PHAI Publishes Case Study Examining Litigation Surrounding Atlantic City’s Needle Exchange Ordinace
PHAI Publishes Case Study Examining Litigation Surrounding Atlantic City’s Needle Exchange Ordinace (pdf) PHAI documented Atlantic City’s 2004 passage an ordinance establishing a municipal needle exchange program. Atlantic City faced an HIV/AIDS public health crisis with one in forty residents infected and sixty percent of infections related to injection drug use. The Atlantic City Department […]
PHAI Publishes Case Study on Challenges to Pharmacy Tobacco Sales Ban in San Francisco County
PHAI Case Study on Challenges to Pharmacy Tobacco Sales Ban in San Francisco County (pdf) PHAI documented the ban on tobacco product sales in pharmacies located in the County of San Francisco in August 2008. Even when faced with the likelihood of litigation, San Francisco lawmakers moved forward with the ban. In September 2008, a […]
PHAI publishes Case Study on NYC Menu Labeling Litigation
PHAI Menu Labeling Legal Challenge Case Study (pdf) PHAI documented the successful passage of the nation’s first restaurant calorie disclosure law. In an effort to address increases in obesity rates and obesity-related health problems, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) amended the City’s Health Code on December 5, 2006 and […]
