Abstract
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Processed Food Industries - Why Do Public Health Practitioners View Them So Differently?
Highlights
The epidemiological transition, the shift from infectious to chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is well advanced in most European countries
Public health is inevitably confronted with the question of how to interact with commercial interests when it comes to tackling the NCD epidemic
Many public health officials consider dealing with the processed food, soft drink, and alcohol industries as normal practice, treating them as legitimate partners in improving population health [3]
Summary
The epidemiological transition, the shift from infectious to chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), is well advanced in most European countries. What is the rationale behind such different approaches to dealing with these industries, given that their products have a significant adverse impact on population health and their business strategies use similar approaches when it comes to marketing, product design, policy influence, and challenging evidence of harm [4, 5]?
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