Tobacco Tax Increases: A Discourse Analysis of the French Print and Web News Media from 2000 to 2020.

ABSTRACT: Lobbying led by the tobacco industry and tobacconists is a barrier to reducing smoking prevalence in France. Here, we analyze the discourse of the tobacco industry and other key actors (public health agencies, politicians, etc.) in the French general-audience news media from 2000 to 2020 around tobacco tax increases, which is one of the most effective tobacco control measures, especially amongst youth. We queried Europresse (a European news media and specialized press database) using the keywords "increase", "price or taxes", and "tobacco or cigarettes", and found 5409 topic-relevant articles, from which we extracted 8015 arguments for or against the measure. In total,64.3% were against the measure (mostly on grounds of "ufueling the black market"), 32.1% were for the measure (mostly claim

SUBMITTER: Geindreau D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9691216 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature