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PHAI Publishes Case Study on NY State Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Law

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PHAI Case Study on NY State Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarette Law PHAI documented New York State’s enactment of the first reduced ignition propensity law for cigarettes.  For decades, state and federal legislators have sought to change the manufacture of cigarettes in order to reduce the risk of fire, and the tobacco industry has sought to […]

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PHAI Publishes Case Study of the California Clean Cars Law

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PHAI Case Study of the California Clean Cars Law  PHAI document the nation’s first piece of legislation, known as the “California Clean Cars Law,” which requires a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicle tail pipes. The state of California enjoys a special status under the federal Clean Air Act, allowing it to regulate vehicle emissions

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PHAI Publishes Case Study on Denver, CO Regional Transportation Districts Dropping of a Ban on Violent Video Game Advertisements

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PHAI Case Study on Denver, CO Regional Transportation Districts Dropping of a Ban on Violent Video Game Advertisements PHAI documented the 2006 decision by the Denver, Colorado’s Regional Transportation Districts to drop a ban on violent video game advertisements. In the fall of 2006, Rockstar Games launched a national advertising campaign for its “Mature”-Rated video

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PHAI Publishes Case Study of MA Attorney General Tobacco Advertising Regulations and Legal Challenge to Them

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PHAI Publishes Case Study of MA Attorney General Tobacco Advertising Regulations and Legal Challenge to Them PHAI documented the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office’s 1999 passage of regulations to limit particular advertising and sales practices for cigarettes, cigars, little cigars and smokeless tobacco products. The goal of the regulations was to protect youth from the predatory marketing

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PHAI Publishes Case Study on Portland, ME School Committee’s Initiative to Provide Prescription Contraception Products to Middle School Students

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Case Study on Portland, ME School Committee’s Initiative to Provide Prescription Contraception Products to Middle School Students  PHAI documented the Portland School Committee’s 2007 vote to ratify a proposal from the King Student Health Center (“Health Center”) located at the King Middle School in Portland, ME to expand its services to provide prescription contraception to Health

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PHAI Publishes Case Study of Hog Farmers’ Challenge of Worth County, IA Envronmental Ordinance

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Iowa Hog Farmers’ Challenge to Clean Air and Water Ordinance Case Study PHAI documented the Worth County, Iowa Board of Supervisors’ 2001 passage of an ordinance establishing local regulation of air and water emissions as well as worker health protections for concentrated animal feeding operations (“CAFOs”). The ordinance was the culmination of almost two years

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PHAI Publishes Case Study Examining Litigation Surrounding Atlantic City’s Needle Exchange Ordinace

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PHAI documented Atlantic City’s 2004 passage an ordinance establishing a municipal needle exchange program. Atlantic City faced an HIV/AIDS public health crisis with one in forty residents infected and sixty percent of infections related to injection drug use. The Atlantic City Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), working in conjunction with Drug Policy Alliance

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PHAI Publishes Case Study on Challenges to Pharmacy Tobacco Sales Ban in San Francisco County

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PHAI documented the ban on tobacco product sales in pharmacies located in the County of San Francisco in August 2008.  Even when faced with the likelihood of litigation, San Francisco lawmakers moved forward with the ban.  In September 2008, a large pharmacy chain filed a lawsuit claiming that ban violated its equal rights.  The ban

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PHAI Publishes Case Study on NYC Menu Labeling Litigation

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PHAI documented the successful passage of the nation’s first restaurant calorie disclosure law.  In an effort to address increases in obesity rates and obesity-related health problems, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) amended the City’s Health Code on December 5, 2006 and then again on January 22, 2008 to require

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