Epistemic communities and the global alliance against tobacco marketing

Mukherjee, Amit; Ekanayake, E. M.

doi:10.1002/tie.20260

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“…The SDG 17 aims to strengthen global partnerships in support of the Sustainable Development Agenda. In recent decades, such partnerships have become a driver of tobacco control progress and given rise to an increasingly cohesive international epistemic tobacco control community [57]. The ability of local health advocates to tap into such international tobacco control networks, along with a good understanding of the local context, seem to have underpinned the ability to implement stringent tobacco control provisions in LMICs [58][59][60][61][62].…”

Section: Tobacco Industry Attempts To Hijack the Sustainable Developmmentioning

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Tobacco control and sustainable development: shared challenges and future opportunities

Matthes¹,

Zatoński²

2019

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In recent years, scholars and public health officials have increasingly perceived tobacco as a threat to sustainable development. This article explores how stronger tobacco control efforts can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. Most obviously, given that tobacco use and exposure account for over 7.2 million deaths annually, tobacco control is a fundamental prerequisite for achieving SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being. However, the article also shows how tobacco is, among others, a driver of poverty and inequalities, a threat to sustainable economic growth, a challenge to the environment, and an obstacle to good governance. In effect, tobacco hinders progress on a host of other SDGs. Particular emphasis is placed on SDG 17: Partnership for the goals. While tobacco control partnerships for the past decades have helped attain public health progress globally, there is a risk of this SDG being hijacked by the tobacco industry and other corporate actors, who use it as a tool to justify the proliferation of public-private partnerships. Finally, the article calls for greater cross-disciplinary thinking and closer collaboration between tobacco control and development scholars, which could be crucial in designing successful tobacco control interventions in low-and middle-income countries, and could help achieve the Sustainable Development Agenda.

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Section: Tobacco Industry Attempts To Hijack the Sustainable Developmmentioning

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Tobacco control and sustainable development: shared challenges and future opportunities

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Zatoński²

2019

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“…Issues such as the establishment of low or vague standards, loopholes, and voluntary participation have hindered real progress (Ronit & Jensen, ). Many argue that some degree of outside regulation is necessary because the conflicts of interest are too great to overcome (Ronit & Jensen, ; Mukherjee & Ekanayake, ).…”

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“…It took 40 years for a worldwide epistemic community, encompassing medical professionals, academics, economists, and politicians with a shared perspective and common cause, to become strong and vocal enough to take on this special interest group. Tobacco was finally recognized as a global problem, and a treaty known as the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was passed by the member countries of the World Health Organization (Mukherjee & Ekanayake, ). Some believe the needs of the shareholders will ultimately be prioritized over the needs of other stakeholders and the conflict of interest is too great to expect the industry to do the right thing.…”

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Coca‐Cola and the Fight against the Global Obesity Epidemic

Gertner

Rifkin

2017

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Coca-Cola, the century-old iconic brand associated with bringing happiness and harmony, is facing an ethical and fi nancial dilemma as it attempts to balance its corporate needs with those of society. The soft drink industry as a whole, and Coke in particular, has received harsh criticism for contributing to the global obesity epidemic. Rising health concerns among consumers have resulted in a continuous decline in soda consumption in some key international markets. Considered one of the leading global brands and among the most admired corporations, Coca-Cola claims it supports the fi ght against obesity, sponsoring campaigns, research, and initiatives to promote physical activities. However, critics assert the company has used deception and undue infl uence to dismiss the harmful effects of soda, similar to the tactics of the tobacco industry. Forced to respond to mounting criticism, Coca-Cola must navigate between meeting shareholder demands and maintaining its reputation as a socially responsible organization. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. 2015a ). Identifying the causes and grasping the complexity of this epidemic is far more challenging than merely describing it.Numerous biological, chemical, psychological, and social factors have been associated with overweight and obesity, including lifestyle, level of physical activity, the environment, genes, family history, health conditions, medicine, smoking, age, pregnancy, lack of sleep, and emotional state (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Insti- CASE STUDY

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“…Rather than facing competitor companies in disputes over policy, as in the classic view of trade disputes (Baron, 1997), morally suspect industries face counteractive lobbying from civil society actors like NGOs, doctors and academics. This ‘epistemic community’ militating against tobacco has had a significant impact on regulation, securing stronger domestic and international tobacco control policies, in spite of extensive efforts by tobacco companies to avoid them (Mukherjee and Ekanayake 2009). …”

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Smoke screen? The globalization of production, transnational lobbying and the international political economy of plain tobacco packaging

Curran

Eckhardt

2017

Review of International Political Economy

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In 2012 Australia became the first country in the world to introduce plain tobacco packaging in an effort to reduce tobacco consumption. This move was vehemently opposed by the tobacco industry, which challenged it on several levels: nationally, bilaterally and multilaterally at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The political behavior of the tobacco companies in this case is puzzling both in terms of scale, operating at multiple levels at the same time and in terms of the countries mobilized in their defence. WTO litigation is typically the result of Multi National Enterprises (MNEs) lobbying their own government, but here third countries were mobilized. Lobbying in third country contexts, with the objective of accessing multilateral dispute settlement systems, has been little studied. We thus know very little about the driving factors behind such activities, how target governments are selected and what lobbying strategies are used. This paper draws on emerging research on transnational lobbying and a case study of the PP case to explore these issues in detail and, by doing so, aims to further our theoretical understanding of the political economy of international trade in the context of increasing regime complexity and globalization of production.

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Epistemic communities and the global alliance against tobacco marketing

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

Tobacco control and sustainable development: shared challenges and future opportunities

Tobacco control and sustainable development: shared challenges and future opportunities

Coca‐Cola and the Fight against the Global Obesity Epidemic

Smoke screen? The globalization of production, transnational lobbying and the international political economy of plain tobacco packaging

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