Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ben Hawkins is a Political Scientist working in the field of health policy. His current work fiocuses on the role of corporate actors and research evidence in the formation of health policy, particularlrly in the field of alcohol and tobacco.
Big Tobacco’s opposition to plain packaging is spin, not substance
Sep 24, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
No matter how you look at it, a standardized cigarette pack is ugly. The colours are unappealing, the font bland and the large graphic health warnings gruesome. Thats why standardized packaging is such an effective public...
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