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Hypothetical harms

There is a common thread between the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, Texas, and Laguna Beach, California, the January 6 insurrection, everyday police lethality, and the overturning of Roe…

Challenges in tobacco control in Pakistan

The international community observed The World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2022. In the case of Pakistan, however, the Day reminded us all the sordid reality that the cigarette…

Veritable arms of imperialism

The world is caught up in a monstrous flux and it appears difficult to come out of it unscathed. There are powerful countries which are trying to smother the natural…

Controlling guns

The rise in gun violence, and its most horrific episodes, brought US President Barack Obama to tears. Flanked by the mothers of Jordan Davis and Chris Martinez, amid the memory…

Tobacco Control: A Reality Check

Tobacco control: a reality check

While the world is observing ‘No Tobacco Day’ today by highlighting the hazardous impact of smoking on lung health, the tobacco industry has hurled another challenge to health regulations by…

Germany under fire for Saudi arms export ban

Export power Germany has long had a troubled relationship with selling arms abroad, a legacy of its dark history that is now spelling deep discord with its European allies. Chancellor…

What About The Arms Trade?

What about the arms trade?

Over the past year, the escalation of tensions between the United States and North Korea has caused much anxiety about the possibility of a nuclear war. Since the creation of…