Influencing the global governance of alcohol: Alcohol industry views in submissions to the WHO consultation for the Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030

O'Brien, Paula; Dwyer, Robyn; Gleeson, Deborah; Cook, Megan; Room, Robin

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104115

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“…1 One study of the alcohol industry’s tactics in the consultation processes of developing the GAAP found that industry arguments were similar to those used at national level. 17 That study found, unlike at the national level, little evidence of successful policy interference. 17 Further studies are warranted.…”

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Are we moving into a new era for alcohol policy globally? An analysis of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30

McCambridge,

Lesch

2024

BMJ Glob Health

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The Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30 (GAAP) represents an important milestone in policy implementation at the global level on alcohol and health. There has, however, been little attention paid to the GAAP in the research literature. With a focus on the alcohol industry, this analysis examines the content of, and prospects for, the GAAP. It is clear why stronger action on alcohol and health is needed. The health harming nature of alcohol and policy interference by industry are now clearly understood. The alcohol industry is now thus regarded primarily as a key part of the problem. The GAAP calls for action in six areas with specific roles for public health actors, and invites powerful industry actors to desist from harmful activities, within each area. The broad outline of what is expected of the alcohol industry is now clear. It remains unclear, however, how far countries will continue to face formidable opposition from the major alcohol companies and their surrogates, in adopting and implementing evidence-based measures. Governments must now act at speed, and it is unclear if the targets set for 2030 will be met. If this long-running public health policy failure continues, this will have dire consequences for low and middle income countries where the alcohol market is expanding. Stronger actions may also be needed.

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“… 17 That study found, unlike at the national level, little evidence of successful policy interference. 17 Further studies are warranted.…”

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Are we moving into a new era for alcohol policy globally? An analysis of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30

McCambridge,

Lesch

2024

BMJ Glob Health

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“…Existing evidence of the industry’s influence at the global level is, however, largely indirect. According to one study of the GAAP process, there is sparse evidence to suggest that industry arguments significantly influenced modifications to the action plan [ 8 ]. The authors, however, drew attention to the different drafts that existed throughout the process.…”

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“…First, we familiarised ourselves with the contexts surrounding the adoption of the GS and GAAP by collecting and analysing key precursor documents and associated literature. In so doing, we consulted the limited research on alcohol policy development at the global level [e.g., 8 – 10 , 22 , 62 – 69 ].…”

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“…These data were then placed into NVivo to facilitate thematic analysis. This comparative technique follows a similar approach employed by O’Brien and colleagues in their analysis of the alcohol industry’s submissions to consultations on the GAAP [ 8 ]. To examine the influence of industry arguments on policy, these authors compared the initial draft of the GAAP and the final version of the GAAP, examining the possible effects of industry arguments as found in the first publicly available consultation dataset [ 8 ].…”

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Continuities and change in alcohol policy at the global level: a documentary analysis of the 2010 Global Strategy for Reducing the Harmful Use of Alcohol and the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022–2030

Lesch,

McCambridge

2024

Global Health

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Background There are only two major statements which define alcohol policy development at the global level. There has not been any comparative analysis of the details of these key texts, published in 2010 and 2022 respectively, including how far they constitute similar or evolving approaches to alcohol harm. Methods Preparatory data collection involved examination of documents associated with the final policy statements. A thematic analysis across the two policy documents was performed to generate understanding of continuity and change based on comparative study. Study findings are interpreted in the contexts of the evolving conceptual and empirical literatures. Results Both documents exhibit shared guiding principles and identify similar governance challenges, albeit with varying priority levels. There is more emphasis on the high-impact interventions on price, availability and marketing in 2022, and more stringent targets have been set for 2030 in declaring alcohol as a public health priority therein, reflecting the action-oriented nature of the Plan. The identified roles of policy actors have largely remained unchanged, albeit with greater specificity in the more recent statement, appropriately so because it is concerned with implementation. The major exception, and the key difference in the documents, regards the alcohol industry, which is perceived primarily as a threat to public health in 2022 due to commercial activities harmful to health and because policy interference has slowed progress. Conclusions The adoption of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30 potentially marks a pivotal moment in global alcohol policy development, though it is unclear how fully it may be implemented. Perhaps, the key advances lie in advancing the ambitions of alcohol policy and clearly identifying that the alcohol industry should not be seen as any kind of partner in public health policymaking, which will permit progress to the extent that this influences what actually happens in alcohol policy at the national level.

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Industries, citizens, and non-governmental organizations’ positioning and arguments used in European Union initiatives for alcohol taxation and cross-border regulation

Baumann,

Leão

2024

International Journal of Drug Policy

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Influencing the global governance of alcohol: Alcohol industry views in submissions to the WHO consultation for the Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030

Cited by 4 publications

References 55 publications

Are we moving into a new era for alcohol policy globally? An analysis of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30

Are we moving into a new era for alcohol policy globally? An analysis of the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30

Continuities and change in alcohol policy at the global level: a documentary analysis of the 2010 Global Strategy for Reducing the Harmful Use of Alcohol and the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022–2030

Industries, citizens, and non-governmental organizations’ positioning and arguments used in European Union initiatives for alcohol taxation and cross-border regulation

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