A research consortium working with local governments and civil society to address commercial determinants of health ( #CDoH ). Funded by UKRI as part of @phiuk.bsky.social, we investigate how to minimise commercial harms and maximise benefits to #health.
Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP)
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👇 Join us tomorrow at 12pm GMT for a fascinating webinar on metaphors and why they matter in #PublicHealth.
New modelling shows a ‘polluter pays’ tobacco levy could raise up to £4.9bn in 5 years, while cutting deaths, hospital admissions, and smoking rates.
Crucially, it shifts costs from taxpayers to industry, without increasing spending by people who smoke:
👉 www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
Our May newsletter is out! It covers the Pan-European Commission on Climate & Health's call for WHO to declare the #ClimateCrisis a public health emergency, plus resources on commercial determinants of health. Also: EA vacancy @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social.
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PECCH calls on @who.int to declare the climate crisis a public health emergency of international concern. LHGP Director Prof. Anna Gilmore urges governments to regulate the commercial actors undermining climate and health protection efforts: www.phiuk.org/news/lhgp-di...
The #CommercialDeterminantsofHealth is a broad concept: from #BigTobacco & #fossilfuel impacts to the vital role of responsible business in thriving communities. Our new guide offers practical do’s & don’ts for framing CDoH in policy and practice.
👉 Find it here: www.phiuk.org/local-health...
New figures published by the ONS show 9,809 people died from conditions caused by alcohol across the UK in 2024.
Prof Sir Ian Gilmore has called on the government to act on it's responsibility and introduce a national alcohol strategy that matches the scale of the problem.
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