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phai’s gottlieb Discusses Brookline’s Landmark decision to Phase Out Tobacco in The Boston Globe

PHAI’s Executive Director, Mark Gottlieb is quoted in a new Boston Globe article on the Massachusetts Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Brookline’s Nicotine Free Generation law to phase out tobacco sales. Others have approved more aggressive measures; two California cities — Manhattan Beach and Beverly Hills — banned the sale of all tobacco products, for example. But Brookline is […]

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Brookline’s Historic Law to Phase Out All Tobacco Sales is Affirmed by the Massachusetts High Court

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in a unanimous decision, today gave the green light to the life-saving Nicotine-Free Generation (“NFG”) policy. The Brookline bylaw, which the Court upheld the Town of Brookline’s local law to prohibit sales of tobacco products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2000, is in conflict with the state

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Harry Levant

Harry levant Harry holds a Master’s in Professional Clinical Counseling from La Salle University and has been recognized as an Internationally Certified Gambling Counselor (ICGC-I). He is published in journals, newspapers, and magazines and appears on television and radio addressing the prevention and treatment of gambling disorder. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Law and

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PHAI’s President Richard Daynard is Featured on CNN 

PHAI’s President Richard Daynard is spotlighted in this CNN article that highlights how the Public Health Advocacy Institute is taking on the online sports gambling industry. This CNN article details how gambling disorder is classified as an addiction that falls under a similar category to drugs and nicotine. Sites like DraftKings try to take advantage

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PHAI’s Daynard and Gottlieb Featured in 60 Minutes Piece

On February 4th, 60 Minutes ran a strong piece on sports betting featuring our president, Richard Daynard, and Executive Director Mark Gottlieb, along with our gambling policy advisor, Harry Levant. On December 8, 2023, PHAI filed a class action lawsuit against DraftKings Sportsbook, on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who opened a DraftKings Sportsbook account in

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Jon D. Hanson

JON D. HANSON Professor Hanson is the Alfred Smart Professor of Law, the Faculty Director of The Systemic Justice Project , and the Director of The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard Law School. His teaching and scholarship melds social psychology, social cognition, economics, history, and law. Hanson has received several teaching awards and

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