Public Health Advocacy Institute

UnitedOnGuns’ Peck Publishes Editorial in American Journal of Public Health

Gun Violence Prevention, Injury Reduction, Unitedonguns /

On June 13, 2024, the American Journal of Public Health published an editorial written by PHAI’s UnitedOnGuns director, Sarah C. Peck entitled, “Minimum Age Firearm Purchase Laws, By Themselves, Don’t Prevent Youth Suicide,” on the effectiveness of legislative and public health strategies to reduce young adult suicide. As Sarah notes, 60% of gun mortality in America is […]

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Richard Daynard Featured in “The Assignment” Podcast with Audie Cornish on CNN

Predatory Gambling​, Sports Betting /

Dick Daynard, President of PHAI, recently was featured in Audie Cornish’s podcast “The Assignment” on CNN. The episode, titled “Is Online Gambling a Public Health Threat?” addresses a question we firmly support at PHAI. We contend that gambling poses a significant threat to public health. Despite this, legislative efforts predominantly focus on legalizing sports betting

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Harry Levant, PHAI’s Gambling Policy Advisor, Featured on KMX News LA

Predatory Gambling​, Sports Betting /

Harry Levant, PHAI’s Gambling Policy Advisor, was featured on KMX News Los Angeles discussing the recent firing of Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers’ star Shohei Ohtani. The dismissal occurred Wednesday afternoon after suspicions arose of Mizuhara taking funds from Ohtani for illegal gambling activities. Give the interview a listen by downloading the

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PHAI’s Gottlieb Featured on Radio Boston

Leave a Comment / Tobacco, Tobacco Litigation /

PHAI’s Executive Director, Mark Gottlieb was featured on Radio Boston where he discussed the recent bylaw in Brookline, Massachusetts that was introduced in 2020 and was just recently upheld by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The ban on tobacco in Brookline, MA for those born on or after January 1st, 2000 is a first-in-the-nation law

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PHAI’s Gottlieb Discusses Brookline’s Landmark decision to Phase Out Tobacco in The Boston Globe

Tobacco, Tobacco Litigation /

PHAI’s Executive Director, Mark Gottlieb is quoted in a new Boston Globe article on the Massachusetts Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Brookline’s Nicotine Free Generation law to phase out tobacco sales. Others have approved more aggressive measures; two California cities — Manhattan Beach and Beverly Hills — banned the sale of all tobacco products, for example. But Brookline is

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Brookline’s Historic Law to Phase Out All Tobacco Sales is Affirmed by the Massachusetts High Court

Center For Public Health Litigation, Tobacco /

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in a unanimous decision, today gave the green light to the life-saving Nicotine-Free Generation (“NFG”) policy. The Brookline bylaw, which the Court upheld the Town of Brookline’s local law to prohibit sales of tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2000, is in conflict with the state

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PHAI’s President Richard Daynard is Featured on CNN 

Sports Betting /

PHAI’s President Richard Daynard is spotlighted in this CNN article that highlights how the Public Health Advocacy Institute is taking on the online sports gambling industry. This CNN article details how gambling disorder is classified as an addiction that falls under a similar category to drugs and nicotine. Sites like DraftKings try to take advantage

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PHAI’s Daynard, Gottlieb, Levant Featured in 60 Minutes Piece

Predatory Gambling​, Sports Betting /

On February 4th, 60 Minutes ran a strong piece on sports betting featuring our president, Richard Daynard, and Executive Director Mark Gottlieb, along with our gambling policy advisor, Harry Levant. On December 8, 2023, PHAI filed a class action lawsuit against DraftKings Sportsbook, on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who opened a DraftKings Sportsbook account in

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