Advocates for Evidence-Based Health Policy Speakers
Category: Public Health
Sugar…do-do-do-do-do-do
“Sugar, rum, and tobacco are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, [but] which are…objects of almost universal consumption, and which are therefore extremely proper subjects of taxation.” Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations The rationale for taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages has been discussed Continue Reading …
HPV Vaccine: A License to Thrill?
While some debate the political wisdom of mandating HPV vaccination of young girls, the science is clear. The vaccines are safe, reduce the burden of a disease that infects 6 million women annually, and do not promote promiscuity. Human papilloma Continue Reading …
The Public’s Health
Given the rate of increasing health care costs across the country, our finite amount of health care resources will be depleted over time if spending increases continue unchecked. Funding for preventative public health programming should be increased to potentially decrease the future costs associated with treatment of these preventable causes. Continue Reading …
Another peculiar institution
Tobacco cultivation dates back to Native American society, yet it did not become an American cash crop until a strong labor force arrived on slave ships in 1619. Tobacco remains a legal recreational drug despite evidence of its harms. Continue Reading …
Lighting It Up
This Fourth of July, light up a firecracker and not a cigarette. Cigarettes kill. But removing these dangerous products – or at least a common flavor that makes them more acceptable – seems far from likely. Tobacco products are responsible Continue Reading …
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