January 18, 2019
Colorado Florida Georgia Kansas Missouri New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Texas Washington Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wyoming Research “State Preemption: Threat to Democracy, Essential Regulation, and Public Health” Jennifer L. Pomeranz, JD, MPH, Leslie Zellers, JD, Michael Bare, MPH, Patricia A. Sullivan, Mark …
January 3, 2019
Florida Michigan Missouri New Hampshire Ohio Tennessee Texas National Food and Nutrition WHY COULDN’T WASHINGTON STOP A SODA TAX BAN WHEN OREGON COULD? Sightline, 12/21/2018 The lack of coalition strength to fight Big Soda in Washington this November is evidence of a much larger problem: Washington lacks a robust network …
December 19, 2018
Arizona Florida Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Washington National Food and Nutrition How big food companies are using the gun and tobacco industry playbook to thwart bold public health laws New Food Economy, 12/6/2018 Preemption laws, once used to kill local smoking bans, are now being used to …
November 28, 2018
Florida New Hampshire Texas Virginia National State Preemption of Food and Nutrition Policies and Litigation: Undermining Government’s Role in Public Health By Jennifer L. Pomeranz, Leslie Zellers, Michael Bare, Mark Pertschuk American Journal of Preventive Medicine, November 2018 Local governments are in a prime position to enact food and nutrition …
November 16, 2018
Colorado Oregon Pennsylvania Washington National Food and Nutrition The Beverage Industry Has Figured Out a Legal End Run Around Soda Taxes Mother Jones, 11/7/2018 Hampering local communities from enacting future soda taxes is more than just a public health concern, says Jennifer Pomeranz, an assistant professor of public health at …