Assessing alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards: the International Alcohol Control Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The alcohol industry uses many of the tobacco industry's strategies to influence policy-making, yet unlike the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, there is no intergovernmental guidance on protecting policies from alcohol industry influence. Systematic assessment of alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards is also lacking. Here, we aimed to identify the nature and extent of industry penetration in a cross-section of jurisdictions. Using these data, we suggested ways to protect alcohol policies and policy-makers from undue industry influence.

Methods

As part of the International Alcohol Control Study, researchers from 24 jurisdictions documented whether 22 indicators of alcohol industry penetration and government safeguards were present or absent

SUBMITTER: Leung JYY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11590778 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature