Addiction industry studies: Understanding how proconsumption influences block effective interventions

P.J. Adams

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 4, e35-e38

Abstract: The legalized consumption of products with addiction potential, such as tobacco and alcohol, contributes in myriad ways to poor physical and mental health and to deterioration in social well-being. These impacts are well documented, as are a range of public health interventions that are demonstrably effective in reducing harm. I have discussed the capacity for the profits from these substances to be deployed in ways that block or divert resources from interventions knownto be effective. Addiction industry studies constitute a new and previously neglected area of research focusing specifically on understanding the salient relationships that determine policy and regulation. This understanding will increase the odds of adopting effective interventions.

Keywords: addiction; alcoholic beverage; article; commercial phenomena; conflict of interest; ethics; financial management; food industry; gambling; human; medical research; policy; public health; risk factor; social behavior; standard; tobacco industry, Alcoholic Beverages; Behavior, Addictive; Biomedical Research; Commerce; Conflict of Interest; Food Industry; Gambling; Humans; Public Health; Public Policy; Research Support as Topic; Risk Factors; Social Responsibility; Substance-Related Disorders; Tobacco Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.301151

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