JAMA: Climate and Health

This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) summarizes evidence about the ways tobacco impacts human well-being from an environmental perspective. It is the first-ever WHO report to describe the indirect social, economic, and environmental damage cause by the cultivation, production, distribution, consumption, and waste generation of tobacco products. The report also describes the negative consequences of tobacco farming on the health and well-being of women and children. In assembling and synthesizing a broad array…

The World Food Programme (WFP) delivers food assistance during humanitarian crises, works with communities to improve nutrition, and aids communities in building resistance through development. The organization focuses most heavily on providing food assistance on the ground where it is needed most and at any given time the WFP has 5,600 trucks, 20 ships, and 92 planes delivering food and supplies around the world. WFP produces reports, country strategic plans, fact sheets, and infographics,…

This Lancet Commission report focuses on the growing burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and underscores new approaches toward eliminating the disease worldwide. The report urges an approach toward COPD that considers the heterogeneity of the disease and the widespread factors contributing to the rising global burden of respiratory illness, such as exposure to pollutants, the aging of the global population, and the unchecked sale of tobacco products. The report proposes classifying COPD into…