Jun 11, 2026
The WHO wants to limit contact between politicians and companies in the alcohol and food sectors, just as has already been done with the tobacco industry. Will this protect decision-making from undue influence, or does it risk excluding large parts of the business community from...
Jun 3, 2026
Sweden spends enormous resources on treating diseases once they have already occurred, but very little on keeping people healthy in the first place. The average Swede spends the last ten years of his or her life in poor health, and if we can reduce that time, there are huge...
Jun 18, 2025
Just in time for midsummer, EPHI is releasing the report En sista runda (A final round), in which we review the background to Swedish alcohol policy. The aim of the report is to review the conceptual model that forms the basis for the state's monopoly on the sale of alcohol. The idea is based on the notion...
Jul 2, 2024
Doctor Vincent Flink Amble-Naess has written a report for Ephi on obesity and medicines. Flink Amble-Naess notes that there is currently effective medical treatment for weight loss. The question is who should get it, how the treatment should be financed and how we...
Jun 25, 2024
Economist David Sundén meets psychiatrist David Eberhard, moderated by Henrik Jönsson, to discuss nicotine and public health. Both David Sundén and David Eberhard have each published a report on nicotine and public health. Now they are meeting to...
Mar 27, 2024
Doctor David Eberhard has written a report for EPHI on nicotine, the brain and addiction. Eberhard asks whether addiction itself is really dangerous and how we distinguish between an addiction and a habit. The report is available in both English and Swedish. Watch the call from Brussels... 
