26 Mar 2021
Derek Yach
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Cancel culture is not unique to the age of Twitter. After all, we cancelled the tobacco industry decades ago. As such, the treatment of the sector may hold important lessons for navigating a world of wokeness and the potential pitfalls of absolute cancellation. In his new book, Good Business: The Talk, Fight, Win Way to…
27 Jan 2021
Chitra Subramaniam
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The World Health Organization (WHO)’s apex body, the Executive Board ended a week of meetings on Tuesday. You probably didn’t hear about it. That puts you in the same category of the majority of the people in the world who hear nothing about the agenda items on the table ranging from chronic diseases to budgets…
Tobacco smoking is one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide. It kills many of its users, 80 percent of whom live in low-and middle-income countries. One of the six primary tactics adopted by the WHO to counter the tobacco epidemic is promoting cessation – asking people to quit tobacco use. But achieving high levels…
22 Sep 2020
Derek Yach
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Many “dirty” industries are actively shifting their actions to correct negative health, environmental, and social impacts. Through research and disruptive technologies, they are ushering in many beneficial changes, such as the decline of the internal combustion engine; increased sales of foods with less salt, sugar, and saturated fats; the emergence of sustainable energy companies; and…
26 Aug 2020
Barbara Mennitti
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An article published in The Lancet linking lung diseases to e-cigarettes has triggered reactions in the scientific community that supports tobacco harm reduction policies. Riccardo Polosa, Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Catania (Italy) and Founder of the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (COEHAR) believes that “the authors…
24 Aug 2020
Derek Yach
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The National Cancer Registry Programme (NCRP) of India released its latest data on cancer. They represent a massive and impressive effort to gather the best data on new cases of cancer, and their survival and death rates. The authors have reported the results in detail. I briefly touch on an issue not covered in the…
12 Aug 2020
Derek Yach
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Imagine the outrage if an international non-governmental organization (NGO) focusing on drug abuse called for naloxone manufacturers to not sell their products in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) on grounds that it would confuse regulators and the public, suggesting instead that they focus on ending opioid abuse using only regulatory and educational approaches? How would…