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Editor's note
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If you had to guess, you’d probably say filters make cigarettes safer, right? They protect us from the harshness of cigarettes, don’t they? Wrong. Not only are filters actually more harmful to smokers’ health, tobacco companies have known this for a long time. Here, Kathryn Barnsley and Haydn Walters outline why they should be banned - for our health, and the health of our oceans.
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Alexandra Hansen
Section Editor, Health and Medicine
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Top story
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Filters were engineered to make cigarettes taste better, and seem safer.
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Kathryn Barnsley, University of Tasmania; Haydn Walters, University of Tasmania
Many smokers still think filters make cigarettes safer. But they actually make them more harmful, and the tobacco industry has known about this for a long time.
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Business + Economy
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Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology
This is how marketers are taking advantage of customer data to build predictive algorithms, and even tailor their products and offerings.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Science + Technology
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Bates Gill, Macquarie University; Adam Ni
The upcoming Chinese Communist Party's 19th National Congress will see one of the biggest turnovers of China’s military elite since the founding of the country.
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Brendan Gogarty, University of Tasmania
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Cities
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Casey Furlong, RMIT University; Jago Dodson, RMIT University; Kath Phelan, RMIT University
Tree plantings are making a visible difference to Melbourne’s west. It's the result of a collaborative model of greening, one that Australian cities need to apply more widely.
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Arts + Culture
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Jane Lydon, University of Western Australia
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Environment + Energy
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David Lindenmayer, Australian National University
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Education
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Health + Medicine
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