{"id":1655,"date":"2022-10-25T11:23:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T11:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/?page_id=1655"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T00:52:51","slug":"submit-a-blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/tc\/submit-a-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Submit a blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BMJ Tobacco Control Blog Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Type of content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are interested in tobacco control research (including identification of research gaps),<br \/>\nperspectives on tobacco control, tobacco control policy developments, tobacco industry expos\u00e9s and<br \/>\nany other stories that may have relevance to tobacco control. We are interested in local, national,<br \/>\nregional and global stories. Every blog should have an explicit mention of the relevance of the topic<br \/>\ndiscussed to tobacco control.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Writing style<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blogs should be accessible to a general audience. Explain all specialist tobacco control terms and<br \/>\nwrite acronyms in full at the first mention. There is no need to provide a list of references. However,<br \/>\nplease include hyperlinks to relevant sources to support your points. Blogs are generally 600-800<br \/>\nwords but we will consider pieces outside of this range.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Title: Catchy title that draws attention<\/li>\n<li>Introduction (a few sentences introducing the topic, key definitions, why the topic is important)<\/li>\n<li>Main body of the text (clear communication of the main tenets of the research\/tobacco control<br \/>\nstory you wish to share with readers). Bullet points are acceptable where necessary e.g. conveying a<br \/>\nlist of actions. 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