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Challenging Big Tobacco's interference in trade policy: International advocacy approaches for advancing local health
Though trade presents an immense problem for global public health, it is also an incredible opportunity for local action. The United States, as the host of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, has the power to exclude deadly products like tobacco entirely from the agreement. This presentation will demonstrate the tobacco industry's history of and ongoing efforts to use trade and investment to undermine public health. Moreover, the presentation will explore case studies of successful efforts to counter the industry's efforts to undermine health through trade policy and future opportunities for advocacy.
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Learning Objectives:
Describe the tobacco industry’s interference in international trade policy.
Evaluate opportunities for advancing trade policies that support public health.
Discuss case studies of successful advocacy efforts that counter tobacco industry interference in policymaking.
Keywords: Advocacy, Tobacco Industry
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: As Director of the Challenge Big Tobacco Campaign at Corporate Accountability International, I oversee advocacy efforts to challenge the tobacco industry's influence in international and local policymaking. As a coordinating member of the Network for Accountability of Tobacco Transnationals (NATT), I also oversee a global grassroots network of public health, human rights, environmental, and faith-based NGOs in almost 50 countries dedicated to protecting health policy from the vested interests of the tobacco industry.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.