564: Flavored Tobacco Bans and Pricing Strategies, Respiratory Disease Guidance
Public Health Review Morning Edition
English - December 14, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 7.54 MB - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Government healthcare health healthnews news publichealth Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Barbara Wallace, Director of the Division of Chronic Disease Prevention at the New York State Department of Health, discusses various strategies to curb tobacco use; Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, worries that too many sick people could eventually overwhelm hospitals as flu and RSV are increasing; and Dr. Steven Stack, ASTHO President and Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, says work is underway to make the drug that can reverse an opioid overdose available in more places.
ASTHO Webpage: Tobacco and Nicotine Products – The Unwavering Public Health Crisis
Rhode Island Current News Article: States Strive to Get Opioid Overdose Drug to More People
ASTHO Webpage: Legislative Alerts