Hawkins, Benjamin orcid.org/0000-0002-7027-8046, Holden, Chris orcid.org/0000-0003-1874-1408, Eckhardt, Jappe orcid.org/0000-0002-8823-0905 et al. (1 more author) (2018) Reassessing policy paradigms:a comparison of the global tobacco and alcohol industries. Global Public Health. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1744-1706
Abstract
Tobacco is widely considered to be a uniquely harmful product for human health. Since the mid-1990s, the strategies of transnational tobacco corporations to undermine effective tobacco control policy has been extensively documented through internal industry documents. Consequently, the sale, use and marketing of tobacco products are subject to extensive regulation and formal measures to exclude the industry from policy-making have been adopted in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. In contrast to tobacco, alcohol is subject to less stringent forms of regulation, and the alcohol industry continues to play a central role in policymaking in many countries and at the global level. This article examines whether there is a sufficient rationale for such different regulatory approaches, through a comparative analysis of the political economy of the tobacco and alcohol industries including the structure of the industries, and the market and political strategies they pursue. Despite some important differences, the extensive similarities which exist between the tobacco and alcohol industries in terms of market structure and strategy, and political strategy, call into question the rationale for both the relatively weak regulatory approach taken towards alcohol, and the continued participation of alcohol corporations in policy-making processes.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Alcohol policy,TOBACCO CONTROL,corporations,Policy influence,Political economy |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Health Sciences (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 22 Apr 2016 15:32 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2025 00:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2016.1161815 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/17441692.2016.1161815 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98904 |