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on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 10:14
On December 31, 2013, I wrote:
Something has always puzzled me about the honours list and it's this. Why no gongs for the likes of Deborah Arnott, CEO of ASH ; Sheila Duffy, CEO of ASH Scotland; Fiona Andrews, director of Smokefree South West; or Andrea Crossfield, director of Tobacco Free Future ...
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on Monday, March 21, 2011 at 10:08
The Scotsman has published a feature entitled 'Five years of the smoking ban'.
The article includes comments from me, Paul Waterson of the Scottish Licensed Trade Association, Phil Hanlon and Jill Pell, professors of public health at Glasgow University, and Sheila Duffy, chief executive of ASH Sc ...
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on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 9:10
Woke up to hear BBC news bulletins repeating, over and over again, that the smoking ban introduced in Scotland in 2006 has improved the health of unborn babies.
The news was reported without – to the best of my knowledge – a single dissenting voice which is odd because, if you read the story on t ...
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Journal Entry Comment
on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 16:01
The research was carried out by Prof Jill Pell who also falsely claimed that there was a big decrease in heart attacks after the ban.
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on Monday, November 28, 2011 at 10:35
Take a look at their profiles. Jill Pell of the famous heart attack 'miracle'? Their expertise is not medical but social. As said, make valid and supported points not slogans or go away.
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on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 18:36
Hahahaha! Yesterday, ASH released a report accusing tobacco sources of cherry-picking studies to their own advantage ... and today they reference the Jill Pell study (17% reduction in heart attacks) of just 9 hospitals, instead of the official comprehensive NHS Scotland figures which showed no signi ...
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on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 18:42
@DP
Just published this on the Edinburgh News. The Rand Corporation accuse Prof Pell of publication bias.
"Ms Duffy should really get her foot out of her mouth and do some reading. Ms Duffy's reference to 17% reduction in heart attacks is the Professor Jill Pell's study in which she ...
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on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 7:54
In the wake of the ban, the phrase "It's a success" was bandied about as the catch all answer to every question. I'm having trouble working out what, exactly, the success bit is.
Pub closures? yes, that's a 'success'. Compliance? yes, that's a success as we don ...
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on Sunday, July 14, 2013 at 23:09
Cut the faux outrage Tommasi. TBD never called you any names, nor was anyone personally insulted. In any event I have seen plenty of occasions where you have, yourself, resorted to precisely these tactics when you are grandstanding for a few of your little friends and helpers.
With regard to your ...
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on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 16:37
Well I'm happy to rush to judgement - it's total crap!
I have had only sufficient time to do a shallow analysis of this paper, but then it is very shallow in itself, so that may be appropriate. A few observations that I can make so far:
1. I would first invite anyone to have a look at th ...
