Healthier Communities
The R Street Institute’s Healthier Communities program focuses on substance regulation, behavioral health, and thriving families, to promote better health and stronger communities.
The Healthier Communities program advances practical, evidence-based policies that respect individual liberty, harness free markets, and strengthen families and communities. Government is most effective when it is limited, targeted, and focused on outcomes—facilitating access to care, reducing preventable harms, and creating the conditions for families to thrive. These approaches promote healthier, more stable, and more resilient communities.
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Mazen Saleh
Senior Policy Director, Healthier Communities
Chelsea Boyd
Resident Research Fellow, Healthier Communities
Lindsay Heck
Research Assistant, Healthier Communities
Courtney Joslin
Senior Manager and Resident Fellow, Healthier Communities
Healthier Communities in the News
The Center for Tobacco Products: What It Has Done and What It Should Do Next
Since its establishment in 2009 under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has played a pivotal role in regulating tobacco products to protect public health. The CTP has authority over three application pathways that allow manufacturers to market their products legally in the…