Public Health Advocacy Institute

PHAI Submits Comments to FDA on Deeming Rule Focusing on E-Cigarettes

Legal Filings, Tobacco /

Today the Public Health Advocacy Institute submitted comments  to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its proposed rule to include cigars, little cigars, electronic cigarette products, and tobacco for hookah smoking among the products for which it can legally issues rules and regulations.  This is known as a \”deeming rule.\”  The deeming rule is a […]

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PHAI Board Member, Ben Kelley, Publishes Powerful Op-ed on GM’s Apologies

Injury Reduction, Publications /

One of the Public Health Advocacy Institute\’s founding board members, Ben Kelley, is a longtime auto safety expert with considerable experience with the issue from both in and outside  of government.  He has just published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times (and Fair Warning) that benefits from his long memory of General Motors\’ apologies

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The Reynolds American, Inc. 2014 Annual Shareholders Meeting: Change of CEO, change of demeanor, “Transformation” to the status quo.

News, Tobacco /

By Edward Sweda           As I entered the Reynolds American Corporate Offices (photo) at 401 North Main Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina just after 8 A.M. on Thursday, May 8, the company\’s \”Welcome Shareholders\” sign was perched directly above the building\’s main entrance.  Having cleared through the metal detector, I proceeded to

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Copycat Snacks Undermine School Nutrition

Feet To The Fire, Food Beverage Marketing, Obesity, Uncategorized /

Today, the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, is releasing the issue brief Copycat Snacks in Schools on the food industry\’s recent push to market popular junk food brands in schools. As noted in today\’s New York Times story by Michael Moss entitled \”The Domino\’s Smart Slice Goes To School,\” PHAI has

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Accelerating Tobacco Endgame Strategies in the United States: September 19-20 in Boston

Conferences, Tobacco /

On September 19-20, 2014, the Public Health Advocacy Institute, in conjunction with the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium and Northeastern University School of Law will host a conference for advocates, “50 Years After the Surgeon General’s Report: Accelerating Tobacco Endgame Strategies in the United States.\” This meeting will provide a blueprint to identify laws, regulations and policies

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Plumbing codes an important factor in availability of school water fountains, finds PHAI\’s Wilking in CDC study

Obesity, Publications /

In a study examining availability of water fountains in schools published in the May, 2014 issue of the CDC journal, Preventing Chronic Disease, PHAI\’s senior staff attorney, Cara Wilking, along with CDC researchers, Stephen J. Onufrak and Sohyun Park found that state plumbing codes were a predictor of whether and how many water fountains were available

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