Volume 223, Issue 10 | The Medical Journal of Australia

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Editor’s choice

Widening the lens of the social and commercial determinants of health

Elizabeth Zuccala

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 497-498 Free

Perspective

Dousing the burning inequity of global warming for people experiencing homelessness

Timothy English, Alejandro Vásquez Hernández, Glenn Miller, Nuala Fogarty, Charles Cosgrove, Paul Rosenthal, Matthew Larkin, Jon Swain, Danielle Austin and Jo River

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 500-503 Open Access

Homelessness and cancer care: a missing priority in the Australian Cancer Plan

Amy Stearn, Jennifer A Baldock, Julia N Morris, Joanne Flavel and Fran Baum

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 504-507 Free

Specialists’ fees and out‐of‐pocket costs: a challenge of our time

Brendan Murphy

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 508-511 Free

Protecting public interest journalism as a public health good

Bronwyn Fredericks, Neha Lalchandani, Melissa A Sweet, Alex Cramb and Carmel Williams

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 512-514 Free

Editorial

Vaping may be slowing Australia’s tobacco control progress

Michelle I Jongenelis and Mike Daube

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 515-516 Free

Research

Trends in adolescent smoking prevalence before and after the emergence of vaping in Australia: an interrupted time series analysis, 1999–2023

Sam J Egger, Michael David, Marianne F Weber, Qingwei Luo, Anita Dessaix and Becky Freeman

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 517-524 Open Access

Socio‐economic position and the prevalence of ten chronic diseases in Australia, 2021: a whole of population census data analysis

Joanna Y Gong, Emily D Williams, Agus Salim, Spiros Fourlanos, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 525-532 Open Access

A retrospective cross‐sectional analysis of the economic impact of environmental risk factors on inpatient hospital separations in the Northern Territory

Geetanjali Lamba, Danielle Esler, Yuejen Zhao, Tracy Ward, Christine Connors and Michael Spry (Marranunggu)

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 533-540 Open Access

Narrative review

The public health impacts of mining in Australia

Javier Cortes‐Ramirez, Ruby N Michael, Leisa‐Maree Toms and Melissa Haswell

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (10): 541-549 Open Access

Supplement

The CURE Asthma Initiative