TessInADress
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'Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence' explores how artificial intelligence, the platform economy, and big data will impact economic development and societal change. bit.ly/3zxhw9k

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BREAKING NEWS: Massachusetts Supreme Court Upholds Tobacco-Free Generation Law!
Brookline, MA has banned the sale of tobacco to anyone born this century.
Congratulations to all involved in supporting this lifesaving law to protect the right to health.
ow.ly/npow50QOR1m
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Juul’s internal playbook opens a rare window into influence in Washington - statnews.com/2024/02/15/juu… via @statnews @NicholasFlorko
Read the article below and then check out our (growing) collection of documents at: industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco/collec…
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Tobacco industry targets youth with "flavored and colorful" products, falsely branding them as less harmful and aids for quitting smoking. @WHO urgently called for action to protect children from e-cigs. GGTC echoes this at #COP10. Read here 👉bit.ly/StatementOnE-c… #StopTheLies


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A milestone. The Oxford Handbook on Economic and Social Rights is at its halfway mark. The volume will eventually consist of 50+ chapters. 26 of them are now available online - several are Open Access making it already a valuable & accessible resource. bc.edu/content/dam/bc…
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A WA audit has revealed nine out of 10 #vape stores are within walking distance of schools. Surely the pro-vaping lobby can no longer keep a straight face while ignoring evidence that Australian children are being targeted with these harmful products. theguardian.com/australia-news…
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Australian Genomics@AusGenomics
📢 #Consultations have opened into a Fed Govt review of the use of #genetic & #genomic test results by life insurance companies. It follows rising concerns that potential life #insurance #discrimination is deterring people from taking the tests. 🧬🇦🇺 👉 treasury.gov.au/consultation/c…
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New Paper: "Machine Culture"
nature.com/articles/s4156…
AI systems are increasingly integrated into the human cultural fabric. What can we learn from human cultural evolution to anticipate the impact of intelligent machines on culture (socially transmitted information)? [1/9]

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In a piece for the @ConversationUK, @AllenGallagher_ and @philchamberlain argue that in order for the proposed #smokingban to have the most impact, the policy must be protected from being undermined by the false narratives spread by the #tobaccoindustry.
theconversation.com/proposed-smoki…

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Just published! Our new article analysing literature on data sharing legislation & whether legislative divergence impedes data sharing. Led by James Scheibner, co-authors incl @BJRichards8, Nicole Kroesche, Luke Wakefield and Steven McPhail:
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
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@brucearnoldlaw road trip to Harvard?
Alexandre Lefebvre@alex_usyd
When he was an undergrad, John Rawls got his first real job, working in a doughnut factory. The experience was formative. From his unpublished autobiography, Just Jack. Ref: Papers of John Rawls, Harvard University Archives, box 42, folder 12.
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FDA issued warning letters to 7 online retailers for selling unauthorized e-cigarette products. They cite the sale of popular and youth-appealing disposable e-cigarette products marketed under the brands Elf Bar, EB Design, Bang, Cali Bars, and Lava. fda.gov/tobacco-produc…

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Published today; why it is not appropriate for local authorities to provide a stop-vaping service. The focus should be on smoking, which kills prematurely and causes widespread illness and disability
ncsct.co.uk/usr/pub/Why%20…
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