Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco

✨ Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is back for Series Two! ✨ We will return on Tuesday 30 September with eight powerful episodes exposing the tactics that let the tobacco industry remain so powerful and profitable and keep public health paying. In our new series, hosted by investigative researcher Louis Laurence, we dig deeper to uncover even more about how the industry exploits workers, influences policy, trade and taxation, and attempts to reinvent itself and curate its own image. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.It’s the final episode of series 1 and Dr. Sophie Braznell joins Louis to discuss the tobacco industry’s manipulation of science. They delve into how the industry interferes in the conception and publication of scientific studies and strategies to counter this misuse of science across health harming industries.Dr. Sophie Braznell is a Research Associate (coordination) in the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. She has a background in STEM and the Health and Social Care public sector. Sophie has acquired extensive knowledge on heated tobacco products and tobacco industry science.Sources used in this episode include:https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntae101https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253272https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/influencing-science/https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/influencing-science-case-studies/https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/influencing-science-pmis-covert-science-in-japan/* At 17.05 Sophie references the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (FSFW). As of May 2024 this organisation has been renamed Global Action to End Smoking (GAES). Following publication of this podcast, GAES contacted us to deny it is a lobbying group, saying that it is prohibited from lobbying by its legal status. It also stated that it has terminated its agreement with PMI and adopted a policy of not accepting tobacco industry funding. You can read our Tobacco Tactics analysis of GAES here.Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobacco.The views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.In the penultimate episode of series 1, Dr. Rosemary Hiscock explains about how the tobacco industry contributes to climate change. We cover how tobacco production uses up precious natural resources and harms farmers, what happens to the waste from tobacco products and e-cigarettes and tobacco company greenwashing.Dr. Rosemary Hiscock is a Research Associate in the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. Rosemary’s current work includes investigating tobacco industry supply chains encompassing study of struggling farmers in low and middle income countries and study of transnational companies.Sources used in this episode include:https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056245https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b01533https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01148-3https://tobaccotactics.org/article/plastics-environment-tobacco-industry/https://tobaccotactics.org/article/tobacco-and-the-environment/https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241512497Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobacco.The views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.For episode 6, Jorge Alday dials in from New York to speak about the marketing strategies of the tobacco industry. Jorge talks Louis through the history of tobacco marketing from the 18th century, why tobacco companies sponsor sports events and how the industry targets its marketing towards specific communities.Jorge Alday has 25 years of experience in global health, health care, philanthropy and technology. Currently, he leads Vital Strategies’ strategic communication work with STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog. In this role, Jorge leads a team that is dedicated to telling compelling stories and counter-narratives that challenge tobacco industry messaging and misinformation.Sources used in this episode include:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087389https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/advertising-strategy/https://exposetobacco.org/news/tobacco-social-media-regulations/https://www.vitalstrategies.org/resources/term/Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.* Around 18.00 Jorge refers to a menthol cigarette ban in the U.S. This podcast was recorded during the previous U.S. administration and the proposed rule has since been withdrawn, at least in part, due to tobacco industry lobbying.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.This week, we are joined by Dr. Allen Gallagher to uncover the murky world of illicit tobacco products. In this episode, Louis and Allen discuss what illicit trade actually is, tobacco industry involvement in the illicit tobacco trade and methods to tackle tobacco smuggling.Dr. Allen Gallagher is a research fellow at the Tobacco Control Research Group (TCRG) at the University of Bath, UK. While interested in various issues related to tobacco control and commercial determinants of health, Allen’s primary research focus to date has been to explore contemporary tobacco industry involvement in the illicit tobacco trade and related policy, with him having given evidence on this topic at the European Parliament and having contributed to the UK chapter of the World Bank’s global review of country experiences confronting illicit tobacco trade.Sources used in this episode include:https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2019-055094https://doi.org/10.31389/jied.223https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/illicit-tobacco-trade/https://www.tobaccotactics.org/topics/illicit/https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/677451548260528135/confronting-illicit-tobacco-trade-a-global-review-of-country-experiencesDeadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.Dr. Rob Branston joins Louis this week to discuss all things tobacco tax. They explore the vast profitability of the tobacco industry, how tobacco taxation works and ways in which companies avoid paying taxes.Dr. Rob Branston is Associate Professor of Business Economics at the University of Bath School of Management, and is part of the University of Bath's Tobacco Control Research Group. He researches various aspects of the governance and regulation within multiple sectors, with a particular focus on the tobacco industry.Sources used in this episode include:https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/tobacco-industry-and-tax/https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/price-and-tax/https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/industry-pricing-strategies/https://bath.ac.uk/publications/big-tobacco-big-avoidance/attachments/Big_Tobacco_Big_Avoidance.pdfhttps://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/138232https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056630https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Price_We_Pay.pdfDeadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.For our first episode, our host Louis is joined by Professor Anna Gilmore to break down the tactics used by the tobacco industry. Louis and Anna talk through the definition of tobacco industry, the societal issues and health harms it causes, how the industry influences public health policy and how these tactics are replicated by other harmful industries.A clinician by background, Professor Anna Gilmore trained in public health in the UK, is currently Professor of Public Health, Founding Director of the Tobacco Control Research Group and Co-Director and founder of the Centre for 21st Century Public Health at the University of Bath. Her work focuses on the commercial determinants of health, evaluates the impacts of public policies on health and has led to substantial policy impacts from local to global level. Anna has over 350 publications including over 200 peer reviewed articles and is a member of various international and national expert groups.Sources used in this episode include:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002125https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197578742.003.0011https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056687https://www.tobaccotactics.org/article/framework-convention-on-tobacco-control/Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.This week, Dr. Britta Matthes and Dr. Karen Evans-Reeves join us to dig into tobacco control regulation. They discuss why it is important and how the tobacco industry tries to weaken policy to protect its profits, including the ways it tailors its interference depending on international context.Dr. Britta Matthes is a Research Fellow in the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. Britta’s research focuses on tobacco industry interference in policymaking, and the role of tobacco control advocacy. She also researches intimidation in tobacco control and other areas of public health.Dr. Karen Evans-Reeves is an honorary research fellow of the Tobacco Control Research Group – she has been associated with the group since 2008. Karen’s research focuses on the behaviour of the tobacco industry and its affiliates, particularly in response to regulatory threat.Sources used in this episode include:https://tobaccotactics.org/article/plain-packaging-opposition-in-the-uk-2012-consultation/https://tobaccotactics.org/article/plain-packaging-in-the-uk-second-consultation/https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-056245https://blogs.bmj.com/tc/2021/05/05/menthol-tobacco-companies-are-exploiting-loopholes-in-the-uks-characterising-flavours-ban/https://doi.org/10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2020-055769Please note, this episode was recorded in September 2024 and does not necessarily reflect the most recent developments in the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill. More info here.Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.You can find information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.In our third podcast episode, Andrew Rowell and Tom Gatehouse speak about why tobacco companies engage in lobbying and political interference. They talk through the impact this has on attempts to protect public health, and the ways in which the industry tailors its interference depending on international context, looking at a TCRG whistle-blower investigation in Southern Africa as an example. Tom Gatehouse is a Research Assistant at Tobacco Tactics, part of the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. In this role he is responsible for researching, writing and reviewing pages for the Tobacco Tactics knowledge exchange platform, as well as working on academic research projects, contributing to media outputs and helping to maintain the Tobacco Tactics website.Andy Rowell is a journalist and Investigations Lead at the Tobacco Control Research Group. He has written on the tobacco industry since the nineties, and was one of the first editors of TCRG’s Tobacco Tactics.*Sources used in this episode include:https://www.bath.ac.uk/case-studies/the-uk-tobacco-industry-interference-index-2023/https://globaltobaccoindex.org/https://tobaccotactics.org/article/the-bat-files/In reference to Tom's comment at 31.50, the UK government noted that they would not consider tobacco industry viewpoints in 2023's consultation on 'creating a smokefree generation'. More information can be found here.Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/*From 1 March Andy will be a visiting fellow at the Tobacco Control Research Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco - coming in January 2025!Stay tuned for a new a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath.Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to season two of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.This week, Louis is joined by Dr. Amber van den Akker and Dr. Nason Maani to discuss multistakeholderism - when the public sector collaborates with other sectors, including industry, to address issues of public importance. They examine why health-harming industries want a seat at the policy-making table, the implications of this on public health policy and where the tobacco industry fits in to all this.Dr Amber van den Akker is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Bath’s Centre for 21st Century Public Health. She works as part of the Local Health and Global Profit research consortium. Her research explores pathways to address the commercial determinants of health, using a complex systems approach, with a focus on governance and the policy-making process.Dr Nason Maani is a Senior Lecturer in Inequalities and Global Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh’s Global Health Policy Unit. His research focuses on the commercial determinants of health, seeking to describe the mechanisms through which commercial actors affect health inequalities, knowledge, and public discourse. Nason is the host of Money Power Health, a podcast series discussing the social and commercial forces that shape health.Sources used in this episode include:https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae165 https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daae139 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-024-10593-0 https://doi.org/10.34172/ijhpm.2024.8245 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q800 https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12368https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102380Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on LinkedIn, Bluesky and X. Find more episodes here.The views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to season two of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.In this first episode of the new season, Louis speaks with Professor Roy Maconachie and Dr. Pankhuri Agarwal about the experiences of farmers who produce tobacco leaf, in often exploitative conditions. In this wide-ranging discussion they consider how useful the concept of modern slavery is, how tobacco farmers can become trapped in cycles of debt and why child labour is still a part of the tobacco industry. They also explore the use of filmmaking as a tool for decolonising knowledge.Dr Pankhuri Agarwal is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Bath. Her forthcoming book, Fictions of Freedom: Migration, Modern Slavery and Bureaucracy in India (Cambridge University Press), explores how anti-trafficking interventions such as rescue shape workers’ lives and their encounters with state bureaucracy and law. More information is available on her website.Professor Roy Maconachie is Professor of Natural Resources and Development in the University of Bath’s Department of Social & Policy Sciences. Roy’s research in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the social, political and economic aspects of food production and natural resource management, and their relationships to wider societal change. Sources used in this episode include:Tobacco Slave Filmhttps://doi.org/10.1177/00380261241274886Cobalt Rush on VimeoWhat happened after the Boohoo scandal?How Farmers Grow Debt While Tobacco Companies Grow Profit - STOPDeadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on LinkedIn, Bluesky and X. Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to season two of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.Dr John Mehegan and Fred Dunwoodie Stirton are in the studio with Louis in this episode to explore the tobacco supply chain and its global reach. They talk about the dangers of tobacco production at various stages, how Big Tobacco exerts influence on countries that produce tobacco and why some companies hide their links to the global supply of tobacco.Fred Dunwoodie Stirton is a PhD candidate at the University of Bath and a former member of the Tobacco Control Research Group. His work focuses on the tobacco supply chain, specifically the experiences of farmers and labourers in low and middle income countries.Dr John Mehegan is the Research Data Manager with the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. John has spent most of his career working in the application of techniques across the IT spectrum in a research environment, in particular in Public Health research over the last 15 years. In recent years, as well as working on the development of the tobacco supply chain database, John has been researching how to leverage recent developments in AI in the field of tobacco control.Sources used in this episode include:https://doi.org/10.1136/tc-2024-058978 https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntad178 Tobacco Supply Chain - Tobacco Tacticshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2020.02.002https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8169-zhttps://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000214Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on LinkedIn, Bluesky and X. Find more episodes here: https://shows.acast.com/deadly-industry-challenging-big-tobaccoThe views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement: https://www.bath.ac.uk/corporate-information/tobacco-control-research-group-statement-on-funding-sources/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to season two of Deadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco, the podcast where we explore the tactics used by the tobacco industry as it pursues profit over health.In this extra special episode we are out of the recording studio and in the streets of London to learn about how deep the roots of the tobacco industry are embedded in the British capital. Phil Chamberlain joins Louis to explore the close links between tobacco and British imperialism, how the industry still has its place in the modern city and how lobbying groups continue to influence public health policy.Phil Chamberlain is Project Manager of the Tobacco Control Research Group and was previously Managing Editor of the group’s Tobacco Tactics platform. Phil has a background in investigative journalism, specialising in social justice issues including surveillance and big business.Locations:Tobacco Dock, Wapping22 New Bond StreetGlobe House, Temple PlaceShip and Shovell pub, Craven Passage55 Tufton StreetInstitute of Economic Affairs, Lord North StreetHouse of CommonsSources used include:The BAT Files - Tobacco TacticsPhilip Morris International - Tobacco TacticsBritish American Tobacco - Tobacco TacticsInstitute of Economic Affairs - Tobacco TacticsTobacco Industry Interference with Endgame Policies - Tobacco TacticsTobacco Industry Responses to Public Consultations in the UK - Tobacco TacticsDiplomats Lobbying for Tobacco Companies - Tobacco TacticsTory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visitDeadly Industry: Challenging Big Tobacco is a weekly podcast from the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath. It is hosted by Louis Laurence, produced by Kate White and edited by Sacha Goodwin. The production manager is Jacqueline Oliver.To get in touch, e-mail us at tobacco-admin@bath.ac.uk or find us on LinkedIn, Bluesky and X. Find more episodes here.The views expressed in this episode by the podcast participants (host and guests) are their own and do not reflect the views of the University of Bath or any other affiliate groups.For information on the Tobacco Control Research Group's funding sources please read the following statement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.