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The tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food industries use language as a tactical tool to mislead the public about the potential harms of their products, and their profit-driven actions contribute to the global burden of noncommunicable diseases.

Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals represents our best chance to improve health and prosperity around the world. But the influence of harmful industries is hampering progress. Watch our latest VitalTalks event, with experts discussing how we can combat corporate influence on major health issues.

Q&A with Yue Zhang – Program Manager, Environmental Health

The digital display commemorates lives lost to overdose, which reached an all-time high of 107,000 in 2021, and urges support for harm reduction services.

At Vital Strategies, we are encouraged by the growing recognition that substance use disorder must be addressed with health and social support rather than with punishment. Record numbers of people are dying of drug overdose in the U.S.: this is a public health crisis, and calls for care and compassion rather than stigma and discrimination.