Crozilla1h ago

Is PR the worst “profession“? #tobacco #fossilfuels

French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate - DeSmog

https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/23/french-pr-executive-behind-facebook-network-spreading-heat-pump-hate/

French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate

A French PR executive with links to the gas industry appears to be behind an online campaign to discredit clean heating, it can be revealed. The new investigation by DeSmog and Politico found boutique Paris-based PR firm Digital Tellers is linked to a web of connected Facebook groups and accounts, which regularly share false claims […]

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Industry Documents Library2d ago
Paper Alert! 📚
Cooling agents (chemicals used to create a cooling sensation) are gaining attention as #menthol subs for #tobacco products but research on safety is limited. New @plosone.org study profiles their estimated toxicological impacts. #archives #publichealth
https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0346126
The tip of the iceberg: Profiling cooling agents using computational approaches to inform tobacco regulatory science

Cooling agents (chemicals added to impart a cooling sensation) in tobacco products are receiving increased attention due to their use as menthol substitutes. However, detailed information on their chemical structures, physico-chemical properties, cooling activity, and human and ecotoxicity potential has not been compiled. Our goal was to profile cooling agents that could be used as menthol substitutes in tobacco products, along with descriptions of their cooling properties and estimated toxicological effects. First, we compiled a library of 228 cooling agents, including 180 unique two-dimensional (2-D) chemical structures based on a review of multiple public data sources (literature, invention patents, and public databases). The library includes chemicals with a “cool” and/or “mint” flavor profile as designated by the Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA), chemicals reported to activate the cation channel transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) receptor, and/or chemicals with reported subjective perceived sensory cooling. Second, we classified the cooling agents into three main chemical skeletons using similar structural motifs and estimated their physico-chemical properties related to cooling attributes using Schrödinger Canvas software, including log octanol-water partition coefficient (LogKow), vapor pressure, and electrotopological state index. Third, to investigate the cooling agents’ similarity to each other and to menthol, we applied an unsupervised machine learning algorithm (Knowledge Discovery by Accuracy Maximization [KODAMA]) and hierarchical clustering techniques and identified six clusters. Fourth, we compiled available perceived cooling intensity data. Fifth, we used models based on experimental and predicted data (EPA’s web-based Hazard Comparison Module [HCM]) to estimate human health toxicity and ecotoxicity. Some cooling agents are associated with genotoxicity, developmental toxicity, skin irritation, and eye irritation, and pose toxicity to fish, algae, and invertebrates. Using this surveillance approach will help inform future tobacco regulatory decisions and policies by profiling chemicals used as cooling agents in tobacco products and those that pose potential health hazard concerns.

ResearchBuzz: Firehose2d ago

RADII: This Creative Studio Released a “Ciggiedex” of Chinese Cigarette Brands. “…spend a few minutes on the site and it clicks: this isn’t really about cigarettes. It’s about documentation, aesthetics, and the growing instinct among young Chinese creators to catalog the overlooked.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/24/radii-this-creative-studio-released-a-ciggiedex-of-chinese-cigarette-brands/
RADII: This Creative Studio Released a “Ciggiedex” of Chinese Cigarette Brands

RADII: This Creative Studio Released a “Ciggiedex” of Chinese Cigarette Brands. “…spend a few minutes on the site and it clicks: this isn’t really about cigarettes. It’s about documenta…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Matthew Rimmer2d ago

Tobacco ban in the UK could create a smoke-free generation

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-24/generational-smoking-ban-uk/106592244 Should Australia adopt similar laws to create a smoke-free generation? #auslaw #auspol #UKlaw #UKpol #smoking #tobacco #Vaping #ecigarettes #health

Tobacco ban in the UK could create smoke-free generation

Anyone born after 2008 will be banned from buying cigarettes or vapes for life in the UK when a new bill becomes law.

Show threadThis Is My Glasgow3d ago

Mitchell and Son had been created in Linlithgow in 1723, but transferred to Glasgow in 1820. The founder's grandson, also Stephen Mitchell, ran the business here and when he died in 1874, he left a bequest to establish and maintain a public library in Glasgow. Known as the Mitchell Library, it was established in 1877 and grew to become one of the largest public reference libraries in Europe (which it still is to this day).

#glasgow #architecture #alexandraparade #tobacco #glasgowhistory

This Is My Glasgow3d ago

The former Stephen Mitchell and Son Tobacco Factory on Alexandra Parade in Glasgow. It was built in the post-war years, along with the neighbouring Wills Tobacco Factory, with a John Player factory in between the two (all of which were, by then, part of Imperial Tobacco), earning this street the nickname Tobacco Road.

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#glasgow #architecture #alexandraparade #tobacco #glasgowhistory

Global News World3d ago
The U.K. just banned smoking for life for youth. Should Canada do the same?
The U.K. Parliament has passed a bill that will permanently outlaw sales of tobacco products, including cigarettes, to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009.
#Canada #Health #World #Cigarettes
https://globalnews.ca/news/11811972/uk-smoking-vaping-youth-ban-canada/
Global News3d ago
The U.K. just banned smoking for life for youth. Should Canada do the same?
The U.K. Parliament has passed a bill that will permanently outlaw sales of tobacco products, including cigarettes, to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009.
#Canada #Health #World #Cigarettes
https://globalnews.ca/news/11811972/uk-smoking-vaping-youth-ban-canada/
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Global News Canada4d ago
The U.K. just banned smoking for life for youth. Should Canada do the same?
The U.K. Parliament has passed a bill that will permanently outlaw sales of tobacco products, including cigarettes, to anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 2009.
#Canada #Health #World #Cigarettes
https://globalnews.ca/news/11811972/uk-smoking-vaping-youth-ban-canada/