Great post from someone on LinkedIn who spotted this example of Predatory marketing. Number 2 of the drivers of the addiction economy

The Moral Model of Addiction at work here how medics refer to patients with liver disease influences their treatment.

Uneven spread of inequality in health puts pressure on some MP’s to do more.

You don’t have to hit rock bottom to become un-addicted, despite what medics might say!

Nitazines 40 times more potent than herion on sale here, cut with other drugs and smuggled her in dog food.

Kids in Britain go out to get hammered, and cultural prompts don’t help.

McKinsey faces further criminal charges for their role in the Opioid crisis.

The World Health Organisation found that half of 13-year-olds in England have had alcohol, and middle-class parents have ‘normalised’ under-age drinking

Plastics greenwashing and misinformation on plastics??

We drank lots more in Covid with 2,500 more deaths. More women died because of gendered promotions of Booz as a tool for female empowerment.

infuriating evidence, yet again, of the serious problem with having ASH and Public Health England Tobacco Control Unit as the lead public bodies on vapes.

Agree with The Times “The “right” to smoke is a fake freedom, a cynical fiction punted by the most murderous industry of modern times.”

Shameless behaviour taking advantage of lax laws

More shenanigans from industry and parliament - No 4 of our Economic Model

The strategy of tech companies using magic tricks, just like other Addiction Economy Companies

Casinos today are following the same playbook as tobacco and alcohol companies decades ago: profit from Americans’ vices, insist on self-regulation, advocate personal responsibility and fend off oversight by supporting and pressuring politicians." They could have read our White Paper, it's so perfect a mapping!

Hey guess what, misinformation and undermining policy action (3 & 4 of our Economic Model) really does work in prioritising the interests of companies over that of individuals and society

Corker of an article on gambling, mirroring our Economic Model of Addiction exactly

Huge criticism of WHO new research on vapes, but puzzling why the conversation is about Nicotine not chemical additives

Misinformation works, here in alcohol partnerships