An Op-Ed Writing Curriculum for Medical Students to Engage in Advocacy Through Public Writing.

Background: Op-ed writing can be a powerful and accessible advocacy tool for physicians, but training is lacking in undergraduate medical education.

Aim: To train and engage first-year medical students in op-ed writing.

Setting: Midwestern research-intensive medical school.

United States Food and Drug Administration's authorization of reduced exposure claims for IQOS: implications for regulation in Latin America.

Philip Morris International has used the July 7, 2020 United States Food and Drug Administration's (US FDA) modified risk tobacco product order for IQOS, which authorized certain reduced exposure marketing claims, as a corporate strategy to promote and normalize its heated tobacco products in Latin America. The modified risk tobacco product orders are based on the US's unique regulatory system that is not, and should not be, replicated anywhere else in the world. Philip Morris International's global public relations campaign largely ignored the FDA's rejection of reduced risk claims for IQOS and other key FDA findings that are important for policy-makers, regulators, and consumers - including tobacco users and Philip Morris International's customers - to understand the risks associated with the product.

New tobacco and nicotine products in Latin America and the Caribbean: assessing the market and regulatory environment.

Objective: To document the regulatory environment of new tobacco and nicotine products (NTNPs), including electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) and heated tobacco products (HTPs), in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

Methods: Review of market research reports and databases, regulatory websites, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, relevant published literature and the 2021 WHO Report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic.

Results: ENDS entered the LAC market in the 2010s and are now available in most LAC countries.

Monitoring compliance with Kenya's shisha ban in select public hospitality venues in Nairobi.

Introduction: Seven countries in the WHO African Region have banned the sale and/or use of shisha. In 2017, Kenya implemented a comprehensive ban on shisha, including the use, import, manufacture, sale, offer of sale, advertising, promotion, distribution and encouraging or facilitating its use. The objective of this study was to assess compliance with the ban of shisha use in select public hospitality venues in Nairobi, Kenya.

School-Based Health Centers as the Pediatric Expanded Medical Home.

Background: School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide primary and preventive health services and have been debated as possible medical homes for the pediatric population. The effect of a SBHC as an expanded medical home has yet to be determined.

Objective: The purpose of this paper was to review the research evaluating the use of SBHCs as a pediatric patient's expanded medical home.