Analysis of Alcohol Industry Submissions against Marketing Regulation.

ABSTRACT: A growing body of literature points to the role of vested interests as a barrier to the implementation of effective public health policies. Corporate political activity by the alcohol industry is commonly used to influence policy and regulation. It is important for policy makers to be able to critique alcohol industry claims opposed to improved alcohol marketing regulation. The Australian National Preventive Health Agency reviewed alcohol marketing regulations in 2012 and stakeholders were invited to comment on them. In this study we used thematic analysis to examine submissions from the Australian alcohol industry, based on a system previously developed in relation to tobacco industry corporate political activity. The results show that submissions were a direct lobbying tactic, making cla

SUBMITTER: Martino FP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5261775 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature