Professor Simon Chapman

BA (Hons) (UNSW), PhD (USyd), FASSA

Professor Public Health
Director of Research
Associate Dean Communications

Room 320B
Edward Ford Building (A27)
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006

Phone: +61 2 9351 5203
Fax: +61 2 9351 7420
Mobile:+61 0438 340 304

http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/


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Research Interests

Tobacco control policy research; mass media coverage of public health; public health advocacy analysis; risk communication.

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Affiliated

Awards:
WHO Tobacco Control medal, 1997
National Heart Foundation Presidents' Gold Medal, 1999
NSW Premier's Cancer Researcher of the Year 2008
American Cancer Society's Luther Terry Medal for Outstanding Individual Leadership, 2003
Sidney Sax Medal, Publiic Health Association of Australia 2008
Fellow, Australian Academy of Social Sciences
Sydney Magazine, 100 most Influential People in Sydney 2008

Member:
Board, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Life Member, Australian Consumers' Assocation

Editor:
Tobacco Control (Deputy Editor 1992-1997;Editor 1998-2008; Commissioning Editor Low and Middle Income Countries from 2009)

Teaching area

Public Health Advocacy
Tobacco Control for the 21st Century

Publications

Books

Chapman S. Over our dead bodies:Port Arthur and Australia's fight for gun control,Sydney, Pluto Press 1998.

Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journal Articles

Cummings M, Warner K, Pierce J, Chapman S. Remembering Ron Davis (obituary). Tobacco Control. 2009;18:70-1

Sweet MA, Chapman S, Moynihan RN, Green JH. CHAMP: a novel collaboration between public health and the media. Med J Aust. 2009;190(4):206-207

Henson C, Chapman S, McLeod L, Johnson N, McGeechan K, Hickie I. More us than them: positive depictions of mental illness on Australian television news. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2009:43(6);554 — 560

Freeman B, Chapman S. Open source marketing: Camel cigarette brand marketing in the "Web 2.0" world. Tob Control. 2009; 18: 212-217.

MacKenzie R, Chapman S, McGeechan K, Holding S. A disease many people still feel uncomfortable talking about: Australian television coverage of colorectal cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 2009

Chapman S. The Inverse Impact Law of Smoking Cessation. Lancet 2009; 373(9665):701-3

MacKenzie R, Chapman S, Johnson N, Holding S. Smoking-related disease on Australian television news: inaccurate portrayals may contribute to public misconceptions. Aust NZ J Public Health. 2009; 32:144-146.

Chapman S, Freeman B. Regulating the tobacco retail environment: Beyond reducing sales to minors. Tobacco Control. 2009;Sept.

Chapman S, Ragg M, McGeechan K. Citation bias in the reporting of the prevalence of smoking in people with schizophrenia. Aust NZ J Psychiatry 2009;43:277-82

Chapman S. Japanese street smoking bans: a Japan Tobacco foil to prevent clean indoor air policy? Tobacco Control. 2009;18(5):419

Chapman S. With youth smoking at historic lows, how influential is movie smoking on uptake? Addiction. 2009; 104:824-25

Miller P, Kypri K, Chikritzhs T, et al. Health experts reject industry-backed funding for alcohol research. Med J Aust 2009;190 (12): 713-714

McLeod K, Wakefield M, Chapman S, Clegg Smith K, Durkin S Changes in the news representation of smokers and tobacco-related media advocacy from 1995 to 2005 in Australia. J Epidemiol Community Health.2009;63:215 - 220.

Chapman S. Mental health and smoking redux. Aust NZ J Psychiatry 2009; 43: 579-580

Chapman, S. Repealing Australia`s ban on smokeless tobacco? Hasten slowly. Med J Aust 2008;188:47-49.

Freeman B, Chapman S. Gone viral? Heard the buzz? A guide for public health practitioners and researchers on how Web 2.0 can subvert advertising restrictions and spread health information. J Epidemiol Comm Health 2008;62:778-782.

Chapman, S. The future of tobacco control: making smoking history. Int J Tuberculosis & Lung Disease 2008:12:8-12

Freeman, B., Chapman, S., Storey P. Banning smoking in cars carrying children: an analytical history of a public health advocacy campaign. Aust NZ J Public Health 2008;32:60-5

Chapman S. The inverse impact law of smoking cessation. Lancet 2008;373:701-03

Chapman, S. International tobacco control should repudiate Jekyll and Hyde health philanthropy. Tobacco Control 2008;17:1.

Freeman, B., Chapman, S. Review: The case for plain packaging of tobacco products. Addiction 2008; 103:580-590.

Chapman, S. Benefits and risks in ending regulatory exceptionalism for tobacco. Tobacco Control 2008;17:73-74.

MacKenzie R, Chapman S, Imison M, Holding S. Mixed messages and a missed opportunity: Australian news media coverage of Clare Oliver's campaign against solaria. Med J Aust. 2008;189(7):371-374.

Chapman S. What should be done about smoking in movies? Tobacco Control 2008;17:363-367.

Assunta, M., Chapman, S. The lightest market in the world: light and mild cigarettes in Japan. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2008;10:803-810.

Mackenzie, R., Chapman, S., Salkeld, G., Holding, S. Media influence on Herceptin subsidization in Australia: application of the rule of rescue? J. Roy Soc Med. 2008;101(6):305-312.

Tong, A., Chapman, S., Sainsbury, P., Craig, J.C. An Analysis of Media coverage on the Prevention and Early Detection of CKD in Australia. American Journal of Kidney Disease 2008;52(1):159-170.

Chapman, S. Going to far? Exploring the limits of smoking regulations. William Mitchell Law Review 2008;34(4):1605-1620.

Chapman, S. A questionable inflated estimate of smoking prevalence among mentally ill persons in Australia. Aust NZ J Psychiatry 2008;48:646-648.

Mackenzie, R., Chapman, S., Johnson, N., McGeechan, K., Holding, S. The newsworthiness of cancer in Australian television news. Medical Journal Australia 2008;189(3):155-158.

Chapman S, Freeman B. Markers of the denormalisation of smoking and the tobacco industry. Tobacco Control 2008;17:25-31Journal link

Chapman S, MacKenzie R. Fainting schoolgirls wipe $A1bn off market value of Gardasil firm. BMJ.2007;334:1195.

MacKenzie R, Chapman S, Barratt A, Holding S. The news is [not] all good: misrepresentations and inaccuracies in Australian news media reports on prostate cancer screening. 2007. MJA. 2007;187 9):507-510.

Li M, Chapman S, Agho K, Eastman C.J. Can even minimal news coverage influence consumer health-related behaviour? A case study of iodized salt sales. Australia. Health Education Research 2007.

Chapman, S. The future of smoke-free legislation. BMJ. 2007; 335; 521-2.

Bonfiglioli C, Smith B, King L, Chapman S, Holding S. Choice and voice: obesity debates in television news. Medical Journal of Australia 2007;187(8):442-445.

Bonfiglioli C, King L, Smith B, Chapman S, Holding S. Obesity in the media: political hot potato or human interest story? Australian Journalism Review 2007;29(1):53-61.

MacKenzie R, Chapman S, Holding S, McGeechan K. A matter of faith, not science: analysis of media coverage of prostate cancer screening in Australian news media 2003-2006. J R Soc Med. 2007;100:513-521

Chapman S. Commentary: Regulating the global vector for lung cancer. Lancet 2006;Feb 8 Published on-line DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68078-1.

Bryan-Jones K. and Chapman S. Political dynamics promoting the incremental regulation of secondhand smoke: a case study of New South Wales, Australia BMC Public Health 2006,6:192.

Chiang PPC. and Chapman S. Do pharmacy staff recommend evidenced-based smoking cessation products?: a pseudo patron study. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 2006;31:205-209.

Assunta M. and Chapman S. Health treaty dilution: a case study of Japan's influence on the language of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2006;60:751-756.

Carter SM, Chapman S. Smokers and nonsmokers talk about regulatory options in tobacco control. Tobacco Control 2006;15:399-404.

Hooker C. and Chapman S. Structural elements in the political history of tobacco control in NSW, 1960-1995: implications for the future. Aust NZ J Pub Health 2006;30:10-15.

Chapman S, Alpers P, Agho K, Jones M. Australia's 1996 gun law reforms: faster falls in firearm deaths, firearm suicides, and a decade without mass shootings. Injury Prevention 2006: Volume 12, pages:365-72,. (http://press.psprings.co.uk/)

Chapman S, McLeod K, Wakefield M, Holding S. Impact of news of celebrity illness on breast cancer screening: Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis. Med J Aust 2005; Aug 7.

Blows S, Ivers RQ. and Chapman S. "Banned from the streets I have paid to use": an analysis of Australian print media coverage of proposals for passenger and night driving restrictions for young drivers. Injury Prevention 2005;11:304-308.

Garne D, Watson M, Byrne F, Chapman S. Environmental tobacco smoke research published in the journal Indoor and Built Environment and associations with the tobacco industry. Lancet 2005;365:804-9.

Vagg R, Chapman S. Nicotine analogues: A review of tobacco industry research interests Addiction 2005;100:701-12.

Champion D, Chapman S. Framing pub smoking bans: An analysis of Australian print news media coverage, March 1996-March 2003. J Epidemiol Community Health 2005;59:679-84.

Byrne F, Chapman S. The most cited authors and papers in tobacco control. Tobacco Control 2005;14:155-60.

Chapman S. The most important and influential papers in tobacco control. Tobacco Control 2005 14:e1.doi:10.1136/tc.2005.013177.

Chapman S. Research from tobacco industry affiliated authors: need for particular vigilance. Tobacco Control 2005;14:217-19.

Gunasekera H, Chapman S and Campbell S. Sex and drugs in popular movies: an analysis of the top 200 films. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2005;98:464-470.

Chapman S. The smoker-free workplace: the case against. Tobacco Control 2005;14:144.

Nguyen TN, Chapman S. The fate of papers rejected from Tobacco Control. Tobacco Control 2005;14:293.

Wakefield M, Clegg Smith K, Chapman S. Framing of Australian newspaper coverage of a secondhand smoke injury claim: lessons for media advocacy. Critical Public Health 2005;15:53-63

Chapman S, Liberman J. Ensuring smokers are adequately informed: reflections on consumer rights, manufacturer responsibilities, and policy implications. Tobacco Control 2005;14(Suppl 2):ii8-ii13.

Chapman S. Never say die? Med J Aust 2005;183(11/12):622-624.

Chapman S. Business sector shuns tobacco companies. BMJ 2005;331:1414.

Knight J, Chapman S. "A phony way to show sincerity, as we all well know": tobacco industry lobbying against tobacco control in Hong Kong. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii13-ii21.

Knight J, Chapman S."Asian yuppies...are always looking for something new and different": creating a tobacco culture among young Asians. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii22-ii29.

Knight J, Chapman S. "Asia is now the priority target for the world anti-tobacco movement": attempts by the tobacco industry to undermine the Asian anti-smoking movement. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii30-ii36.

Assunta M, Chapman S. Industry sponsored youth smoking prevention programme in Malaysia: a case study in duplicity. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii37-ii42.

Assunta M, Chapman S. A mire of highly subjective and ineffective voluntary guidelines: tobacco industry efforts to thwart tobacco control in Malaysia. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii43-ii50.

Assunta M, Chapman S. "The world`s most hostile environment": how the tobacco industry circumvented Singapore\'s advertising ban. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii51-ii57.

Assunta M, Chapman S. A "clean cigarette" for a clean nation: a case of Salem Pianissimo in Japan. Tobacco Control 2004:13(Suppl II):ii58-ii62.

Assunta M, Chapman S. The tobacco industry`s accounts of refining indirect tobacco advertising in Malaysia. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii63-ii70.

Oakes W, Chapman S, Borland R, Balmford J. and Trotter L. \"Bulletproof skeptics in life\'s jungle\": which self-exampting beliefs about smoking most predict lack of progression towards quitting? Preventive Medicine 2004;39(4).(http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0091743504001586)

Szilagyi T, Chapman S. Tobacco industry efforts to erode tobacco advertising controls in Hungary. Cent Eur J Public Health 2004;12(4):190-6.(http://www.szu.cz/svi/cejph/4_2004/4_04_04.pdf)

Chapman S, Balmain A. Time to legislate for fire-safe cigarettes in Australia. Med J Aust 2004;181:292-3.(http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/181_06_200904/cha10373_fm.html)

Ackermann D, Chapman S, Leask L. Media coverage of anthrax vaccination refusal by Australian Defence Force personnel. Vaccine 2004;23:411-7.

Alechnowicz K, Chapman S. The Pilippine tobacco industry: \"the strongest tobacco lobby in Asia\". Tobacco Control 2004;13(suppl II):ii71-ii78.

Assunta M, Fields N, Knight J, Chapman S. "Care and feeding": the Asian environmental tobacco smoke consultants programme. Tobacco Control 2004;13(Suppl II):ii4-ii12.

Szilagyi T, Chapman S. Hungry for Hungary: examples of the tobacco industry`s expansionism. Cent Eur J Public Health 2003;11:39-43 (copy accessible at )

Carter SM, Chapman S. Smoking, disease and obdurate denial: the Australian tobacco industry in the 1980s. Tobacco Control 2003;12(suppl III):iii23-30.

Chapman S, Byrne FR, Carter SM. One the darkest markets in the world: the global importance of Australian tobacco control. Tobacco Control 2003;12(suppl III):iii1-3.

King B, Carter SM, Borland R, Chapman S, Gray N. The Australian Tar Derby: the origins and fate of a low-tar harm reduction programme. Tobacco Control 2003;12(suppl III):iii61-70.

Chapman S, Carter SM. \"Avoid health warnings on all tobacco products for just as long as we can\": a history of Australian tobacco industry efforts to avoid, delay and dilute health warnings on cigarettes. Tobacco Control 2003;12(suppl III):iii13-22.

Chapman S, Carter SM, Peters M. \"A Deep Fragrance of Academia\": the Australian Tobacco Research Foundation. Tobacco Control 2003;12(suppl III):iii38-44.

Leask J, Chapman S. 'The cold hard facts' immunisation and vaccine preventable diseases in Australia`s newsprint media 1993-1998. Social Science & Medicine 2002;54:445-457.

Davies P, Chapman S, Leask J. Antivaccination activists on the world wide web. Arch Dis Child 2002;86:0-3

Carter S, Chapman S. John\'s $12 tonic: press coverage of the government\'s selling of a private health insurance rebate. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2001;25:265-71.

Drope J, Chapman S. Tobacco industry efforts at discrediting scientific knowledge of environmental tobacco smoke: a review of internal industry documents. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2001;55(8):588-594.

Chapman S, Borland R, Lal A. Has the ban on smoking in NSW restaurants worked? A comparison of restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne. Medical Journal of Australia 2001;174:512-15.

Chapman, S., Dominello, A.. A strategy for increasing news media coverage of tobacco and health in Australia. Health Promotion International 2001;16:137-43.

Chapman S, Wakefield M. Tobacco control advocacy in Australia: reflections on 30 years of progress. Health Education & Behaviour 2001;29:274-89.

Leask J, Hawe P, Chapman S. Focus group composition: a comparison between natural and constructed groups. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2001;25(2):152-4.

Chapman S, Morrell S. Barking mad? Another lunatic hypothesis bites the dust. British Medical Journal 2000;321:1561-63.

Edwards J, Chapman S. Using magazines for adolescent females as a vehicle for health promotion. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2000;10(3):206-12.

Elliot A, Chapman S. \"Heroin hell their own making\": construction of heroin users in the Australian press 1992-97. Drug & Alcohol Review 2000;19:191-201.

Francey N, Chapman S "Operation Berkshire" - the international tobacco companies' conspiracy. British Medical Journal, 2000, 321: 371-74.

Lawrence G, Bammer G, Chapman S. \"Sending the wrong signal\": analysis of print media reportage of the ACT heroin prescription trial proposal, August 1997. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2000;24(3):253-63.

O\'Sullivan B, Chapman S. Eyes on the prize: transnational tobacco companies in China 1976-1997. Tobacco Control 2000;9:292-302.

Shiell A, Chapman S. The inertia of self-regulation: a game-theoretic approach to reducing passive smoking in restaurants. Social Science and Medicine 2000;51:1111-19.

Chapman S. Tough on drugs -- weak on tobacco. Medical Journal of Australia 2000;172: 612-14

Chapman S. Banning smoking outdoors is seldom ethically justifiable
(debate with two responses) Tobacco Control 2000;9:95-7 http://tc.bmjjournals.com/current.shtml#DEBATES

Chapman S, Cornwall J, Righetti J, Sung L. Preventing dog bites in children: randomised controlled trial of an educational intervention. British Medical Journal 2000;320:1512-13.

Chapman S, Borland R, Brownson R, Scollo M, Dominello A, Woodward S. The impact of workplace smoking bans on declining cigarette consumption in Australia and the USA. Am J Public Health 1999;89:1018-23.

Chapman S. Faking it: should cancer control agencies promote "fake" tanning lotions? Med J Aust 1999; 603-4.

Christophides, N., Chapman, S., Dominello, A. The new pariahs: how the tobacco industry are depicted in the Australian press. Aust NZ J Public Health 1999;23:233-239.

Chapman S. Post-modernism and public health: a reply to Deborah Lupton. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1998;22:403-5.

Chapman S. Postmodernism and public health. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1998;22:107-9.

Chapman S. Bans on smoking in public become more commonplace. British Medical Journal 1998;316:727.

Chapman S, Lee N. and Monaem A. Smoking in restaurants. Medical Journal of Australia 1998;168:637.

Chapman S. The hot air on passive smoking. British Medical Journal 1998;316:945.

Chapman S. Vic Health, tobacco control and the leading edge. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 1998;8(1):87.

Chapman S. and Schofield WN. Lifesavers and samaritans: emergency use of cellular (mobile) phones in Australia. Accident Analysis and Prevention 1998;30(6):815-19.

Leask J-A and Chapman S. An attempt to swindle nature: press anti-immunisation reportage 1993-1997. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 1998;22(1):17-26 (see also ABC Health Report: (http://www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport/stories/1998/10643.htm).

Other publications

Freeman, B., Chapman, S. and Rimmer, M: The case for the plain packaging of tobacco products. Report for the University of Sydney 2007. (http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/site/futuretc/pdfs/generic.pdf)

Chapman, S., MacKenzie, R:. Letter. The Australian Heath News Research Collaboration. Medical Journal of Australia 2007;186(6):326.

Carter SM, Chapman SF, A pressing need for coordination on non-competitive issues: phase one of an investigation of the Tobacco Institute of Australia (TIA). Cell to Society III, College of Health Sciences conference Sep 2002

Carter S, Borland R, Chapman S, Finding the strength to kill your best friend: smokers talk about smoking and quitting. Sydney: Australian Smoking Cessation Consortium and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, May 2001.

Carter S, Chapman S. Review of A public view of private health insurance by Associate Professor Jane Hall. In Australian Health Policy Institute Commissioned Paper Series 2001/4. Sydney: Australian Health Policy Institute at the University of Sydney, 2001. Available via the internet: URL http://www.usyd.edu.au/chs/ahpi/colloquia.html

Ragg, M. Barratt, A. Irwig, L. Chapman, S. Cockburn, J. Swinburne, L. How to present the evidence for consumers: preparation of consumer publications. NHMRC, 1999.

Chapman S, Schofield WN. Emergency use of cellular (mobile) telephones. Lancet (Letter) 1998; 351(9103): 650.

Chapman S. Content analysis, in Charles Kerr, Richard Taylor and Gregory Heard, eds. Handbook of Public Health Methods, McGraw-Hill, Sydney, 1998:483-91.

Chapman S. Relevant research track records of tobacco industry consultants.British Medical Journal. 4 August 1998.

Book chapters

Clegg Smith K, Chapman S. How the news media influence tobacco use. In National Cancer Institute. The Role of the Media in Promoting and Controlling Tobacco Use. Tobacco Control Monograph No. 19. Bethesda, MD: U.S Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. NIH Pub. No 07-6242, 2008.

Freeman B, Chapman S. Chapter 11: advertising and promotion. Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues. 2008

Chapman S. Introduction. Tobacco in Australia: Facts and Issues. 2008

Chapman S. Chapter 5 Public health advocacy. In Hands-on Health Promotion. Edited by Rob Moodie and Alana Hulme. IP Communications, Melbourne, 2004.

Monographs

Scollo M, Chapman S (eds). Tobacco control in Australia: a priority-driven
research agenda.
Sydney: Australian Cancer Society, 1999 76pp.

Commissioned reports

Barratt Alexandra, Ragg Mark, Cockburn Jill, Irwig Les, Swinburne Lyn, Chapman Simon, 1999 literature review of the evidence about how to prepare and present evidence-based information for consumers of health services, National Health and Medical Research Council, Commonwealth of Australia, 2000.

Editorials

Chapman, S.. International tobacco control should repudiate Jekyll and Hyde health philanthropy. Tobacco Control 2008; 17:1.

Chapman, S. Benefits and risks in ending tobaccos regulatory exceptionalism. Tobacco Control 2008:17:73-74

Chapman, S: Entering our 16th year. Tobacco Control 2007;16:1; doi:10.1136/tc.2006.019802 (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com)

Chapman S. Falling smoking prevalence: how low can we go? (editorial) Tobacco Control 2007;16:145-7.(http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/16/3/145)

Freeman B, Chapman, S: Is YouTube telling or selling you something? Tobacco content on the YouTube video sharing website. Tobacco Control 2007;16:207-10(http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/16/3/207)

Chapman, S: Evidence, ethics, hubris and the future of second-hand smoke policy. Tobacco Control 2007;16:73-74; doi:10.1136/tc.2007.020552 Copyright: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/16/2/73)

Chapman S. Regulating the global vector for lung cancer. The Lancet 2006; DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(06) 68078-1 Published Online.

Chapman S, Alpers P Tight gun controls the most powerful weapon. Sydney Morning herald April 27, 2006

Chapman S. Research from tobacco industry affiliated authors: need for particular vigilance. Tobacco Control 2005;14:217-219.

Chapman S. Fruit-flavoured cigarettes highlight an industry smokescreen. The Canberra Times Friday 29 July 2005.

Chapman S, Shatenstein S. The ethics of the cash register: taking tobacco industry research dollars. (editorial) Tobacco Control, 2001;10:1-2. Pre published in eBMJ
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7275/DC2

Mitchell P, Chapman S, Smith W. "Smoking is a major cause of blindness": a new cigarette pack warning? (editorial) Med J Aust 1999;171:173-4.

Chapman S. Where there's smoke, there's fire (editorial). Tobacco Control 1999; 8:12-13.

Chapman S. Where there's smoke, there's fire (editorial). Tobacco Control 1999;8:12-13.

Hill D, Chapman S, Donovan R. The return of scare tactics, Tobacco Control, 7, 1998: 5, 7-8.

News Reports/Feature Articles

Chapman S. DrinkWise - making a splash but is it a bellyflop? Croakey. 2009

Chapman S. Actually, prevention has been a spectacular success. Crikey. 29 July 2009

Chapman S. Why increasing tobacco tax is good for the poor. Croakey. 2 June 2009

Chapman S. Thank you for drinking despite the hazards. Sydney Morning Herald. January 21, 2009.

Chapman S. Why convenience stores are puling our legs. Croakey 25 May 2009

Chapman S. Are breast cancer screening benefits being oversold? Crikey 20 Feb 2009

Chapman S, Barratt A. Irresponsible prostate proposal ignores risk of harm to men. Sydney Morning Herald. 24 Sept 2009.

Chapman S. Film truths should include smoking. Sydney Morning Herald. April 27, 2009.

Chapman S. You don't put the fox in charge of the chicken coop. ABC Unleased. 25 August 2009.

Chapman S. Prevention: a track record to die for. SMH. 2 Sept 2009.

Chapman S. Pfizer's campaign to drug as many smokers as possible. Crikey. 18 September 2009

Chapman, S: Australia: British American Tobacco addresses youth smoking. Tobacco Control 2007;16:2-3 (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com)

Chapman S. Smoke in their Eyes: Blood Money Tradition Continues. *Crikey* 6 June 2007.

Chapman, S: The pointless hyping of prostate cancer. *Crikey* 7 June 2007.

Chapman, S. Deadly custom in steady decline. The Australian 2007.

Chapman S. Spineless leaders capitulate on smokefree pubs. New Matilda 22 February 2006. (http://www.newmatilda.com/)

Chapman S. Matter of smoke and hire. Sydney Morning Herald 2005;Dec 10

Letters to Editor

Chapman S. Alcopops. Sydney Morning Herald 19 Mar 2009

Chapman S. Prostate cancer screening. Sydney Morning Herald 26 Mar 2009

Chapman S. Michael Siegel as Galileo New Scientist 15 April 2009

Chapman, S., Nguyen, T.N. and White, C: Press-released papers are more downloaded and cited. Tobacco Control 2007;16:71; doi:10.1136/tc.2006.019034 (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com)

Chapman S. Reply to Gray N. The Case for smoker-free workplaces. Tob Control Gray 2005;14(2):143.

Chapman S. The slippery slope is not so slippery. 29th March 2005.

Sachdev P and Chapman S. Availability of smokeless tobacco products in south Asian grocery shops in Sydney, 2004. MJA 2005;183(6):334.

Reports

Chapman, S. Going too far. Exploring the limits of smoking regulations. (http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/site/futuretc/pdfs/toofar.pdf)

Projects

Television news on cancer in Australia: content, framing and impact

Chapman S

This is a major project where, since May 2005, all health and medical related TV news, current affairs and infotainment content has been digitally recorded. An excel database showing all items can be found here http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/share/TV.xls (copy link and paste into your web-browser). This digital archive is available researchers by arrangement through Simon Chapman.

Cancer Council NSW $361,500


 

The Australian Health News Research Collaboration

Chapman S, Blood W, Pirkis J.

NHMRC Capacity Building Grant(571376). $1,897,375 2009-2013.


 

The future of tobacco control

Hall W, Chapman S.

This project is examining major issues in the future of tobacco control. A web page has been established which show publications already produced by this project. See:http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/site/futuretc/docs/index.htm

NHMRC project grant #401558. $487,000


 

The use of Web 2.0 internet sites to undermine tobacco advertising bans and to mobilise tobacco control advocates

Chapman S, R Freeman R, Assunta Kolandai M.

NHMRC project grant #570869. $351,000

2009-2011


 

What is influential public health research?

Chapman SF, Hall WD, Redman S, Leeder SR, Gillespie JJ.

NHMRC project grant #570870. $433,500

2009-2010