Thomas E. Novotny

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a transparent and accountable global health governance approach to ensure effective, equitable and ethical actions addressing global health challenges. But traditional global healthgovernance may not account for involvement of multi-level global health actors such as civil-society organizations, private philanthropies and new intergovernmental alliances.

TL;DR: The “Toxic Butts” campaign was to function as a case study, helping to establish best practices for social media use by tobacco control while at the same time serving as a training tool for local lead agencies interested in better leveraging social media.

TL;DR: The Bioethical Implications of Globalization (BIG) project as mentioned in this paper is an international consortium project of the European Commission that aims to raise short-term, practical considerations about globalization and health.

TL;DR: This pilot proof-of-principle study will inform the design of a larger, future research project that can provide robust scientific evidence on the impact of switching smokers of filtered cigarettes to unfiltered cigarettes on smoking behavior and toxicant exposures.

TL;DR: The effects of smoking on health in Puerto Rico in 1983 are described, using a microcomputer program that calculates morbidity due to smoking, and it is estimated that 2468 deaths were attributable to this cause.