Department of Health Behaviour and Education, Center for Research on Population and Health, American University Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tob Control. 2009 Aug;18(4):310-6. doi: 10.1136/tc.2008.029405.
This article outlines how the tobacco industry has undermined tobacco control efforts in Lebanon since the early 1970s.
An analysis of online and on-site tobacco industry documents, reviews of newspapers, policy and other documents, and interviews with key policy makers were conducted.
Findings reveal how the weakness of tobacco control legislation in Lebanon has been the product of an effective tobacco industry strategy to weaken the content and scope of regulation, and delay adoption and implementation.
The tobacco industry has built and maintained strong alliances that were and are regularly mobilised to effectively oppose regulation. Despite ratification of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in 2005, Lebanon's tobacco control track remains weak. Public health professionals and the government should work hard to oppose such tobacco industry tactics.
本文概述了自 20 世纪 70 年代初以来,烟草业如何破坏黎巴嫩的烟草控制工作。
对在线和现场烟草业文件、报纸评论、政策和其他文件进行分析,并对主要政策制定者进行采访。
调查结果显示,黎巴嫩烟草控制立法的薄弱是烟草业削弱监管内容和范围、延迟通过和实施的有效战略的产物。
烟草业建立并维持了强大的联盟,这些联盟经常被动员起来,以有效地反对监管。尽管黎巴嫩于 2005 年批准了世界卫生组织烟草控制框架公约,但该国的烟草控制工作仍然薄弱。公共卫生专业人员和政府应努力反对此类烟草业策略。