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Luciano Ruggia

@lucior.bsky.social
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Director, Swiss Association for Tobacco Control

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Luciano Ruggia @lucior.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My account was hacked and some sexual content was posted ! It was not from me (thanks to a German friend for pointing this out)
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Luciano Ruggia @lucior.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
My account was hacked and some sexual content was posted ! It was not from me (thanks to a German friend for pointing this out)
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at Info @at-info.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Warum in der Schweiz viel geraucht wird – Luciano Ruggia analysiert in der neuen stark.-Ausgabe «Nikotin – Vapen», warum unser Land bei der Tabakprävention hinterherhinkt 😶‍🌫️ Jetzt lesen: 🔗 www.at-schweiz.ch/de/news-medi... @lucior.bsky.social #vapen #nikotin #schweiz #rauchen #tabak
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Neue Ausgabe des Suchtprävention-Magazins «stark.»: Warum in der Schweiz so viel geraucht wird - AT Schweiz
In der aktuellen Ausgabe von stark., dem Magazin der Stellen der Suchtprävention des Kantons Zürich, steht das Thema «Nikotin – Vapen» im Mittelpunkt. Ein Beitrag von Luciano Ruggia, Geschäftsführer d...
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
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KatOtis! @kat-otis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I post this a LOT. I have never meant this more sincerely than today.
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Cizañero @cizanaparatodos.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Pepe Mujica nos dice adiós muchachos compañeros de mi de mi vida...#Mujica nos informa de que el cáncer se expandió por su cuerpo y ha decidido poner fin al tratamiento: “hasta acá llegué”, y se despide de sus “compatriotas”. ¡Gracias compañero presidente!
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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Don't believe anything you see on social media from those pushing e-cigs as a solution to the smoking problem. Novel tobacco products were simply designed to continue the addiction and harms - read expand industry profits, not to eliminate them. #IndustryFrontgroups
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Sarah Jackson @drsarahejackson.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
“If the 1990s are back in fashion, let’s not repeat the mistakes of that decade. “Smoking may look glamorous in curated photoshoots or carefully edited music videos, but its consequences are devastating and lifelong.” Opinion by @carolinecerny.bsky.social in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Smoking’s pop culture revival is an unwelcome throwback for public health
The 1990s were characterised by a rise in teenage smoking rates. Nostalgia for that decade shouldn’t see us undo progress against this public health threat, writes Caroline Cerny The 1990s are firml...
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
You've all now been warned
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at Info @at-info.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
#E-Zigaretten ohne Altersüberprüfung: #Jugendschutz? Fehlanzeige! 🚨 Hey! #Kantone! Aufwachen! 😴📢🔔 www.srf.ch/audio/espres... @srfnews.bsky.social @20minuten.bsky.social
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Firma verkauft E-Zigaretten ohne Altersüberprüfung
Jugendschutz? Fehlanzeige! Ein Selbsttest von «Espresso» zeigt: Ein Onlineshop aus Zürich würde seine E-Zigaretten selbst an 4-Jährige liefern. +++ Weiteres Thema: Laufbänder im Test. Zwei fallen durc...
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Luciano Ruggia @lucior.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Glad to have been able to contribute with several articles to this new book www.hogrefe.com/ch/shop/migr...
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Migrations- und Flüchtlingsmedizin - 2025 - Ein Praxisleitfaden für die Primär- und Grundversorgung | Hogrefe
Fachbuch „Migrations- und Flüchtlingsmedizin“ – Praxisleitfaden für die medizinische Erstversorgung. Jetzt bei Hogrefe bestellen!
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at Info @at-info.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Lutte contre le tabac en #Suisse : faiblesses & perspectives. La nouvelle #LPTab modernise-t-elle vraiment le cadre pour les produits du #tabac et de la #nicotine ? Commentaire de Luciano Ruggia dans le magazine #Spectra de l’OFSP. @lucior.bsky.social www.spectra-online.ch/fr/spectra/a...
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Lutte contre le tabac en Suisse : faiblesses et perspectives
Forum. La nouvelle loi sur les produits du tabac (LPTab), entrée en vigueur le 1er octobre 2024 après un long et difficile parcours législatif, vise à moderniser le cadre réglementaire sur la consomma...
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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · 05/12/2024
"PMI and British American Tobacco have been pumping flavors into conventional cigarettes and fighting efforts to ban the products in [Latin America], according to a joint investigation by @examinationnews.bsky.social, Perú’s Salud con lupa and Chile’s LaBot news outlets." ow.ly/Q1NH50Ufeje
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Fruity 'click' cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid 'constant' industry lobbying
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises.
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Jim O'Rorke @jackback.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
How much you should worry about breathing in second-hand smoke? #Tobacco Breathing in second-hand smoke over long periods of time can raise people's risk of cancer and heart disease, but the impact of a few minutes' exposure is less clear. inews.co.uk/news/health/...
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How much you should worry about breathing in second-hand smoke
Breathing in second-hand smoke over long periods of time can raise people's risk of cancer and heart disease, but the impact of a few minutes' exposure is less clear
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
There is no place for Tobacco Industry sponsorship in Continuing Professional Development. jcmsa.org.za/index.php/jc... @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social
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There is no place for Tobacco Industry sponsorship in Continuing Professional Development | London | Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa
The Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa seeks to facilitate interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary dialogue and collaboration among healthcare professionals and researchers across dif...
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"So why did you get into this work?" My 40 years in tobacco control simonchapman6.com/2024/11/27/1...
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“Why did you get into this work?” 40 years in tobacco control
Across my career, I’ve often been asked by media interviewers “What got you involved in the sort of work you do? What drives you to keep at it?” Depending on who’s asking, there’s an occasional edg…
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Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
More media coverage of papers in our special issue on the CDoH! This one from @drbfreeman.bsky.social and team 👏👏👏 Paper here: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic... www.pedestrian.tv/news/exclusi...
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'They're Big On Nights Out': New Study Lifts The Lid On Nicotine Pouch Use Of Young Aussies
The rise of nicotine pouch use is worrying experts who say it's yet another trick from the tobacco industry. So how did we get here?
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Dr Tahir Turk @tahirturk.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"A dizzying array of cig flavors—lemonade, apple, lollipop, strawberry—are enticing youth across Latin America to try smoking and keeping them hooked. Despite promises to phase out traditional tobacco products PMI and BAT have made flavor capsule or "click" cigs a staple". So much for Harm Reduction
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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · 26/11/2024
Breaking: Plans are underway for a state-wide Nicotine-Free Generation law in #Massachusetts. This is a great example of what a small group of dedicated volunteers can accomplish. Congratulations! ow.ly/qgsN50UgbNR #TobaccoEndgame #NicotineFreeGeneration
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Mass. lawmakers propose bill to ban tobacco sales to anyone born after specific date
The Nicotine Free Generation Bill would replace the state’s current law that prohibits the sale of nicotine or tobacco to anyone under the age of 21.
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 26/11/2024
PFAS and microplastics become more toxic when combined, research shows.. #PFAS #microplastics #planetvsplastics #BeyondPetrochemicals #plasticpollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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PFAS and microplastics become more toxic when combined, research shows
Study detects synergistic effect making substances more dangerous, raising alarm since humans are exposed to both
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María Pérez @maria-perez.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
First post here! Watermelon Marlboros and blueberry Luckies: PMI & BAT have been releasing cigarettes in kid-friendly fruit and mint flavors in Latin America. Young people say they make it easier to start lighting up. theexamination.org/articles/fru... @examinationnews.bsky.social
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Fruity 'click' cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid 'constant' industry lobbying
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises
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robotlabot.bsky.social @robotlabot.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
¿Sabías que los cigarros con "click" arrasan entre los adolescentes? Les ponen sabores de fantasía como sandía o mentol-arándano, que atraen especialmente a los jóvenes y los enganchan Te lo cuento con mis amigos de @examinationnews.bsky.social y Salud con lupa www.labot.cl/cigarrillos-...
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Cigarrillos 'click' con sabores frutales arrasan entre adolescentes de América Latina - LaBot
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Luciano Ruggia @lucior.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
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UN wants to end world’s plastic addiction. 5 things could derail it.
Plastic waste is choking the planet. Green groups hope a summit in Busan, South Korea, will end with a deal as momentous as the 2015 Paris climate agreement.
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Economics for Health @econforhealth.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
In #NorthMacedonia🇲🇰, households w/ #smokers spend 13% of their budget on #tobacco 🔎 🆕 #research from Analytica finds that this crowds out spending on food, health, & housing in poor households 📉 Learn about the findings & recommendations to ⬇️ #smoking 👇 www.economicsforhealth.org/research/cro...
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Luciano Ruggia @lucior.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I discovered this case of very serious intereference of PMI , very proud that the this person is out now www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Former big tobacco employee no longer part of UK Government cancer advisory committee
A former director for tobacco company Phillip Morris International (PMI), who was serving on a UK Government committee that advises on the carcinogenicity of products, will no longer serve on the comm...
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Luciano Ruggia @lucior.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
www.theexamination.org/articles/fru...
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Fruity 'click' cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid 'constant' industry lobbying
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises
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No More Butts @nomorebuttsorg.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
No More Butts will be out in force at #INC5 #plasticstreaty Our focus is on banning cigarette filters and disposable vapes, but we want to see an ambitious treaty. #nomorebutts #banthebutt #breakfreefromplastic #endplasticwaste
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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Check out Professor Anna Gilmore's interview in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter to find out more about her work defining the Commercial Determinants of Health #CDOH and the challenges in supporting legislation against powerful industries. Read here: www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2024...
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Understanding commercial determinants of health: insights from professor Anna Gilmore
In an interview with The News-Letter, Professor Anna Gilmore discussed her work defining commercial determinants of health (CDOH) — the influence of commercial entities on public health — and further ...
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Phil Chamberlain @philchamberlain.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
PMI and BAT targeting teenagers in Latin America with fruit flavoured cigarettes and policymakers with a lobbying onslaught - new investigation from @examinationnews.bsky.social www.theexamination.org/articles/fru...
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Fruity 'click' cigarettes a hit with Latin American teens amid 'constant' industry lobbying
Companies release watermelon Marlboros, blueberry-menthol Luckies despite “smoke-free” promises
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Phil Chamberlain @philchamberlain.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
British American Tobacco claimed its Vuse product was the first carbon neutral vape. Like so much science from Big Tobacco it turned out of be junk. Great I investigation by @tbij.bsky.social www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024...
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Tobacco giant’s ‘carbon neutral vape’ was offset with junk credits
British American Tobacco’s Vuse brand got its green status via ineffective forestry project
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 20/11/2024
On Monday, #PlasticPollution INC-5 begins in Korea This final scheduled round of talks should solidify new #plastic treaty text... but the outcome is far from certain Our #INC5 team leader Tallash Kantai shares what to expect
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What to Expect at Plastics INC-5
Q and A with Tallash Kantai of Earth Negotiations Bulletin on INC-5.
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Addiction journal @addictionjournal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The amount of nicotine in US Elfbar e-cigarettes is eight times the amount found in UK Elfbar e-cigarettes. Read the full study by Noel Leigh and colleagues buff.ly/4fJimzE
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Hortensia @aragornita.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace. acortar.link/l3OI3R
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Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
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