Researchers have created a 2026 calendar exposing how #UPF & #alcohol brands manufacture consumption "occasions" year-round. It features Prof Anna Gilmore's framework showing the systemic issue: corporations harm health, but governments pay the costs while private wealth increases.

New #research from authors including @lhgp.bsky.social members shows that spending less on #tobacco, #gambling and #sweets is good for the UK economy: sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n... #PublicHealth #CDoH

#WorldCancerDay: Today's National Cancer Plan for England is a step forward but there are critical missed opportunities. Around a third of cancers could be prevented by reducing exposure to modifiable risk factors, including tobacco, excess weight, alcohol and air pollution [email protected]

Ultra-processed. Cheap. Low in goodness. Too many children are still served unhealthy food at school. Watch our animation featuring Emma Thompson and young campaigners to see the impact and join the call to improve #schoolfood standards 🍽️🌈 🎬 Watch the animation → youtu.be/DEAaBcKx23A

👇 A reminder to join the Conversations on Commercial Determinants of Health (#CDoH) webinar this Wednesday, 4 February at 9:30am, featuring @lhgp.bsky.social Director Prof Anna Gilmore. zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PublicHealth #CDoH

📢 New report Alcohol marketing restrictions were meant to be in England’s 10 Year Health Plan. Then they disappeared. Our new report uses FOIs to show how alcohol industry lobbying targeted ministers and pressured government departments to kill the policy. www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...

In our new FOI study we found that Budweiser directly urged Chancellor Rachel Reeves to intervene and "ensure" that DHSC removed alcohol marketing restrictions from the NHS’s 10 Year Health Plan. Health policy should be protected from industry influence. www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...

Improving health in deprived communities is essential for economic growth. Poor health limits participation in the labour market and drives inequalities. Our new briefing shows how local teams can embed health into strategies on skills, good work and investment. Read more⬇️

Our January newsletter went out today highlighting webinars on commercial determinants of health, an upcoming prevention research conference, and new perspectives on tobacco taxation and alcohol licensing. 👉 Read more: mailchi.mp/862061894ead... 👉 Sign up: mailchi.mp/22e2b19466f0...

👇Nason Maani (@spidermaani.bsky.social), Deputy Director of @lhgp.bsky.social, joins David Rowland, Director of @chpithinktank.bsky.social, to discuss the implications of the 'quiet but profound transformation of the #NHS'. #PublicHealth #Podcast

What attitudes or beliefs underpin public support for health policies - and what can we learn & apply from support for the Smokefree Gen policy? Our new briefing with @aha-uk.bsky.social & @oha-updates.bsky.social dives into polling to explore this more... ash.org.uk/resources/vi...

✨ Applications are open for #TIMRA2026! ✨ Join us to learn how to monitor, research and hold the #tobaccoindustry accountable. Hear from 2024 attendee Given Kapolyo on the importance of having a strong support network in #tobaccocontrol. ⌛️ Apply by Sunday 22 Feb 📍 www.bath.ac.uk/events/tobac...

Webinar: 9:30, 4 Feb @lhgp.bsky.social Director Prof Anna Gilmore discusses how businesses shape public health, drawing on tobacco control research. Part of the Conversations on CDoH series with speakers from India and beyond: zoom.us/meeting/regi... #PublicHealth

👉 Sign up to the Prevention Research Conference in Birmingham, 4-5 Mar, to hear from @monikakosinska.bsky.social, #WHO Global Lead for commercial determinants of health, and Sharon Friel, Laureate Fellow and Prof of Health Equity at the Australian National University: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...

✍️ A new IPR blog post by Daniel Hunt at the @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social examines how #ClimateChange is destabilising the systems we rely on to govern for #health and #equity, and how health-harming corporations are capitalising on that destabilisation. Read it here: buff.ly/e7Qcnlb

New analysis by Daniel Hunt ( @lhgp.bsky.social ) and Dr Britta Matthes ( @uniofbath.bsky.social ) reveals how commercial actors are exploiting climate change to undermine health governance - and calls on government to act on four recommendations: www.phiuk.org/news/local-h... #PublicHealth

We will join experts from across Europe in Smoke Free Partnership's upcoming webinar to discuss how the #tobaccoindustry is distorting Sweden's smoking reduction success to promote promote snus and #nicotinepouches. 📅 Tues 3 Feb 🕓 9.30am - 11am (GMT) 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b045d1...

The production of flue-cured Virginia tobacco (FCV) causes #deforestation of 60,000 hectares of woodland in Zimbabwe each year. New #research from Tobacco Control Research Group uncovers the significant harms of this production method to the environment and tobacco farmers. doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...

👇 Listen to Katharine Jenner, Director of our partners, @oha-updates.bsky.social, on why it's so important to change our food environment.

"We are finally going to see children protected from the worst offending junk food adverts," says Katharine Jenner, Executive Director of @oha-updates.bsky.social, a partner of @lhgp.bsky.social. #PublicHealth #CDoH

👇 @lhgp.bsky.social member Prof Fiona Gillison on why we need better advice for parents on talking to children about weight.

Happy New Year! New #research from University of Stirling led by @lhgp.bsky.social's Dr Daniel Jones debunks industry warnings that standardised #tobacco packaging increases illicit trade in the UK. 👉 Read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #PublicHealth #CDoH

As 2025 wraps up, a huge thank you to everyone who's engaged with us this year. This year we fed evidence into 7 national policy consultations, hosted webinars reaching 640+ practitioners & policymakers, and worked with 8 local authorities across England.

Great round up of successful public health interventions from @rsph.bsky.social ⬇️ In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them. 👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/

Whose interests are served by "economic growth"? New @bmj.com opinion piece by LHGP member challenges UK plans to extend pub/bar hours in the name of growth, despite alcohol harms costing England £27.4bn/year. www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Heated Tobacco Products #HTPs are often marketed by Big Tobacco as scientifically-backed better alternatives for adult smokers, but how well does this align with the evidence to date? Read our new #casestudy page which brings together recent research on HTPs: www.bath.ac.uk/case-studies...

Are the UK’s largest food corporations really the net positive contributors they say they are or are their harms costing us all more? This report from @ffc-commission.bsky.social suggests a new way to assess their contributions. ffcc.co.uk/publications...

Last week's unveiling of England's first Men's Health Strategy is welcome, but without tackling commercial determinants of health - the industries profiting from harmful products that disproportionately affect men - we'll only address symptoms, not root causes. www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...

@lhgp.bsky.social @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social @healthmod.bsky.social @kingscsmh.bsky.social @jdasmunshi.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @ulsteruni-edi.bsky.social @swanseauni.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

🔥 Hot Off the Press - Soft Drinks Industry Levy to be Expanded to Protect Children and Boost Nation’s Health 🔥 The levy will now cover sugary milk-based drinks and lowers the sugar threshold from 5g to 4.5g per 100ml. Read the press release here ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/n...

Our November newsletter went out today and it features compelling new #research exposing industry influence, practical resources for healthy urban planning, and ways you can engage with our work. Read more: mailchi.mp/98c307e23470... Sign up: mailchi.mp/22e2b19466f0...

Live from @adphuk.bsky.social annual conference! @ambervandenakker.bsky.social, Research Associate, and @geoffbates.bsky.social , Co-Investigator, are welcoming people to the Local Health and Global Profits stand. #ADPHConf2025

What if councils could test climate policies before implementing them? Andrea Castaño, Research Associate @lhgp.bsky.social, has written a blog for @ukdataservice.bsky.social on how synthetic populations can transform local #CimatePolicy blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/synthetic-da... #GreenSky

Join @ambervandenakker.bsky.social, Research Associate with @lhgp.bsky.social, on Tuesday 25 November for a #webinar on understanding and acting on commercial determinants of health in practice, hosted by Medicus Mundi Switzerland. Register now: exciting-leader-6110.kit.com/2dbb5b1bd9

Japan Tobacco International’s name was quietly removed from the Museum’s website last week - the same day that a new report by @tcrgbath.bsky.social highlighted how the deal formed part of JTI’s wider influence & lobbying strategy. www.tobaccotactics.org/news/launch-...

(2/2) We have requested our complaint be reviewed and upheld, citing: • Lack of balanced perspectives on tobacco policy • Timing during scrutiny of the Tobacco & Vapes Bill • Insufficient challenge to BAT's claims 📄 Read our full escalation letter below. @tcrgbath.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social

Many of today's major public health crises are driven by powerful corporations. "Unmasking Influence" – a new documentary from @lshtm.bsky.social and Wildfire Collective and – pulls back the curtain on how industries shape science, policy, and public perception. Watch free: vimeo.com/1131660477

A cautionary tale from alcohol harm colleagues about govt & industry partnerships... 👇

📢Excited to say that registration is open for Prevention Research 2026, 4-5 March, Birmingham. Visit preventionresearch26.co.uk to book your place and explore the latest research and strategies for preventing non-communicable diseases and reducing health inequalities across the UK.

The ASH team are back in Parliament this afternoon for another debate session on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which will cover vape devices and the marketing of nicotine products.

“Liberalising licensing is not a neutral act. It prioritises commercial interests and shifts costs to overstretched health and social care systems.” Read more: www.bmj.com/content/391/... #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #AlcoholPolicy #CommercialDeterminants

Join us for all this and more at the Vox Birmingham, 4-5 March 2026. preventionresearch26.co.uk #preventionresearch26 @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social @lhgp.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

PM Starmer championed #SchoolFood role in tackling #ChildPoverty on ITV's Lorraine today. But are the government's breakfast club partnerships really delivering for children and communities? Read our guest blog post from @barbscrowther.bsky.social at @sustainweb.org www.phiuk.org/news/blog-wh...

Local Health and Global Profits has submitted a comprehensive response to the UK government's call for evidence on reforming the licensing system. www.phiuk.org/news/local-h...

"Tackling the political and commercial determinants of health is no longer a technocratic exercise; it has become a geopolitical imperative," write LHGP director Anna Gilmore and co-authors in an article published in a special issue of EuroHealth. eurohealthobservatory.who.int/publications...

Our PhD researcher Daniel Hunt attended the launch of the 2025 Global Report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change yesterday. @lancetcountdown.bsky.social #PublicHealth #Greensky Below are some sobering facts from that report:

Research from TRUUD (Tackling Root causes upstream of Unhealthy Urban Development), in collaboration with the UK government, is featured in a new @who.int report, 'Taking a strategic approach to urban health: a guide for decision-makers'. www.who.int/news-room/ev...

🚨 Killer Tactics 2: Business as Usual 🚨 Our latest report with Action on Smoking and Health and Alcohol Health Alliance reveals how powerful industries are undermining public health policy under the current Labour Government. Read the report here ➡️ obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2025/10/23/k...

Such a compelling and timely piece as peers are debating the Tobacco and Vapes Bill. 🌍Looking abroad for lessons is vital, but when international comparisons lack accuracy or context, they risk undermining robust debate. 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

💫 Event 💫 As part of London Global Cancer Week 2025, the Tobacco Control Research Group will host an interactive session on how and why the tobacco industry seeks to influence science and to target health professionals. 📅 Thursday 27 November 2025 🕜 1pm GMT 🔗 www.bath.ac.uk/events/how-a...