[2] Daynard has served as President of the Public Health Advocacy Institute (and its predecessors)[8] since 1983, and has chaired its Tobacco Product Liability Project since its inception in 1984.
[11] Further studies highlighted the industry's efforts to delay smoking regulations, influence decision-makers, and use pre-emption strategies and front groups to limit local government power and create confusion among the public.
[16] His International work has sought to extend understanding of human rights to include tobacco prevention and control by convening workshops and symposia in over 20 countries.
[18] In his examination of using litigation as a means to prevent obesity, his study stressed its potential in protecting public health in the absence of effective government regulation, and suggested employing legal theories such as "unfair and deceptive trade practice" or general "personal injury" claims, and argued that successful personal injury cases could incentivize food producers to compensate victims and curtail aggressive marketing tactics while promoting safer product development.
Additionally, the study refuted the assertions made by supporters of CCAs that these laws safeguard against frivolous litigation, noting that each state with a CCA had existing legal protections in place.
[20] The Public Health Advocacy Institute, of which Daynard is the president, filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who opened DraftKings Sportsbook accounts in response to a $1,000 bonus sign-up promotion.
Members were not aware to qualify for the non-withdrawable credits of $1,000, new customers were required to make an initial deposit of $5,000 and gamble at least $25,000 over a finite period.
Massive advertising using unfair and deceptive promotions to hook customers on an addictive product bears an uncanny similarity to what the cigarette companies used to get away with.”[21][22]