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Breakfast cereals are displayed for sale at a grocery store, in Medford, Massachusetts, on April 22, 2025.

Ultra-Processed Foods Take Pointers From Big Tobacco

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Like commercial tobacco, ultra-processed foods are engineered to drive consumption and could be regulated accordingly

A line chart titled “Health Risks in LMICs” shows how the leading risk factors for disease burden change in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 1990 to 2023. In 1990, malnutrition ranks highest, followed by unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), household air pollution, high blood pressure, dietary risks, tobacco, and high body-mass index. Over time, noncommunicable disease risks rise. By 2023, high blood pressure and dietary risks are the top contributors, while malnutrition and household air pollution decline in rank. Tobacco and high body-mass index increase modestly, and unsafe WASH drops to the lowest rank. The chart highlights a shift from communicable and environmental risks toward chronic disease risks in LMICs.

Does Pandemic Preparedness Depend on Confronting the Chronic Disease Crisis?

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An analysis looks at whether strategies to reduce the global burden of noncommunicable disease could aid pandemic preparedness

Tobacco Control in Indonesia Hits Another Roadblock

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Faced with illicit cigarette trades and a low tobacco excise tax, Indonesia continues to struggle with its smoking epidemic

Tobacco Control in Indonesia Hits Another Roadblock

How Big Industry Undermines Mexico's Food and Tobacco Policy

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Policymakers should draw from the commercial determinants of health framework to counter health harming industries

A woman smokes a cigarette next a food stall, before the Mexican government's regulation of the general law for tobacco control, in Monterrey, Mexico, on January 14, 2023.

Using Health Taxes to Promote Public Good

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To accelerate progress on health taxes, governments should address three challenges that have stalled the reform

A man selling packets of cigarettes walks through a street, in the old district of Kano, Nigeria, on August 24, 2017.

Where Iran and Israel Align: Youth Tobacco Use

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Despite efforts to curb tobacco use in both countries, smoking rates among children and teenagers are on the rise

Where Iran and Israel Align: Youth Tobacco Use

A Gender Levy for Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Health-Harming Products

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Industries hijack gender norms to sell harm—let's flip the script and fund gender-smart health with sin tax revenue

A Gender Levy for Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Health-Harming Products

Advancing Global Tobacco Control as New Challenges Arise

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The most recent meeting of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control confronted persistent problems and new threats

Advancing Global Tobacco Control as New Challenges Arise

Big Tobacco Is Being Held More Accountable Around the World

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Regulatory regimes beyond public health are targeting Big Tobacco's abuses

Big Tobacco Is Being Held More Accountable Around the World

White House and FDA Miss Deadline for Menthol Cigarette Ban

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

White House and FDA Miss Deadline for Menthol Cigarette Ban

Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot

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A lack of campaign conversation around the risks of tobacco use worries health experts

Tobacco Control Goes Missing from Indonesia's Presidential Ballot

What Big Cannabis Can Learn from Big Tobacco

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The budding cannabis industry should take steps to protect and inform consumers

A farmer checks marijuana plants before a harvest festival to showcase farms that have been converted to produce medicinal cannabis.