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Discarded cigarette butts are seen lodged in a sidewalk grating in Manhattan.

White House and FDA Miss Deadline for Menthol Cigarette Ban

by Clayton Gutzmore

The menthol cigarette ban could save thousands of lives per year but has faced intense pushback

Governance
A woman with long dark hair in a light blue blouse and black mask searches for something in a black tote bag as she walks past a blue sign with orange letters reading "monkeypox vaccination area"

The Monkeypox Public Health Emergency

Health law expert Lindsay Wiley outlines the legal tools the U.S. government has to respond to monkeypox

A blue and silver sign that reads "FDA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration" is seen in the lawn outside the FDA building in Maryland
Food

Improving the FDA's Food Safety Program: Choosing Practical Solutions

by Howard Sklamberg

On the heels of an infant formula recall, the FDA faces a review of its food program and proposals for change

Small pouches containing nicotine are seen scattered across two black tins on a factory production line in Sweden.
Governance

Nicotine Pouch Use Is on the Rise

by Lynn T. Kozlowski

A longtime tobacco researcher looks at the question of potentially "less harmful" substitutes for cigarettes

Customers wearing facemasks are reflected in a mirror as they stand on an escalator inside the department store Le Printemps Haussmann in Paris, France, amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 28, 2020. The photo shows people on an escalator with the photo showing mirror images on the left and right of the frame. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Trade

Commercial Determinants of Health in COVID-19

by Adnan Hyder, Meghan Werbick, Paul Ndebele, Nino Paichadze

Often part of the problem in pandemics, private sector businesses can be part of the solution as well and protect people

Demonstrators march through the streets of Cape Town to highlight the need for new strategies and medicines to curb the spread of tuberculosis on November 8, 2007. Picture shows a crowd of people wearing red shirts with a woman at center shouting into the camera
Governance

TB: The Challenge of Changing Drug Policies

by Jason Socrates Bardi

Complex lessons in governance seen in rollout of new tuberculosis drug bedaquiline in South Africa, Belarus and Vietnam