Dr Tahir Turk
@tahirturk
Adj Professor Dow University of Health Sciences. Behavioural scientist and practitioner. World traveller to locations most avoid. Passionate about public health, the environment, being active and supporting positive change in the most vulnerable.
My faith in AI shattered today when l tried to get accurate information on the US attack on Venezuela and President Maduro's kidnapping. CoPilot claimed every source l provided was fake! Anyone else getting these results from AI?
Tell us again Donald how Communism doesn’t work. Does this look like Detroit to you? China leaving America for dead due to archaic policies supporting fossil fuels.
Do we have to have our country's name sullied by association to this self-aggrandizing US President?
Latest smoking rates from Australia testify to the benefits of strict tobacco control measures as opposed to countries seduced by the lure of novel tobacco products and dubious “harm reduction” claims.
True to his name and what he will be remembered for: Selling-out to Big Tobacco. simonchapman6.com/2026/07/03/v...
I started to believe I was the “troublemaker” until I realised the real problem was how readily most people tolerated corruption to protect their jobs.
No surprises that vaping prevalence at ages 13–15 yrs is on average nine times that of adults. It's how the industry planned it with their sickly sweet flavoured kiddy vapes. And some naive governments have bought into the "harm reduction" silliness even while the industry goes after our kids.
Here's one to ponder Jillian Segal: "Zionism is antisemitic". Many Jewish organisations and antisemitism monitors documenting Israel’s conduct in Gaza and its global defence by Zionists will agree that it's the biggest cause of antisemitism worldwide. msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Pauline Hanson claiming that she does not support Nazi's goes against the evidence of her pictured with "the Skull" one of Australia’s most infamous white supremacists since the 1970s, who was formerly involved with the Australian National Socialist Party. #OneNation fascists.
US health policy today - run by Christian nationalists and cookers: "The FDAs scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release".
Donald Trump's approval on the cost of living. It's through the floor!
And fossil fuel lobbyists still want to claim that Australia cannot get baseload electricity with renewables. We lead the world in per capita capacity.
Nudges can also operate to provide negative behavioural outcomes if they are not well managed. @AlboMP will have to negotiate a tricky path to wind back NDIS to support only those with significant needs into the future.
Yes, China does make all these plugs, but they are also smart enough to realise that the Australian plugs are far superior in design to most others. Any world traveller will confirm it.
Are you listening @AlboMP ? Stop the war profiteering of multinational gas companies. They will still make billions with a 25% gas tax to support Australian businesses and the public. It’s our gas after all.
"Only Dags need Fags" was one of our kids' campaigns in the early 80s. Great to see it still has relevance in 2026!
The National Illicit Tobacco Ladder identifies Queensland and South Australia as clear leaders followed by a sharp drop-off across the rest of the country, with illegal tobacco linked to organised crime and increasing access to cheap cigarettes, stronger enforcement is needed.
How long do we have to wait @AlboMP before the mega profits made by multinational gas companies are redistributed to the people who actually own the gas-the Australian public.
We often imagine super‑AI as a malevolent force. But intelligence doesn’t have to mean hostility. It could dismantle nuclear and missile capabilities that threaten humanity and accelerate renewable technologies that protect life. A benevolent path is also possible to curb human frailties.
Is there a sweet spot for tobacco excise, that would reduce illicit trade? Or are @nswpolice just kidding themselves to avoid taking action on enforcement which started the illicit trade and saw it flourish while they just stood by. @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social
Will formula E one day take over from F1? One can only hope so as it’s the future of environmentally friendly vehicle technology.
Hard to argue with this professor of laws view of the cancer eating away at the rules based order. Worse yet is that the US and Israeli leadership are the main causes of the cancer.
l'm good being an "Insufferabilis EVmobilus" after buying my Audi 55 E-tron and loading 36 panels on my roof to service my 20kwt home battery - just in time! Oil crisis sees emergence of new human sub-species: Insufferabilis EVmobilus simonchapman6.com/2026/04/02/o... via @simonchapman6
This is what Pacific island countries like Kiribati have to deal with every day. Massive plastic pollution from high income countries and the ocean encroaching on their land due to the continued burning of fossil fuels. #ClimateChange
While some present measles as benign a “delayed echo” of measles from a persistent form of the virus leads to inflammation in the brain leading to neurological deterioration and almost always resulting in death usually years after the primary infection. Affects just 1 in 10,000.
We warned officials about the risk of not enforcing ecig laws, we warned vapers about the gateway effect with nicotine ecigs and the reversal in health gains: now we are turning the corner and getting ecigs controlled while other countries face massive new tobacco problems.
Another Trump lie proven false. When will the MAGA cult wake up to the treachery of this President’s words vs deeds? “No more foreign wars!” - and yet here is where America finds itself while costs for Americans continue to rise.