Nason Maani

New Money Power Health substack post! A short reflection on what the new coal extraction mascot Coalie tells us, and why these tactics exist precisely because public opinion still matters, children and young people are feared, and legitimacy is fragile. Link here: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Absolutely critical research here

New research shows that spending less on tobacco, gambling and sweets is good for the UK economy - Sheffield Addictions Research Group A new study from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has found that public health policies which reduce spending on harmful products can actually provide a significant boost to UK jobs and ...

New #research from authors including @lhgp.bsky.social members shows that spending less on #tobacco, #gambling and #sweets is good for the UK economy: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n...

#PublicHealth #CDoH

👇Nason Maani (@spidermaani.bsky.social), Deputy Director of @lhgp.bsky.social, joins David Rowland, Director of @chpithinktank.bsky.social, to discuss the implications of the 'quiet but profound transformation of the #NHS'.

#PublicHealth #Podcast

Briefing note: The local and national impact of profit leakage in the outsourcing of NHS eye care services to the private sector. — Centre for Health and the Public Interest This report looks in detail at the impact at both local and national level of the very large profits leaking out of the NHS as a result of the outsourcing of NHS eye care to the private sector.

Including the work that we discuss in more detail on the podcast here in relation to eye care services: www.chpi.org.uk/reports/the-...

Centre for Health and the Public Interest

You can find out all about their work here: www.chpi.org.uk

Episode 18: UK NHS privatisation, health and the public interest with David Rowland

New Money Power Health podcast episode just out! I was thrilled to be joined by David Rowland from @chpithinktank.bsky.social where we discuss NHS privatisation and implications for transparency, accountability and health inequalities:
open.spotify.com/episode/1nGv...

Teaching, gratitude, and the start of term Stream of consciousness thoughts in the first week of teaching

New money power health substack reflecting on the start of teaching: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Thanks so much for this, pain is such a good example. I look forward to using this article in teaching!

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Thanks for sharing. It reminds me a little of ideas we raised about deepening engagement with 'intersectionality' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Ideas about ideas: The politics of recognition Which ideas get heard? Why?

New Ideas about Ideas essay "The politics of recognition". This explores the politics of recognition: how status, institutions, and power shape whose ideas are taken seriously. Written with @sandrogalea.skystack.xyz and cross-posted on The Healthiest Goldfish. open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Rare, and welcome positive messages in Nason's piece...I look forward too to more MPH podcasts in 2026

2025 in review: A Gangsters Paradise Some personal reflections and a note of hope

I published a slightly different piece on Money Power Health to close out 2025. I called it “2025 in review: A Gangster’s Paradise”, an attempt to name a world where raw power is increasingly visible and rewarded, harm is externalised, and moral ambition worn down. open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

2025 in review: A Gangsters Paradise Some personal reflections and a note of hope

New substack article from me, which in spite of the title, does contain a note of hope (I hope!). Happy new year everyone nasonmaani.substack.com/p/2025-in-re...

Proposed changes to alcohol licensing should make us question whose interests we’re serving in the name of growth Increasing the consumption of harmful products is the opposite of healthy or productive growth, say Nason Maani and colleagues Preventable ill health is at the heart of the challenges facing this co...

Whose interests are served by "economic growth"? New @bmj.com opinion piece by LHGP member challenges UK plans to extend pub/bar hours in the name of growth, despite alcohol harms costing England £27.4bn/year.

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Local Health and Global Profits responds to Government’s Men’s Health Strategy Local Health and Global Profits responds to Government’s Men’s Health Strategy

Last week's unveiling of England's first Men's Health Strategy is welcome, but without tackling commercial determinants of health - the industries profiting from harmful products that disproportionately affect men - we'll only address symptoms, not root causes.

www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...

Join @ambervandenakker.bsky.social, Research Associate with @lhgp.bsky.social, on Tuesday 25 November for a #webinar on understanding and acting on commercial determinants of health in practice, hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland.

Register now: exciting-leader-6110.kit.com/2dbb5b1bd9

Sum: $$$$

Politics & Profit of Disinformation in Public Health www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... by @marcozenone.bsky.social @spidermaani.bsky.social et al. 🙏

Really important piece by some terrific colleagues. The incentives baked into our current information economy drive bunk.

The Politics and Profit of Disinformation in Public Health Disinformation is a coordinated or deliberate effort to knowingly circulate misinformation (i.e., false information) to gain money, power, or reputation. While most public health research has focused ...

Huge thanks to @markpetticrew.bsky.social @kristinakim.bsky.social @marcozenone.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social for partnership on a new review article: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

@lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @socsocmed.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social @felly500.bsky.social

In @bmj.com, @spidermaani.bsky.social, @maizie333.bsky.social, and @markpetticrew.bsky.social highlight the £27.44bn annual cost of alcohol harms in England and the lack of transparency in the government’s licensing review.

ICYMI, our new article in @bmj.com with @markpetticrew.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social, on new alcohol licensing, is below

Proposed changes to alcohol licensing should make us question whose interests we’re serving in the name of growth Increasing the consumption of harmful products is the opposite of healthy or productive growth, say Nason Maani and colleagues Preventable ill health is at the heart of the challenges facing this co...

“Liberalising licensing is not a neutral act. It prioritises commercial interests and shifts costs to overstretched health and social care systems.”

Read more: www.bmj.com/content/391/...

#PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #AlcoholPolicy #CommercialDeterminants

Proposed changes to alcohol licensing should make us question whose interests we’re serving in the name of growth Increasing the consumption of harmful products is the opposite of healthy or productive growth, say Nason Maani and colleagues Preventable ill health is at the heart of the challenges facing this co...

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Proposed changes to alcohol licensing

Growth for whom, and at what cost
Liberalising licensing is not a neutral act. It is a policy decision to prioritise commercial interests and shift any costs to already overstretched health, emergency, and social care systems

The government recently announced plans to extend the opening hours for pubs and bars in England and Wales.

This proposal shows a failure to differentiate between healthy and harmful growth, say @spidermaani.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social @markpetticrew.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Proposed changes to alcohol licensing should make us question whose interests we’re serving in the name of growth Increasing the consumption of harmful products is the opposite of healthy or productive growth, say Nason Maani and colleagues Preventable ill health is at the heart of the challenges facing this co...

Thanks to @markpetticrew.bsky.social @maizie333.bsky.social for joining me on this new opinion in @bmj.com eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A... @lhgp.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social

"Tackling the political and commercial determinants of health is no longer a technocratic exercise; it has become a geopolitical imperative," write LHGP director Anna Gilmore and co-authors in an article published in a special issue of EuroHealth.

eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...

Unmasking Influence - The Official Trailer This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…

🎬 🍿 Official Film Release!
We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285
There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.

Great analogy from @spidermaani.bsky.social in today's
Killer Tactics 2 workshop, looking at the commercial determinants of ill-health and the profit-driven companies behind them.

"We've spent a lot of time looking at the malaria parasites, and not enough time looking at the mosquitos."

On changing when we should change The importance of reimagining public health in an uneasy time

This weeks substack essay, with Sandro Galea, is on the challenge facing public health in an uneasy time, and learning from the history of ideas: open.substack.com/pub/nasonmaa...

Population-health impact of new drugs recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England during 2000–20: a retrospective analysis During 2000–20, NHS coverage of new drugs displaced more population health than it generated. Our results highlight the inherent trade-offs between individuals who directly benefit from new drugs and ...

You’ve probably seen this. Bottom line is that new meds tend to skew spend away from higher value interventions. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...