Research by GPH's Jonathan Purtle says that earmarking state taxes on recreational sales is an underused strategy for financing mobile psychiatric crisis units, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and more.
Apr 21, 2022
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The introduction of a maximum price-cap for cigarettes sold in the UK would limit tobacco companies' ability to fix prices and would help to cut smoking rates, according to a new study from a team at the University of Bath.
Mar 3, 2022
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Heated tobacco products are designed to heat tobacco without burning it or producing smoke. The popularity of these products soared in Japan after the release of an electronic device called IQOS in 2016. Heated tobacco products ...
Jan 7, 2022
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Nearly all countries agree: Smoking is bad, and getting people to kick the habit is a worthy public health goal.
Dec 30, 2021
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Alcohol sales and consumption increased during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the effect of the increase in consumption on population health is not fully understood. In new research published in Hepatology, a team ...
Dec 20, 2021
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Alcohol and cannabis sales in Canada have been higher during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to pre-pandemic sales. Since March 2020, monthly alcohol sales increased by an average of 5.5 percent over expected sales, while ...
Nov 4, 2021
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Registrations for the national organ transplant waiting list related to alcoholic hepatitis as well as the number of deceased donor liver transplants for the inflammatory liver condition rose significantly during the pandemic, ...
Oct 26, 2021
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(HealthDay)—As COVID-19 has surged throughout the United States for the past year and a half, some may have picked up an old bad habit or started a new one.
Oct 20, 2021
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Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans' protection against the virus.
Sep 25, 2021
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Electronic cigarettes and similar devices are dangerous to health and must be regulated to curb the tobacco industry's "criminal" tactics to get young people hooked on nicotine, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
Jul 27, 2021
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