Smoke Signals

Introduction

1. Never say die?

2. The paradox of prevention

3. The commodification of prevention

4. A testing time for prostate

5. Prostate screening not worth it

6. Why do doctors keep silent about their own prostate cancer decisions?

7. How famous faces muddle the message on cancer

8. Patient consent in spectator surgery not the only consideration

9. Does celebrity involvement in public health campaigns deliver long-term benefit? Yes. 10. A nation of flashers should show some modesty

11. A long, winding road to end the carnage

12. Drink and drive? Not the publican's problem

13. The AIDS myth that will not die

14. A shattering of glass in Tasmania

15. Gun lobby on shaky ground

16. Now, about those guns . . .

17. 150 ways (and counting) that the nanny state is good for us

18. Tardis travelling into David Leyonhjelm's post-nanny state dystopia

19. Torture by omission

20. It's the government's call over phone tower debate

21. No, we're not all being pickled in deadly radiation from smartphones and wi-fi

22. Wind turbine sickness prevented by the money drug

23. Wind turbine syndrome: a classic "communicated" disease

24. Questions a prominent windfarm critic needs to answer

25. Chilean earthquakes in Australia and other wacky myths from windfarm opponents

26. Let's appoint a judge to investigate bizarre windfarm health claims

27. Tragedy puts values at threat

28. Charities to be seen but no longer heard?

29. Reflections on a 38-year career in public health advocacy: ten pieces of advice to early-career researchers and advocates

30. Unravelling gossamer with boxing gloves: problems in explaining the decline in smoking

31. The banality of tobacco deaths

32. Smokers spend, then pay with their lives

33. Death of a Fat Lady

34. Stop-smoking clinics: a case for their abandonment

35. The inverse impact law of smoking cessation

36. Quitting unassisted: the 50-year neglect of a major health phenomenon

37. Is it time to stop subsidising nicotine replacement therapies?

38. The ethics of the cash register: taking tobacco industry research dollars

39. Smoke screen

40. It's smokers, better still those trying to quit, who should benefit

41. Corporate responsibility is fast becoming a smoke-free zone

42. The problem with selling a lethal product: you just can't get the staff

43. International tobacco control should repudiate Jekyll and Hyde health philanthropy

44. When will the tobacco industry apologise for its galactic harms?

45. Pleased as Punch: interview with the tobacco industry

46. Smoking bastions set to crumble

47. Why even "wowsers" argue about smoke bans

48. How Santa and the Tooth Fairy collaborated to allow smoking at casino

49. Is a smoking ban in UK parks and outdoor spaces a good idea?

50. Are today's smokers really more "hardened"?

51. Light cigarettes - deadly despite the name

52. Matter of smoke and hire

53. Butt clean-up campaigns: wolves in sheep's clothing?

54. Silver screen lights up with a deadly hidden message

55. What should be done about smoking in movies?

56. Four arguments against the adult-rating of movies with smoking scenes

57. Factoids and legal bollocks in the war against plain packaging

58. The slow-burn, devastating impact of tobacco plain packaging

59. The case for a smoker's licence

60. E-cigarettes: the best and the worst case scenarios for public health

61. Spotless leopards? Decoding hype on e-cigarettes

62. Ten myths about smoking that will not die

63. Ten more myths about smoking that will not die

64. Letters to editors

65. Bertrand Russell's Why I am not a Christian: a book that changed