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Picking our battles: public health in public

Public Healthy

It was to be about my worries that we were losing the battle for ‘hearts and minds’ on what public health is, and should be, and how we are occasionally our own worst enemies. So, I started writing again, before the announcement that Public Health England (PHE) will be subsumed into a ‘new’ National Institute for Health Protection.

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#WNTD Blog: Gaslighting, greenwashing and personal responsibility – old and new tropes in tobacco industry interference

Institute of Public Health

It is evident in tobacco industry efforts to influence how their products are regulated. These are well-worn and highly effective tactics from the tobacco industry ‘ corporate playbook’. They seek to act on the thoughts and confidence of decision-makers to delay, derail, or delegitimise the regulation of tobacco products.

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RFK Jr.’s purge of FOIA staff at FDA spares people working on COVID vaccine lawsuits

NC Health News

By Rachana Pradhan KFF Health News Mass firings at the FDA have decimated divisions tasked with releasing public records generated by the agencys regulatory activities in sectors including tobacco, food, medical devices, and veterinary medicine. follow our coverage of health policy RFK Jr.s Kennedy Jr.s