by European Public Health Alliance | May 31, 2019 | Opinion
Tobacco and Trade: an unhealthy and harmful marriage On 31st May, we celebrate the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated World No Tobacco Day which this year focuses on tobacco and lung health. While the health-harmful nature of traditional tobacco products is...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 31, 2019 | Opinion
Image by https://rebcenter-moscow.ru/ (Own work) CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons By Marine Faure & Charlotta Pisinger, European Respiratory Society Back in the 1960s, when smoking was more popular, cigarettes were used as fashion accessories and models,...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 31, 2019 | Opinion
George Thurley, Alternate public health member of the European Commission Expert Group on EU Trade Agreements On the 30th April, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the EU’s Investment Court System (ICS), as included in the EU trade deal with Canada...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 31, 2019 | Opinion
George Thurley, Alternate Public Health Member of the European Commission Expert Group on EU Trade Agreements; May van Schalkwyk, Policy Assistant, EPHA As tobacco control measures continue to be strengthened, both within EU national governments as well as across the...
by European Public Health Alliance | May 31, 2019 | Opinion
Gabriel Siles-Brügge, Associate Professor in Public Policy at the University of Warwick & EPHA Scientific Advisor on Trade Policy Significant concerns have been raised regarding the risks posed by investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) for tobacco regulation....
by European Public Health Alliance | May 7, 2019 | Opinion
Asthma is a public health challenge which requires action now. Air pollution is one of the key risk factors requiring urgent action across Europe. Asthma is a chronic disease affecting the airways that affects between 100 and 150 million people globally, with allergy...
