Tobacco control in the EU-15 : the role of member states and the European Union
Studlar, Donley and Christensen, Kyle and Sitasari, Arnita (2011) Tobacco control in the EU-15 : the role of member states and the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 18 (5). pp. 728-745. ISSN 1350-1763 (https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2011.586801)
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Various explanations have been advanced for the adoption of increasingly restrictive tobacco control policies in Western democracies, usually based on an examination of individual instruments. Some of the more popular explanations are socioeconomic modernization, interest group politics, political institutions, government ideology and vertical diffusion from the European Union (EU). This paper uses statistical models to test explanations of tobacco control policy across 15 EU member states adopting instruments of Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policy (CPTC) over two decades. Socioeconomic modernization, economic interest groups and domestic political factors all play a role in policy. Although there is declining influence of pro-tobacco domestic constituencies, adoption of CPTC is still inhibited by corporatist practices in member states. Vertical policy diffusion through the EU has aided domestic sources of policy adoption, making tobacco control policy one of multi-level governance and enhancing its comprehensiveness.
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Item type: Article ID code: 44559 Dates: DateEvent2011Published11 July 2011Published OnlineSubjects: Political Science > Political theory
Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive MedicineDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 26 Aug 2013 14:45 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 10:28 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/44559