Weak regulations – and alleged underhand tactics – are helping big tobacco firms increase demand in Africa, especially among the young, writes Ravi Jaipaul for Think...
It seems wrong that the Twitter hashtag #dryjanuary even exists in the UK, given the amount of rain and flooding we’ve had this year. It’s been widely used...
Some of the world’s leading economists have come together to look at ways in which the health gap between the richest and poorest people on the...
Burning coal kills around 1,600 people a year, according to statistics that appear in a report by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL). Published in partnership...
The health risks of smoking are well-documented in the western world. It is a potentially deadly habit, dangerous not just to smokers but the people around...
“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”, the author HG Wells once said....
It was 56 years ago today that a 25-year Medical Research Council study confirmed that smoking caused cancer. Tobacco firms rejected the assertion as a ‘matter...
Recent decisions by councils and pension funds to ignore public health concerns and invest in the tobacco industry are not just unethical; they have very few...
This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called for more effort by the UK government to stimulate a strong and sustainable recovery. Simon Leadbetter lays out what...
A case from environmental law firm Client Earth against the government over its failure to meet legal limits for air quality will be heard today by...
Oil and gas companies are celebrating a three-decade peak in North Sea investment, as well as thriving jobs and tax reliefs, but our future energy mix...
With six days to go until our crowdfunding campaign ends, we’re exploring tenuous numerical links to the number of days left. This one isn’t overly tenuous,...