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Vested interests in addiction research and policy (...)
Date added: | 06/03/2013 |
Date modified: | 06/03/2013 |
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Full title: Vested interests in addiction research and policy. Why do we not see the corporate interests of the alcohol industry as clearly as we see those of the tobacco industry?
Author: Sally Casswell
The aim of this publication is to compare the current status of global alcohol corporations with tobacco in terms of their role in global governance and to document the process by which this difference has been achieved and the consequences for alcohol control policy.
Why corporate power is a public health priority
Date added: | 08/24/2012 |
Date modified: | 04/02/2013 |
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Author: Gerard Hastings (Institute for Social Marketing, University of Stirling and the Open University)
This BMJ article calls for a shake-up to public health, to revitalise the discipline, place the needed emphasis on the commercial determinants of poor health and take the lead in a move away from 'an abeyance to the corporate bottom line', with suggestions for key areas in which organisational and paradigm shifts are needed.
World Drug Report 2013
Date added: | 06/27/2013 |
Date modified: | 06/27/2013 |
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Author: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The World Drug Report 2013 presents a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in drug markets, covering production, trafficking, consumption and related health consequences. This year's report contains new global data on the number of people who inject drugs and those who inject drugs and are also living with HIV, showing progress and setbacks during the 2008-2011 period.