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Dr Bronwyn King AO

@DrBronKing

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CEO Tobacco Free Portfolios - Sustainable finance - Public health - Clean indoor air - Olympic fan!

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@DrBronKing
Dr Bronwyn King AO
2 years
Thrilled to find the ‘left in school bag for the entire summer holiday banana’. #schoolstartstomorrow #parentingtips
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
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“A seatbelt for lungs” Nice way to put it! Air purifiers remove nasties from the air - better for health, better for brain power & kids get better marks #cleanair Air quality in Colorado classes improves when air filters added |
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
9 months
#cleanair is a basic human right & access will protect against airborne disease + pollutants like bushfire smoke, vehicles exhaust + pollens. Let’s future-proof our buildings and safeguard our health!
@BigBadDenis
Denis - The COVID info guy -
9 months
Dr Bronwyn King campaigns for clean indoor air in Australia to combat COVID, bushfire smoke. By John Flint #COVID19 #CleanAir #bushfiresmoke @DrBronKing @Flinty_01
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Truly an honour to receive an Order of Australia today, especially alongside my mentor+the inspiration behind my career: the brilliant Prof David Ball @DavidDbal + Global tobacco control champion Prof Melanie Wakefield. A million thanks to all working towards a #tobaccofree world
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@DrBronKing
Dr Bronwyn King AO
1 month
Brilliant Science article out today by Distinguished Prof ⁦ @lidiamorawska ⁩ Indoor air quality must be improved as it’s essential for health, now & in the future. Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for ventilation and indoor air quality | Science
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
9 months
Important slide during brilliant talk - ⁦ @BurnetInstitute ⁩ Oration - by ⁦ @zalaly ⁩ People suffering from #longcovid deserve better!
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Thank-you to @cityofmelbourne for this very special award - it’s a great honour - not just for me, but for my team, supporters and collaborators who are helping to make the world #tobaccofree
@cityofmelbourne
City of Melbourne
5 years
Congratulations to our new Melburnian of the Year, tobacco-free finance campaigner Dr Bronwyn King AO. Thanks for making a difference @DrBronKing #melbourneawards
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
1 year
Today is World No Tobacco Day. The theme for 2023 is “We need food not tobacco” Let’s all do our bit to work towards a #tobaccofree world #WNTD @TFP_TobaccoFree ⁩ ⁦ @FCTCofficial ⁩ ⁦ @WHO
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
$1,300,000,000,000 (1.3 TRILLION!) of Australians’ money in superannuation funds is now under #tobaccofree investment policies. Thanks to the finance leaders who made this happen. @HESTASuper @AMPCapital @AustralianSuper @BT_Financial @austethical @VicSuper @CFS_AU @dinamired
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
Social distancing isn’t about u personally.Saying “I’ll be fine even if I get it!” or “I’m happy to take the risk” isn’t helpful. It’s about reducing all possible opportunities for virus spread which will in turn save the elderly +vulnerable #doitforyourgranny #covid #COVID19Aus
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
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Thanks @CroakeyNews for the opportunity to share thoughts about how major events - like the Olympics - could enhance health protections for athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers & spectators. #Olympics2024 #covid #CleanAir
@CroakeyNews
Croakey News
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Public health leader, who is also a former elite athlete, investigates COVID management at the Olympics #publichealth
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 months
Brilliant to see investment in #cleanindoorair as part of this grant announced by the White House Biden–Harris Administration Announces $180 Million Investment in School Energy Infrastructure as Part of Investing in America Agenda - CleanTechnica
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
This is going straight to the pool room ⁦ @cityofmelbourne #Melbourne #Australian
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
1 year
Happy 20th Birthday to the WHO FCTC (the UN Tobacco Control Treaty)! #tobaccofree #WHA76 @DrTedros ⁩ ⁦ @FCTCofficial
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Best selfie! Ever An honour to meet His Excellency Mr @EmmanuelMacron the President of the French Republic Merci a @TurnbullMalcolm et @LucyTurnbullGSC pour une belle soirée
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
3 years
Sending good vibes to all during a difficult time in Oz #SolidarityPancakes (with thanks to ⁦ @SandroDemaio ⁩ for a fab idea and 🙏 to ⁦ @Nigella_Lawson ⁩ whose ricotta hot cakes have been a weekend favourite for 20years!)
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
1 year
@VicGovDH Important message from @VicGovDH The best way to prevent Long COVID is to not get COVID. #CovidIsAirborne so aim for outdoor activities, when indoors - open windows/doors when possible (even a little is helpful), use air purifiers if you can, + wear N95 masks indoors.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
Practising my smiling eyes 👀 today #melbournelockdown2020 #COVID19Vic
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
A huge victory for victims of tobacco in Canada. Tobacco companies that make the products that cause death and suffering must pay $15 Billion in compensation - Quebec court rules today. #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
So heartbreaking for the housing tower residents in nine towers across Melbourne tonight. Thinking of them as they lockdown in very challenging circumstances. Hope they are given all possible supports.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
Thanks @cityofmelbourne & @LordMayorMelb So glad we snuck in the Moomba parade before #COVID19 threw a spanner in the works! The 2019 award was wonderful recognition for the small but mighty team at #tobaccofree portfolios. Be sure to get your nominations in for 2020!
@9NewsMelb
9News Melbourne
4 years
An Elwood mum of two has taken on 'big tobacco', and won. The City of Melbourne honoured oncologist Doctor Bronwyn King for her remarkable achievement and now other unsung heroes have a chance at recognition. @reid_butler9 #9News
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
1 year
@covid19nz Thanks to our Kiwi friends for this excellent message. Prioritise your health as infection and re infections have serious long term consequences that we’d all rather avoid! #CleanAir
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
@VicGovDHHS Wonderful way to start the week! A million thanks to all Victorians #covid19vic
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
The goal of bold public health measures is for the public to not be impacted by the disease... which means that the public might think that the medical fraternity ‘overcalled it’. That is the goal. #doitforyourgranny #covid #COVID ー19 #covid19australia #COVID19
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Cigarette butts include plastic filters - the most common plastic found in our oceans. EU Parliament votes to make tobacco companies pay for cigarette butt collection and disposal. #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
9 months
@BurnetInstitute @zalaly @CrabbBrendan Thx for having me! Such a treat to hear from the brilliant and inspiring @zalaly
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Incredibly inspired by this amazing @TEDxGateway volunteer who lost his hair when treated for childhood cancer - now he is well - so he grows his hair long and donates it every 2 years for a wig for cancer patients #inspirational
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
A spectacular morning in Sydney with HRH Princess Dina Mired of Jordan @dinamired - Global Ambassador for #TobaccoFree Portfolios - and dozens of CEOs and chairs of Australian superannuation funds who have led the change to #tobaccofree finance
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
1 year
7 years ago ⁦ @AXA ⁩ announced a commitment to #tobaccofree finance, starting a global wave of financial institutions rethinking sustainability frameworks + embedding a tobacco exclusion. Great for people. Great for the planet, Merci @axa et bravo! ⁦ @TFP_TobaccoFree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Thrilled to welcome @Qantas Super to the world of #tobaccofree investment. One of the World’s first airlines to implement ‘no smoking flights’ - now all Qantas staff have a tobacco-free pension fund too
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
Stay home Melburnians. If you must go out for one of the 4 essential reasons: PLEASE WEAR A MASK 😷
@SandroDemaio
Dr Sandro Demaio
4 years
Strong, clear message from Victoria’s lastline heroes. They have our backs — now we must have theirs. Follow restrictions, stay home. 120 Victorians currently in hospital with #COVID19 — 31 in ICU, including suburban GP. #COVID19Vic @theheraldsun
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Thrilled to have Labor’s commitment for funding for #TobaccoFree Portfolios. Makes no sense for Australia to fight tobacco on one hand yet finance it on the other. Every sector needs to help make our future tobacco-free.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Great reminder of the profoundly negative impact of tobacco. It’s why the health sector refers to this period of time as ‘The Tobacco Epidemic’. Everyone from every sector can contribute to shifting towards a #tobaccofree world.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Thanks to 120 of the world’s largest financial organisations for moving to #TobaccoFree Finance. With tobacco causing 7 million deaths each year, we all need to reject tobacco + protect the Human Right to Health, for kids and adults across the globe.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
So disappointing. It’s 2018! It might be a complex problem but it’s essential that we allocate time, resources and energy to address this. We all lose when women are not fairly represented at the highest levels of government and diplomacy. #Equality
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
9 months
@VictorianCHO “Fresh air is your friend” 👍🏼 👍🏼 👍🏼 Thx @VictorianCHO for your great work
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
😀to join ⁦ @AlanKohler ⁩ for #talkingbusiness the ⁦⁦ @Qantas ⁩ inflight radio program.I’ve listened to sooooo many great episodes so it was surreal to actually be part of the show! If you’re taking to the skies in April: tune in + ping me to continue the conversation!
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
I’m a big fan of cheering at the TV during major sporting events, and now I find myself cheering at my phone for the rain to go East. And North. And West to SA + WA. And anywhere else that could do with a huge deluge right now. #AustralianFires
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Radiation therapy, surgery and systemic therapies are essential but prevention is by far the best way to reduce cancer rates. 15,000 Australian families will lose a loved one this year due to tobacco. The battle is not over #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Not sure if it’s in the job description but I’m officially declaring this a perfect Melbourne day! ⁦ @cityofmelbourne ⁩ ⁦ @SallyCapp_ ⁩ ⁦ @ArronWood #melbourne #melbourneweather
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
Absolutely! Congrats 👏🏾👏🏿👏🏼to all students graduating 👩🏼‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓👨🏿‍🎓👨🏽‍🎓👨‍🎓👩🏾‍🎓and here’s to hoping you find just one @DavidDbal along the way!
@UniMelbMDHS
UniMelb MDHS
4 years
A big congrats to all those students graduating today! 🎉🎓 Here's some inspiration via @DrBronKing and her commencement speech earlier this year. 'You don't need a huge crowd, a big following, or a million likes. You just need one person to believe in you.' ♥
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Yes - a tiny team but a huge impact! Thanks to my brilliant colleagues - @RMTobaccoFree in the UK, @ClareEPayne in Sydney and now Dr Sanjana Sikri in India. Next step NYC. #tobaccofree
@abc730
abc730
6 years
Since she started her organisation Tobacco Free Portfolios, at least $17 billion has been shifted out from tobacco companies around the world. All that from an organisation which has a staff of three. #abc730
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Day 1 as Melburnian of the year... ⁦ @cityofmelbourne ⁩ ⁦ @SallyCapp_ ⁩ ⁦ @ArronWood
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
8 years
Showing off in spectacular style. Amazing view @qantas Gotta love Sydney.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Merci Jean-Laurent Bonnafé CEO @BNPParibas for being a Founding Signatory of The Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge #tobaccofree #UNGA
@BNPParibas
BNP Paribas Group
6 years
#UNGA It’s official: the #tobaccofree Finance Pledge was launched today and we are proud to be one of its Founding Signatories, alongside @AXA and @natixis #BNPPCoalitions #GlobalGoals #SDG3
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
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@CrabbBrendan @helenhainesindi Brilliant to be part of this. Thx to all working in the #CleanAir space.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
And that’s a wrap Goodbye #EHFG2018 Last stop on this #tobaccofree tour
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@DrBronKing
Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Brilliant news from Victoria, Australia. Thanks for decades of effort ⁦ @quitvic ⁩ ⁦ @CancerVic ⁩ ⁦ @VicHealth #tobaccofree Smoking prevalence reaches landmark 10% figure in Victoria Daily smoking figure falls across the board
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Great news from Finland this morning: Finland’s state pension goes #tobaccofree @TobaccoFreeFin
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Danish pension fund - MP Pension - announces it’s quitting tobacco. Welcome to the #tobaccofree team!
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Once people learn that their $ is invested in companies that make products that kill people - it’s hard not to care! For tobacco...that’s 7 million people dying every year (and projected to be ONE BILLION PEOPLE this century). We all need #tobaccofree superannuation/pensions
@theprojecttv
The Project
5 years
Do you care if your superannuation fund invests in industries that don't reflect your own values? #TheProjectTV
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
186 countries commit to reduce ocean plastic. Cigarette filters = No. 1 ocean plastic. We all need to strive for a #tobaccofree world. Nearly every country in the world approves pact to reduce plastic pollution, except the U.S.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
2 years
Thanks to @DrTedros and @WHO for recognizing the small but mighty team at @TFP_TobaccoFree Portfolios. There’s almost 200 Signatories of the #Tobaccofree Finance Pledge - big banks, pension plans, insurers and asset managers from 20+ countries. More coming soon!
@DrTedros
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
2 years
Delighted to present this year’s @WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award to @TFP_TobaccoFree , led by @DrBronKing , for their exemplary work on tobacco control. It is through such commitment that we will be able to move the needle in the fight against the tobacco epidemic.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Merci to the French Government for formally co-sponsoring the launch of The Pledge: The Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge #tobaccofree @EmmanuelMacron @agnesbuzyn @BNPParibas @AXA @natixis @FondsdeReserve 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Dutch Pension Fund ABP - World's 5th largest pension fund - announces new #tobaccofree policy. Bravo!
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
With two of the greatest global public health leaders @MichaelMarmot and @IlonaKickbusch If I publish another 1197 papers I’ll be even @MichaelMarmot :)
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Bravo @AustralianSuper Delighted to see the move to #tobaccofree
@amavictoria
AMA Victoria
7 years
"AUSTRALIA’S biggest superannuation fund is selling out of big tobacco, offloading more than $900 million worth of shares in a punishing blow for the cigarette industry" Well done @AustralianSuper , well done @DrBronKing #auspol
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
For everyone to read. This is super stressful but we all need to act ASAP. Think of it as putting your life on ‘pause’ for a little while. When in doubt - stay in. Err on the side of caution. Urge your friends and family to do the same. #COVID19Aus
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
The impact of tobacco cannot go unmentioned here: smoking rates are much higher in poorer communities so rates of respiratory disease, heart disease and lung cancer (+ many other cancers) are much higher. We must work towards a #tobaccofree world for all.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Bravo to the French Minister of Health @Agnes buzyn for impressive leadership on tobacco control in France. 1M fewer smokers = at least 500,000 lives saved = 500,000 families spared the devastating impact of tobacco. #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
For anyone who couldn’t make it to UN Headquarters in New York this week - here is the video recording of the launch of The Pledge: The Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge @BNPParibas @AXA @natixis @AMPCapital @PRI_News @PSI_Initiative @UNEP_FI #TobaccoFree #UNGA
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Congratulations to everyone around the globe who worked for decades to make this Treaty - the UN Tobacco Control Treaty - a reality. A million thanks. #tobaccofree
@FCTCofficial
FCTCofficial
5 years
Today marks the 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the WHO FCTC! #FCTC15Years From today,we are launching an online campaign highlighting the achievements & milestones of the treaty. Join us in the celebration! WORKING TOWARDS A TOBACCO-FREE WORLD
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
@VicGovDHHS Great to see the big drop in new cases. Hold tight #Melbourne
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
It was a good question to ask... #tobaccofree
@TEDx
TEDx
5 years
"So, are you telling me I'm currently investing in tobacco?" @DrBronKing on how you can live a tobacco-free life with a tobacco-free portfolio too!
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Brilliant to meet one of the true tennis greats @LDavenport76 at the #BNPPSFF in Singapore today. The #WTAFinals are not only no longer sponsored by a tobacco company they are sponsored by a #tobaccofree bank!
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Nearly ready for the launch of The Pledge: The Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge #tobaccofree #UNGA Thanks to our partners @AXA @BNPParibas @natixis @AMPCapital @PRI_News @UNEP_FI @PSI_Initiative
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Thanks @oscartrimboli Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy + targeted therapies are all extremely important, but one third of all cancers could be prevented - saving millions of lives and trillions of dollars - if the world was #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Delighted to work with @BNPParibas World's 7th largest bank, now #tobaccofree across lending, investment + insurance
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Sport in Australia has been #tobaccofree for decades and we intend to keep it that way. Thanks to the State and Federal Governments for rapidly mobilising to enforce Australia’s life-saving anti-tobacco laws. Sport and tobacco do not go together.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Thanks @abcmelbourne BT excluding tobacco means >50% $ managed by Oz super funds #tobaccofree Tipping point is here!
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
Great news just through in Oz on #WorldNoTobaccoDay : The #COVID__19 crisis has inspired a surge in Australians trying to #quitTobacco The MyQuitBuddy App is a brilliant tool - many of my patients have used it and found it very helpful. Good luck to all trying to go #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
“Tobacco is the new tobacco” We’ll be saying that for decades to come given the delay between tobacco use and the disease and death it causes. Every effort must go towards making the world #tobaccofree - efforts by governments, health groups and the global finance sector.
@COPDdoc
Dr Nick Hopkinson
6 years
Global burden of disease - tobacco smoking still leads the table of causes for "years of life lost" in the UK. @TheLancet
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Possibly my favourite tweet of the year Great work @AustralianSuper and welcome to the world of #tobaccofree
@AustralianSuper
AustralianSuper
7 years
#ICYMI We're giving up tobacco! As the largest preventable cause of death in the world, tobacco is a uniquely destructive product. Therefore, we will divest our holdings in tobacco over the next 18 months
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Very happy to run into @DrTedros - the Director General of the World Health Organisation. Thrilled you are joining us @DrTedros on Wednesday for the launch of The Pledge The Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge #tobaccofree @WHO @ClareEPayne
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Delighted to meet with @AXA Chairman Denis Duverne. AXA proudly made the #tobaccofree decision in 2016 #WNTD2017
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Crazy but true And we must talk about it if we’re going to address it #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
An extraordinary statistic that should be on the front pages of every paper in the world: 7 million deaths per year We all need to work towards a #tobaccofree future
@TEDTalks
TED Talks
6 years
Tobacco causes more than seven million deaths every year — and many of us are far more complicit in the problem than we know. @DrBronKing
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Philip Morris ordered to pay Australia millions in costs for plain packaging case #tobaccofree
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
@glynmoody
Glyn Moody
5 years
"Cigarette filters = No. 1 ocean plastic." this is really a stunning fact. another reason to make cigarettes history
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
It’s #WorldCancerDay ... so a good time to reflect on the fact that tobacco causes approximately one third of all cancer cases globally. One product causes one third of all cancers. Can you imagine how much better it would be to live in a #tobaccofree world?
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
6 years
Yes - more than 80 leading financial institutions in 11 countries controlling Trillions of dollars have moved to #tobaccofree finance in recent years Great for the global health sector to have new allies standing alongside us to create a tobacco-free world
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
5 years
Getting my steps in at #WalkTheTalk this morning with the Director General of the WHO @DrTedros (he walks very quickly!) #tobaccofree #UNGA #UNGA74 #UNGA2019
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 years
Time for insurers to be #tobaccofree Makes no sense to insure life while investing in products that cause death
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
@hayleymagill Take care @Hayleymagill Bullying and humiliation of newly minted doctors has been a much ‘enjoyed’ game for decades. There’s no excuse. It won’t stop until leaders create supportive team cultures - where questions + curiosity + teaching + life-long learning are embraced.
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
1 million people in the UK have quit smoking since the coronavirus hit. Never a better time to go #tobaccofree Coronavirus: Smokers quit in highest numbers in a decade - BBC News
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
4 years
Back to Stage 3 lockdown in Melbourne (and Mitchell Shire) from tomorrow night. Take care Melburnians ❤️ (and no hoarding loo paper this time!)
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Dr Bronwyn King AO
7 months
It’s unacceptable for tobacco company donations to flow to Australian political parties. Australia is a signatory to the UN Tobacco Control Treaty ⁦ @FCTCofficial ⁩ which prohibits tobacco industry influence of govts #tobaccofree #tobaccocontrol
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@DrBronKing
Dr Bronwyn King AO
8 years
Tobacco control is vital for SDG 3. The finance sector can be part of the solution #PRIinperson @PRI_News
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