Press Room

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and CEO of Vital Strategies, on the global health organization’s new “Reimagine Public Health” campaign and brand tag line.

We are disappointed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to authorize the marketing of an e-cigarette product from R.J. Reynolds, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco.

Poor mental health and mental illnesses are incredibly common, yet, often, our perception of mental health remains that it is solely a personal issue. It is not. 

This groundbreaking new resource is based on the principles of harm reduction, public health, and racial justice

Les nouvelles Lignes directrices de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé relatives à la qualité de l’air soulignent le fait qu’il n’existe pas de niveau de pollution de l’air qui soit sans danger.

As novas Diretrizes de Qualidade do Ar da Organização Mundial da Saúde enfatizam que não existe um nível seguro de poluição do ar.

The new World Health Organization Air Quality Guidelines emphasize that no safe level of air pollution exists

We can’t let medicine – with its underlying ethic of “do no harm” – become part of Big Tobacco’s harm production empire.