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Dr. Connie Hoe, MSW, PhD, Assistant Professor, International Health Department, Health Systems Program, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, presents on Industry Inference with Public Health Policies.
Industry Interference in Public Health Policy:
People involved in policy making
Political elite
The State
Nonstate actors
Advocacy groups
Companies like tobacco promote policies detrimental to health
Commercial determinants of health: strategies and approaches used by the private sector to promote products and choices that are detrimental to health
Dynamics of commercial determinants: drivers, channels, outcomes
WHO FCTC adopted a resolution to protect policies from tobacco companies
Tobacco industry tactics: good image, influence, legal challenges
Control tactics: scientific evidence, exposing tactics, advocacy, alliances
Case study: Phillippines
Low-income country, high tobacco and alcohol usage
Sin Tax Reform Law
Indexed tobacco and alcohol taxes to inflation
Incremental revenues earmarked for health
The Global Burden of Road Traffic Deaths
Drunk driving laws important - not many countries have them
More investments and lobbying necessary
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