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Lobbying from health harming industries must be addressed, report claims

3 mins read Diet and nutrition Alcohol and tobacco
Leading public health experts are calling on members of Parliament (MPs) to protect the health of their constituents and ‘wise up’ to lobbying tactics from businesses whose sales contribute to poor health. These include tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food and drinks.

The report from the Alcohol Health Alliance, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) has highlighted how these industries use shared strategies to delay or disrupt public health policies to protect their business models. Common tactics include downplaying the potential harms linked to their products, using legal threats, and creating misleading narratives about individual responsibility.

The report calls on MPs to:

Ian Gilmore, chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said, “Alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food are the three biggest killers in our society, with alcohol alone claiming 10,000 lives in 2022—the worst on record. Our national health and frontline services are at breaking point as a result.

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