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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed that the connections between science and policy need to be reconsidered. (Shutterstock)

June 30, 2021

Canadian ethicists recognize the critical importance of science and research

Judy Illes, University of British Columbia; Bartha Knoppers, McGill University; Eric M. Meslin, University of Toronto; Jennifer Chandler, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Ross Upshur, University of Toronto; Steven J. Hoffman, York University, Canada; Tania Bubela, Simon Fraser University, and Vardit Ravitsky, Université de Montréal

A new standing committee will ensure that Canadian federal policy is based on science. The committee should consider critical ethical thinking, scholarship and action, as well as legal frameworks and sociocultural values.

Kota Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, merupakan kota metropolitan yang baru tumbuh dan sedang berjuang melindungi warganya dari tembakau. Shutterstock

September 16, 2019

Cegah kematian 1 miliar orang, perang melawan tembakau harus dilakukan di kota‑kota besar di dunia

Steven J. Hoffman, York University, Canada and Mathieu JP Poirier, York University, Canada

Beijing, Jakarta dan Kota Ho Chi Minh berjuang melindungi penduduknya dari tembakau. Kebijakan pengendalian tembakau di negara-negara kaya sebagian dapat disalahkan.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is one of many emerging global metropolises that are struggling to protect residents against tobacco. (Shutterstock)

September 12, 2019

The next battles against tobacco must be fought in the world’s major cities

Steven J. Hoffman, York University, Canada and Mathieu JP Poirier, York University, Canada

Rapidly growing metropolises like Beijing, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to protect residents against tobacco. Life-saving policies in rich countries may be partially to blame.

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