Vested Interests in Addiction Research and Policy: The challenge corporate lobbying poses to reducing society's alcohol problems: Insights from UK evidence on minimum unit pricing

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-205

  Mccambridge, Jim ^a   Hawkins, Benjamin ^a   Holden, Chris ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol industry; Alcohol policy; Corporate; Lobbying

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; LOBBYING; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS;

EID: 84892439547     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12380     Document Type: Article

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