The 131st Annual Meeting (November 15-19, 2003) of APHA

Abstract #74085

Amy N. Fairweather, JD, Injury Prevention Policy, Trauma Foundation, San Francisco General Hospital, Building 1, Room 300, San Francisco, CA 94110, (415)821-8209, amyf@tf.org

International trade agreements are seriously affecting injury control worldwide. Consumer product safety and regulatory control are key tools for injury prevention. Increasingly, trade agreements have the power to nullify existing regulatory standards and to chill development of future injury control efforts. The legal structures which govern "trade-accepted" regulatory policy are developed and executed without public input in supra-national private forums. This presentation will review the elements of GATS, WTO and NAFTA which are damaging to public health, especially with regard to alcohol, tobacco and firearm policy.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will be able to:
• Identify the injury control measures that are subject to trade agreements.
• Consider the importance of maintaining regulations regarding distribution of alcohol, tobacco and firearms.
• Discuss the health implications of trade agreements.

Keywords: Injury Control, Economic Analysis

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.