Strategic and contested use of food laws to ban smokeless tobacco products in India: a qualitative analysis of litigation.
Tob Control
; 32(3): 275-279, 2023 05.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To understand how food laws are used, contested and interpreted to ban certain forms of chewing tobacco in India.METHODS:
A qualitative study analysing all the tobacco-related litigation under the food laws in India. We used an inductive thematic analysis of the litigation contents.RESULTS:
The tobacco industry systematically deployed litigation to (1) challenge the categorisation of smokeless tobacco products as food, and hence, questioned the use of food laws for regulating these products; (2) challenge the regulatory power of the state government in banning tobacco products via the food laws; and (3) challenge the applicability of the general food laws that enabled stricter regulations beyond what is prescribed under the tobacco-specific law.CONCLUSION:
Despite facing several legal challenges from the tobacco industry, Indian states optimised food laws to enable stricter regulations on smokeless tobacco products than were feasible through use of a tobacco-specific law.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tabaco sin Humo
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Industria del Tabaco
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Productos de Tabaco
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tob Control
Asunto de la revista:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
India