Should we welcome food industry funding of public health research?

Should public health bodies stop commissioning research from market research companies that serve the tobacco industry?

Welcome to the first issue of Public Health Research & Practice.

Funding Public Agricultural Research

Should we use regulation to demand improved public health outcomes from industry? Yes.

1200 BMJ | 22 noveMBer 2008 | voluMe 337 Businesses might decide to use the methods described earlier to achieve their harm reduction goals. But they might use other means instead. Perhaps car companies will install breathalysers in all new vehicles. Tobacco companies might choose to subsidise smoking cessation programmes or simply raise the price of cigarettes. Junk food companies may embark o...

Health experts reject industry-backed funding for alcohol research.

TO THE EDITOR: The federal government is to be applauded for its decision to reintroduce the “alcopops” tax Bill to Parliament and to try to retain the $300 million raised so far for expenditure on services, programs and research to reduce alcoholrelated harm in Australia. The alcopops tax was paid by consumers in the form of higher retail prices, which will fall dramatically if the government ...