Injury Reduction

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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PHAI’s Sarah Peck Pens Op-Ed Urging a Stop to Active Shooter Drills in Schools

Active Shooter Drills, Injury Reduction, Unitedonguns /

Sarah Peck, Director of PHAI’s #UnitedOnGuns initiative, recently authored an opinion piece published by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel entitled: Profiting from protecting kids is wrong. Halt active shooter drills in schools. In it, Ms. Peck raises the concern, shared by many, that active shooter drills in schools can traumatize children.  She notes that 42 states

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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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Verizon Mobile Ad Promotes Distracted Driving

Leave a Comment / Feet To The Fire, Injury Reduction /

By Matthew Puder, Legal Intern The commercial for Verizon’s NFL Mobile app begins with a noisy, crowded stadium and flashing camera lights. The quarterback calls out a play and makes offensive adjustments, and linebacker Clay Matthews counters by calling out his own defensive adjustment. The ball is hiked and handed off to the running back.

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Coors Light and The Wolverine Market Beer to Underage Youth

Feet To The Fire, Food Beverage Marketing, Injury Reduction /

by Cara Wilking, J.D. and Rebecca Leff A new Coors Brewing Company television advertisement called “Mutant Can”shows two scientists in a lab trying to find a way to improve the design of the Coors Light beer can. They then are shown in a movie theater watching The Wolverine (2013) and are inspired to improve the can

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Super-Sized Lunchables Solicits Teens to Upload Risky User-Generated Content

Feet To The Fire, Food Beverage Marketing, Injury Reduction, Obesity /

by Cara Wilking, J.D. Seeking to capitalize on the public’s insatiable appetite for Youtube stunt videos, Kraft Foods has teamed up with Rob Dyrdek, the host of MTV’s Ridiculousness, to market its recently released Lunchables Uploaded line of lunch kits. Marketed to parents as a way to “Give them more of what they love,” Lunchables

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PHAI’s Gottlieb co-authors article on strategies to reduce cancer from indoor tanning, FDA seeks stronger regulation of lamps

Deceptive Tanning Ads, Injury Reduction, Legal Filings /

An article released today in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine by Holman et al. focuses on strategies to reduce indoor tanning.  Indoor tanning with sun lamps (as opposed to spray tanning)  increases the risk of malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.  This is particularly alarming because about one-third of white women(who are

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PHAI project releases White paper and policy brief addressing occupational injuries and illnesses among low-wage workers

Injury Reduction, Press Release /

A new white paper quantifies the numbers and costs of occupational injuries and illnesses to the U.S. low-wage workforce, and a companion policy brief explains the findings’ importance to policymakers. White Paper: Numbers and Costs of Occupational Injury and Illness in Low-Wage OccupationsPolicy Brief: Mom’s off Work ‘Cause She Got Hurt: The Economic Impact of Workplace Injuries

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Health Groups Ask Federal Trade Commission to Investigate Merck’s Use of “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” Characters to Market Children’s Claritin®

Feet To The Fire, Injury Reduction, Press Release /

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cara Wilking, 617-373-5699 Today, the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, joined by 10 other organizations, sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking that it investigate Merck & Co. Inc.’s  Madagascar 3-themed marketing campaign for its flagship pediatric

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PHAI Announces New Project on Workers’ Rights to Health and Safety on the Job

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As of November 1, 2010, the Public Health Advocacy Institute is coordinating the Beyond OSHA project in conjunction with Board member and project Principal Investigator Anthony Robbins, MD, and Celeste Monforton, DrPH, who is the project’s director. The work focuses on enlisting experts and advocates to help workers make better use of their legal rights

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