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Alerts about economics
- $13.8m damages to smoker’s daughter
- 25 Aug 2009 | Family wins latest round against Philip Morris
- Obesity link to debt
- 12 Aug 2009 | Germany: over-indebted are 2.5 times more likely to be obese
- US bill to encourage health at work
- 16 Jul 2009 | Healthy habits may cut insurance premiums for employees
- UK business: £2bn smoking price tag
- 08 Jun 2009 | LSE publishes first estimate of direct costs of smoking
- ‘Recession obesity’ fear in the US
- 05 Jun 2009 | Child well-being suffers as economy slumps
- China: Financial impact of stroke
- 11 May 2009 | Over a third of stroke patients pushed below the poverty line
- Costs of tobacco...
- 09 May 2009 | Two reports on the link between cost of cigarettes and smoking prevalence
- Are financial incentives an answer?
- 26 Mar 2009 | Health England: obesity, smoking rates could be improved
- NY state ponders ‘obesity tax’
- 16 Dec 2008 | High-calorie versions of soft drinks face proposed tax of 15%
- Belt-tightening leads to expanding waistlines
- 22 Nov 2008 | Sales of cheap, unhealthy food on the rise
- Credit crunch increases smoking
- 12 Nov 2008 | Americans smoke more in hard times, jeopardising long-term health.
- Huge rise in cost of diabetes drugs in US
- 28 Oct 2008 | $12.5 billion spent in 2007
- Credit crunches employee wellbeing?
- 16 Oct 2008 | Financial woes must not mean less focus on health
- World Health Report 2008 launch
- 15 Oct 2008 | 'Primary Health Care – Now More Than Ever’
- Companies save in promoting health
- 26 Sep 2008 | Lower insurance costs for businesses engaged in health promotion
- Estimating the economic burden of CVD
- 25 Sep 2008 | Brazil: the cost is billions of dollars each year
- Fruit & veg: a recipe for a healthy economy
- 01 Sep 2008 | More evidence on wide benefits of healthy diets
- Kids knowledgeable on ‘5-a-day’
- 25 Jun 2008 | …but rising prices are putting healthy options out of reach in England
- The benefits of cycling
- 05 Jun 2008 | Commuting by bike saves health industry millions
- Ban on junk food machines in hospitals
- 25 Mar 2008 | Welsh health minister says crisps, chocolates and sugary drinks will be removed