Trade liberalisation and tobacco control: moving from a policy of exclusion towards a more comprehensive policy
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Notwithstanding the fact that it has been 10 years since empirical confirmation that trade liberalisation may increase tobacco consumption, tobacco control policy with respect to trade liberalisation and related processes remains largely underdeveloped. The most commonly articulated policy, that tobacco be excluded from the scope of trade agreements, is problematic for a number of reasons and has not been widely implemented. In light of this fact and the potential role of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, further research and policy development are needed in the area.
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The Australian case illustrates the evolving nature of both the tobacco control norms message and the nature of the messengers to resolve tensions in the tobacco-trade nexus at the domestic level.
“The Australian case illustrates the evolving nature of both the tobacco control norms message and the nature of the messengers to resolve tensions in the tobacco-trade nexus at the domestic level (Drope & Lencucha, 2013, 2014; McGrady, 2007).”
From Advancing progressive health policy to reduce NCDs amidst international commercial opposition: Tobacco standardised packaging in Australia (2018) · cites this paper as McGrady, 2007
The sections “WHAT POLICIES OUGHT TO BE ADVOCATED?” and “NEED FOR FURTHER RESEARCH” advocate a broader tobacco-control approach that recognises trade objectives and coordinates trade and health policy. But the paper does not discuss an Australian case or show how the message and its messengers evolved there; those parts of the attributed claim are unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.82)
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- Authors
- McGrady, B.
- Affiliations
- Cancer Council Victoria (AU)
- Corresponding author
- McGrady, Benn
- Venue
- Tobacco Control
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2007-07-24
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 280-283
- ISSN
- 0964-4563 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-3318
- PMC
- PMC2598543
- OpenAlex
- W2156679531
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Tobacco Control (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › World Trade Organization Law
- Keywords
- trade liberalization, tobacco control, tobacco use, trade agreements, Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
- MeSH terms
- Smoking Prevention, Commerce, Humans, International Cooperation, Research, Tobacco Industry
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