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Prop 56 would increase the tax on cigarettes by $2 per pack with an equivalent increase on other tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. Raising the cost of cigarettes has effectively reduced smoking and discouraged people – especially teens – from starting. On November 8th, let’s put public health over corporate profits: Vote Yes on Prop 56.

New data on soda and health, and tobacco-related cancer deaths; the NFL comes up short on domestic violence prevention promises; how workplace policies influence gender inequity; and more. Each week PI compiles a round-up of the latest public health-related news, with an eye toward media framing and language, particularly as they relate to the role of primary prevention.  

Due to entrenched inequities in the ways drug laws are enforced in the US, we support the decriminalization of marijuana possession. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, between 2001 and 2010, there were over eight million marijuana arrests in the United States, 88% of which were for possession.

Our latest addition to Profiles in Action looks at work underway with our Making Connections partners in Albuquerque. The coalition in New Mexico is one of 16 communities selected to participate in the PI and Movember initiative Making Connections for Mental Wellbeing Among Men and Boys.

Therapy dogs were not originally part of the plan for Resilience Grows Here (RGH), an initiative dedicated to fostering the health and resilience of veterans across 10 towns in Farmington Valley, Connecticut.