This article adopts a multiple streams approach to examine the failure to implement
minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol in England. It demonstrates that the multiple streams …

The British government has been criticised for according industry interests too much weight
in alcohol policy-making. Consequently, it has been argued that alcohol strategy in the UK is …

Objective: This article describes the origins and purposes of alcohol industry “social aspects
organizations” as portrayed in internal tobacco industry documents. Method: We …

Abstract Aims The English Public Health Responsibility Deal (RD) is a public–private
partnership involving voluntary pledges between industry, government and other actors in …

Background There has been insufficient research attention to alcohol industry methods of
influencing public policies. With the exception of the tobacco industry, there have been few …

The article analyses the idealization of moderate alcohol consumption and of personal
responsibility for controlling drinking behaviour as a sociocultural solution for a central …

Improving lifestyles is thought to be one of the most effective means of reducing mortality
and morbidity in the developed world. However, despite decades of health promotion, there …

In 2006, D rinkaware was established as a charity in the United Kingdom following a
memorandum of understanding between the P ortman G roup and various UK government …

Despite a growing literature on corporations as political actors, relatively little is known about
how alcohol industry actors attempt to influence public policy. In the context of contemporary …

People living in poor areas suffer higher mortality than those in wealthy areas.
Environmental factors partly explain this association, including exposure to pollutants and …