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 […]
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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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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TAKING ON ONLINE SPORTS BETTING AND HIS LEGACY Today, NGN Magazine published a profile of PHAI’s president, Richard Daynard as he, at age 80, continues his work of trying to make the world a better place by taking action to limit the harm from online sports betting. It features comments and observations from his wife,
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For Immediate Release December 8, 2023 | Boston, MA Contact Mark Gottlieb – 617-373-8487 (mark@phai.org) Today, the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) and its Center for Public Health Litigation filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who opened DraftKings Sportsbook accounts in response to a $1,000 bonus sign-up promotion that the gambling
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It\’s Not the Dough, it\’s the Dopamine: The Dangerous Myth of the Responsible Gambling Model
How the gambling industry misleads regulators and imperils the public’s health. . . and what we can do about it!
An unprecedented Zoom event during Problem Gambling Awareness Month
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Northeastern University Distinguished Professor of Law and President of the Public Health Advocacy Institute, Richard Daynard, published an op-ed in The Hill on December 6, 2022, laying out the importance of punitive damages in civil justice to protect public health. The article references a billion-dollar punitive damages verdict in a Massachusetts tobacco case from September
On September 6, 2022, attorneys general from 33 states announced a tentative settlement of their joint investigation of the company involving cash payments to the states of $438.5 million over several years. PHAI’s executive director, Mark Gottlieb, discussed the settlement on NBC News NOW the following morning. That short interview can be seen here.
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For all other addictive products, government seeks to protect public health by regulating and restricting access to the addictive product or substance. But with gambling, state government is a full business partner.
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Bloomberg has published an article in its CityLab section focusing on the Mass Shooting Playbook and 24 Hour Protocol published by PHAI\’s gun violence prevention initiative, UnitedOnGuns. The article is titled: What Should Mayors Do After Mass Shootings? With the tragedy of frequent mass shootings in the United States, the role of mayors to help
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