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April 24, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Do we need an endgame strategy to finally end the devastating hold tobacco has on its users? Scholars, scientists and policy experts grapple with endgame proposals in a special supplement to the journal Tobacco Control.
March 26, 2013 | New Public Health Post
While twelve states currently have laws regulating sales of electronic cigarettes (known as e-cigarettes) to minors, a new post on the Network for Public Health Law blog calls on more states to restrict sales to minors.
December 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This post is part of the "Health Care in 2013" series.
January 17, 2013 | New Public Health Post
Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, is the keynote speaker at the opening session of the Public Health Law Research annual meeting that started yesterday afternoon in New Orleans. ...
October 11, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Cynthia Hallett, executive director of Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, will speak today about tobacco policies at a Public Health Law Conference session on innovative community policy. The other presenters include Aaron Wernham of the Health Impac ...
October 5, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Last month at the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Annual Meeting (ASTHO), attendees focused during one session on the progress made in reducing tobacco death and disease—and the significant room for improvement, as tobacco rema ...
October 3, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Public health experts hope high school juniors and seniors will add another question to their list as they begin to visit colleges this year: is the campus smoke free? According to the Tobacco-Free College Campus Initiative—launched last month at th ...
September 25, 2012 | New Public Health Post
New York’s high cigarette tax—the highest in the country, at $4.35 per pack—has helped the state cut smoking levels dramatically for both adults and high school students, according to a new study in PLoS One. The state’s rate of adult smoking droppe ...
April 2, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will require tobacco companies to report on a range of toxic chemical ingredients, as well as back up any claims for "safer" tobacco products. Both actions will have a public comment period ...
March 15, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The campaign ads will play for twelve weeks beginning Monday, March 19, and includes television, radio, billboards, magazines, newspapers, movie theatres, and online placements, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Among the stories: Brandon, a young man ...