USA. Purdue Pharma Edits Public Service Ad In Washington Post In a new public service ad, drugmaker Purdue Pharma suggested that taking opioids such as its painkiller OxyContin even as prescribed can prove dangerous — then appeared to backtra…

Supermärkte dürfen Schockbilder von Zigarettenpackungen an Ladenkasse verdecken München – Das Münchner Landgericht hat ein Urteil mit Signalwirkung für Tabakin­dustrie und Einzelhandel gesprochen: Supermärkte…

USA. Opioid Makers, Blamed for Overdose Epidemic, Cut Back on Marketing Payments to Doctors The past two years have been a time of reckoning for pharmaceutical manufacturers over their role in promoting opioid drugs that have fed a national epidemi…

WHO. Vertrag über Kampf gegen illegalen Tabakhandel tritt in Kraft Der illegale Handel mit Zigaretten und anderen Tabakprodukten soll künftig konsequenter bekämpft werden. 40 Länder haben einen Vertrag ratifiziert, der am 25. Se…

Kanada. SUBSTANCE USE AFFECTS MORE THAN CANADIANS’ HEALTH. IT ALSO HAS A BIG IMPACT ON OUR ECONOMY. In a new study by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, it is estimat…

FDA Presses Internet Companies on Illegal Online Opioid Sales Commissioner Gottlieb calls for more proactive approach to address ‘public health emergency’. (The Wall Street Journal, 27.06.2018) https://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-to-press…