Podcasts
Potentially harmful compounds in e-liquids, with Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe
Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe
Vol 215, Issue 8: 11 October 2021. Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe is Program Head of Respiratory Health at Telethon Kids Institute in Perth. He discusses the potentially harmful chemical compounds he and his colleagues found in a range of e-liquids available for purchase in Australia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. The research is free to access and can be found at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2021/potentially-toxic-compounds-found-vaping-liquids ... Guidance for GP...
E-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury, with Dr Eli Dabscheck
Dr Eli Dabscheck
Vol 213, Issue 2: 13 July. Dr Eli Dabscheck is a respiratory and sleep physician at Alfred Health and Monash University. He discusses e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 13 mins, 32 secs.
Nicotine e-liquid poisonings, with Carol Wylie
Ms Carol Wylie
Vol 210, Issue 2: 28 January 2019. Carol Wylie is Manager of the Queensland Poisons Information Centre. She discusses the increase in poisonings by nicotine-containing e-cigarette liquids. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 13mins, 22 secs
Graphic cigarette pack warnings, with Prof Melanie Wakefield
Professor Melanie Wakefield
Vol 209, Issue 2: 9 July 2018. Professor Melanie Wakefield is Director of the Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer. She discusses the need to renew mass media anti-smoking campaigns, including the graphic warnings on cigarette packs. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Tobacco retail accessibility, with Dr Shannon Melody
Dr Shannon Melody
Vol 208, Issue 4: 5 March 2018. Dr Shannon Melody is a Public Health Medicine Registrar at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania. She discusses tobacco retail accessibility and its public health implications. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Nicotine replacement therapy in pregnancy, with Dr Yael Bar-Zeev
Dr Yael Bar-Zeev
Volume 207, Issue 11: 4 December, 2017. Dr Yael Bar-Zeev is head of the Center for Smoking Prevention and Cessation at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. She discusses the use of nicotine replacement therapy during pregnancy. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell.
Sueing Big Tobacco, with Dr Ross MacKenzie
Dr Ross MacKenzie
Volume 207, Issue 10: 20 November, 2017. Dr Ross MacKenzie is a lecturer in Health Studies at Macquarie University. He talks about the reasons why Australian governments should sue the tobacco industry to recover healthcare costs associated with smoking.
Targeted anti-smoking efforts, with Prof Billie Bonevski
Professor Billie Bonevski
Volume 207, Issue 4: 21 August 2017. Professor Billie Bonevski is a behavioural scientist and research fellow at the University of Newcastle. She discusses smoking rates in disadvantaged population groups. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
MJA Centenary Series 8
Simon Chapman
Simon Chapman, professor of public health at Sydney University and a pioneer of anti-tobacco lobbying in Australia, sits down with the MJA's Cate Swannell to talk about plain packaging, e-cigarettes and where the next battlefields lie.