle this. theguardian.com/society/2025/j…