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Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Public health has lost political influence because of a mismatch between the forms of power primarily deployed in this field—knowledge and moral authority—and the forms of power that currently shape societal rules and health outcomes—economic, political, ideological, and physical.
JONATHAN C. HELLER
wiley   +1 more source

The Economic Impact of Smoking and of Reducing Smoking Prevalence: Review of Evidence

open access: yesTobacco Use Insights, 2015
Background Tobacco smoking is the cause of many preventable diseases and premature deaths in the UK and around the world. It poses enormous health- and non-health-related costs to the affected individuals, employers, and the society at large.
Victor U. Ekpu, Abraham K. Brown
doaj   +1 more source

How the sales of oral nicotine pouches correlate with prices and respond to taxes on cigarettes and e‐cigarettes

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Oral nicotine pouches (ONPs) have seen a dramatic rise in sales since their introduction to the US market in 2016. We aimed to define the relationship between ONP prices and sales (e.g. price elasticity of demand) and determine how taxes on cigarettes and e‐cigarettes (ECs) impact ONP sales.
Yanyun He   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Narrative Construction of Internal Organizational Legitimacy

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Organizations torn by significant contradictions may struggle to maintain internal legitimacy. Taking a narrative perspective, and drawing on a case study of Walgreens, a Fortune 500 retail pharmacy, we develop a process model that shows how organizations with an entrenched conflict in their official narratives manage the resulting polyphony ...
Kerrie E. Howard, Andrew D. Brown
wiley   +1 more source

All in the family: Kidney donation in aging Japan

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the ethical and cultural logics shaping living donor kidney transplantation in Japan, where donation is restricted to kin and deceased donation remains rare. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a Tokyo‐area hospital, it analyzes how Japan's kin‐based transplantation regime contrasts with the utilitarian model dominant in
Amy Borovoy
wiley   +1 more source

Sensing Frames: A Contribution to Sensory Pluralism

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Are expressions like “sense of responsibility,” “sense of community,” and “business acumen” merely metaphors, or do they refer to deeper, socially embedded forms of perception? This article introduces the concept of “sensing frames”: the socially learned, culturally shaped, and pragmatically enacted modalities through which people perceive and
Giampietro Gobo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of English on Other Languages and Linguistic Justice

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the implications of English's role as a global lingua franca for other languages, with a particular focus on the transformations these languages undergo due to English influence. Such changes are most evident in the lexical domain, where they are typically examined under the framework of lexical borrowing or Anglicisms ...
Sabine Fiedler
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Taxes and Bans on Passive Smoking [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Using US data, they reach two conclusions: first, excise taxes have a significant effect on passive smoking; second, smoking bans have on average no effects on non smokers.
Adda, J   +5 more
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The Affective Afterlife of the “Smelly Immigrant” Trope: Contested Scents, “Race,” and Olfactory Contact Zones in Berlin

open access: yesCity &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause and Retirement: A Prospective Longitudinal Study

open access: yesBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, Volume 133, Issue 11, Page 2044-2053, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the association between vasomotor symptoms of menopause and retirement in Australian women. Design Population‐based cohort study. Setting Secondary analysis of six surveys collected between 1996 and 2010. Population A total of 6928 Australian women, born between 1946 and 1951. Methods Data were obtained from participants in
Biresaw Wassihun Alemu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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