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== Positions held == | == Positions held == | ||
* 1992 - 1997 - Deputy editor of the [[British Medical Journal Group|BMJ]]'s [[Tobacco_Control_(BMJ)|Tobacco Control]]<ref name="sydney">http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/simonchapman.php</ref> | * 1992 - 1997 - Deputy editor of the [[British Medical Journal Group|BMJ]]'s [[Tobacco_Control_(BMJ)|Tobacco Control]]<ref name="sydney">http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/simonchapman.php</ref> | ||
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== Conflicts of interest == | == Conflicts of interest == | ||
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| + | In 1995, Mr Chapman tried to get [[Simon Chapman 1995 fax|a paper that concluded that passive smoking didn't cause lung cancer doctored to show that passive smoking ''did'' cause lung cancer.]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:37, 17 June 2014
Simon Chapman is a vociferous opponent of smoking, who currently resides in Australia.
Positions held
- 1992 - 1997 - Deputy editor of the BMJ's Tobacco Control[1]
- 1994 - 1996 - 'Co-convenor' of Coalition for Gun Control[2][3][4]
- 1997 - 2006 - Member of The Cancer Council New South Wales [2]
- 1998 - 2008 - Editor of the BMJ's Tobacco Control[1]
- 1999 - 2002 - Chairman of the Australian Consumer' Association[2]
- 2000 - current - Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney[1][5]
- Nov 2008 - current - (Paid) Board member of Cancer Australia[2][5]
- 1996 - current - Member of ASH (Chairman 1992-2001)[2][5]
Qualifications
- 1970 - 1972 - BA Sociology, psychology, philosophy, English at University of New South Wales[5]
- 1977 - MQP Sociology at University of New South Wales[5]
- 1984 - PhD Department of Preventive and Social Medicine at University of Sydney[5]
Views
Sunbeds
Since 'no-one knows the dangers of sunbeds, and hasn't for years,' Mr Chapman suggested that the sale of second-hand sunbeds should be outlawed[6]
A professor of public health at the University of Sydney, Simon Chapman, said it would be a public service for state governments to buy the machines at the low market price and destroy them, or to outlaw reselling them.
Conflicts of interest
In 1995, Mr Chapman tried to get a paper that concluded that passive smoking didn't cause lung cancer doctored to show that passive smoking did cause lung cancer.
References
- ↑ a b c http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/simonchapman.php
- ↑ a b c d e http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Simon_Chapman_%28academic%29&oldid=491190327
- ↑ http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/simon-chapman-biography/
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gun_politics_in_Australia&oldid=503722931#Contention_over_effects_of_the_laws
- ↑ a b c d e f Simon Chapman's Curriculum Vitae
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/buying-into-danger-20120630-219e4.html