Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP)

SARG researchers to showcase local health modelling at the Prevention Research Conference 2026 - Sheffield Addictions Research Group Researchers from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) will present work from the Local Health and Global Profits programme at the Prevention Research Conference 2026 in Birmingham on 4-5 Mar...

Are you attending the Prevention Research Conference next week? Look out for SARG researchers @charlierosehead.bsky.social and Esther Chanakira who will be presenting advanced modelling work from the @lhgp.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social programme. Read more on the SARG website 👇 #PublicHealth

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Local Health and Global Profits webinar: The business of health misinformation Local Health and Global Profits webinar: The business of health misinformation

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Join us on 23 March (15:30–17:00) for our upcoming webinar: The Business of Health Misinformation. We will explore how social media platforms are shaping health outcomes and spreading misinformation, and what this means for conflicts of interest between the social media industry and #PublicHealth.

Ultraprocessed foods, Palantir, and political donations: how governments enable health system exploitation The Epstein scandal tells us much about how power is acquired, leveraged, and abused. One of the more sobering lessons is the mechanism by which governments are influenced and corrupted. We trust gove...

"One conclusion is clear, and it is this: a population’s health is primarily in the hands of the government, and it is a responsibility that politicians must embrace fully."

@kamranabbasi.bsky.social in Editor's Choice
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👉 View the World Inequality Report 2022, p14, from the World Inequality Lab demonstrating that public sector wealth is steadily declining while private sector wealth increases: wir2022.wid.world/www-site/upl...

Annual calendar exposes alcohol and UPF industries' relentless push to increase consumption

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Montage of the 2026 calendar which exposes UPF and alcohol industry's relentless push for consumption.

Researchers have created a 2026 calendar exposing how #UPF & #alcohol brands manufacture consumption "occasions" year-round. It features Prof Anna Gilmore's framework showing the systemic issue: corporations harm health, but governments pay the costs while private wealth increases.

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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

A turning point for cancer? Breaking down the National Cancer Plan for England - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News The UK Government has launched a National Cancer Plan for England. Will it be the turning point for cancer that we need?

These risk factors have one common theme: large commercial industries making and heavily marketing products that cause ill health, and in some cases, lobbying against policies that could restrict their activities.

Read more: news.cancerresearchuk.org/2026/02/04/b...

#WorldCancerDay: Today's National Cancer Plan for England is a step forward but there are critical missed opportunities. Around a third of cancers could be prevented by reducing exposure to modifiable risk factors, including tobacco, excess weight, alcohol and air pollution -@crukpolicy.bsky.social

Ultra-processed. Cheap. Low in goodness.

Too many children are still served unhealthy food at school.

Watch our animation featuring Emma Thompson and young campaigners to see the impact and join the call to improve #schoolfood standards 🍽️🌈

🎬 Watch the animation → youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A

Conversations on CDOH (Commercial Determinants of Health), Dr. Upendra Bhojani, The series aims to foster a dialogue on CDOH by bringing together scholars, practitioners, and thought leaders from India and beyond. The discussions will aim to contextualise CDOH concepts to India’s unique context while exploring how India’s experiences can contribute to and shape global perspectives on these concepts. Episode 4"Public Health & Demerit Goods” Prof. Anna Gilmore, Department forH ealth, University of Bath, UKMs. Jhumki Dutta, Partners in Change, Dr, Sarit Kumar Rout, Indian Institute of Public Health, Bhbanesshwar, Dr. Upendra Bhojani, Centre for Commercial Determinants of Health, Institute of Public Health Bengaluru

👇 A reminder to join the Conversations on Commercial Determinants of Health (#CDoH) webinar this Wednesday, 4 February at 9:30am, featuring @lhgp.bsky.social Director Prof Anna Gilmore.

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Now you see it, now you don’t - Institute of Alcohol Studies Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England In July 2025, the UK Government published its 10 Year Hea...

📢 New report

Alcohol marketing restrictions were meant to be in England’s 10 Year Health Plan.

Then they disappeared.

Our new report uses FOIs to show how alcohol industry lobbying targeted ministers and pressured government departments to kill the policy.

www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...

In our new FOI study we found that Budweiser directly urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to intervene and "ensure" that DHSC removed alcohol marketing restrictions from the NHS’s 10 Year Health Plan.

Health policy should be protected from industry influence.

www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...

Health at the heart of local growth Improving people’s health is an economic necessity. Our briefing shares some of the ways public health and economic development teams can work together to incorporate health into local growth strategies.

Improving health in deprived communities is essential for economic growth. Poor health limits participation in the labour market and drives inequalities.

Our new briefing shows how local teams can embed health into strategies on skills, good work and investment.

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Our January newsletter went out today highlighting webinars on commercial determinants of health, an upcoming prevention research conference, and new perspectives on tobacco taxation and alcohol licensing.

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👇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'.

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Scratching the surface – what factors underpin public support for public health policies? - ASH This analysis of polling by by Public First for Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) and the Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) explores the factors that underpin public su...

What attitudes or beliefs underpin public support for health policies - and what can we learn & apply from support for the Smokefree Gen policy? Our new briefing with @aha-uk.bsky.social & @oha-updates.bsky.social dives into polling to explore this more...

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✨ Applications are open for #TIMRA2026! ✨

Join us to learn how to monitor, research and hold the #tobaccoindustry accountable.

Hear from 2024 attendee Given Kapolyo on the importance of having a strong support network in #tobaccocontrol.

⌛️ Apply by Sunday 22 Feb

📍 www.bath.ac.uk/events/tobac...

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Episode 4 - Conversations on CDoH"Public Health and Demerit Goods". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. The series aims to foster a dialogue on CDOH by bringing together scholars, practitioners, and thought leaders from India and beyond. The discussions will aim to contextualise CDOH concepts to India’s...

Webinar: 9:30, 4 Feb @lhgp.bsky.social Director Prof Anna Gilmore discusses how businesses shape public health, drawing on tobacco control research. Part of the Conversations on CDoH series with speakers from India and beyond: zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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The conference, organised by @phiuk.bsky.social, the UKPRP Prevention Research Network, and the @National Institute for Health and Care Research, brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to prevent non-communicable diseases and reduce health inequalities across the UK.

preventionresearch26.c.uk: Connecting research, policy and practice for health equity: preventionresearch26@gmail.com; linktr.ee/prevention_research_26: Prevention Research Network; Population Health Improvement UK; National Institute for Health and Care Research

👉 Sign up to the Prevention Research Conference in Birmingham, 4-5 Mar, to hear from @monikakosinska.bsky.social, #WHO Global Lead for commercial determinants of health, and Sharon Friel, Laureate Fellow and Prof of Health Equity at the Australian National University: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...