Although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society there is growing
evidence that the products and practices of some commercial actors—notably the largest …

Background The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control makes a number of
recommendations aimed at restricting the marketing of tobacco products. Tobacco industry …

The tobacco industry's future depends on increasing tobacco use in low-income and middle-
income countries (LMICs), which face a growing burden of tobacco-related disease, yet …

This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy,
employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It …

Background Tobacco industry interference has been identified as the greatest obstacle to
the implementation of evidence-based measures to reduce tobacco use. Understanding and …

Since scholarly interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has primarily focused on the
synergies between social and economic performance, our understanding of how (and the …

Science has been at the centre of attempts by major industries, including tobacco, chemical,
and pharmaceutical, to delay progress in tackling threats to human and planetary health by …

Abstract Background The Global Burden of Disease estimates that approximately a third of
deaths worldwide are attributable to behavioural risk factors that, at their core, have the …

Objectives Most non-communicable diseases are preventable and largely driven by the
consumption of harmful products, such as tobacco, alcohol, gambling and ultra-processed …

In this paper we explore five recent cases of regulatory capture in Europe and zoom in on a
form of corporate penetration which is based on a strategic use of the image and legitimacy …