Tobacco industry globalization and global health governance: towards an interdisciplinary research agenda.

ABSTRACT: Shifting patterns of tobacco production and consumption, and the resultant disease burden worldwide since the late twentieth century, prompted efforts to strengthen global health governance through adoption of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. While the treaty is rightfully considered an important achievement, to address a neglected public health issue through collective action, evidence suggests that tobacco industry globalization continues apace. In this article, we provide a systematic review of the public health literature and reveal definitional and measurement imprecision, ahistorical timeframes, transnational tobacco companies and the state as the primary units and levels of analysis, and a strong emphasis on agency as opposed to structural power. Drawing on the study of

SUBMITTER: Lee K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5409523 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature