# Tobacco Companies, Public Policy and Global Health

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# Tobacco Companies, Public Policy and Global Health

## (The Tobacco Industry, Public Health and the Global Economy)

**Researchers:** Dr Chris Holden (York Principal Investigator), Reader, School for Business and Society, University of York\
**Co-investigators:** Professor Kelley Lee (Simon Fraser University, Canada, global PI),  Professor Thomas Novotny (San Diego State University, USA), Dr Ben Hawkins (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK), Dr Ross MacKenzie (Macquarie University, Australia) \
**Funder:** US National Institutes of Health\
**Duration:** 2013 -2018

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This project analysed how the tobacco industry has been affected by and has adapted to economic globalization; and conversely, how the world economy has been shaped by industry influences.

Research focused on four key themes: (a) how the tobacco industry has sought to influence trade and investment policy at the national, regional and global levels, and how this has benefitted industry strategies to restructure and expand worldwide; (b) how the illicit tobacco trade has been a key component of broader corporate strategies to adapt to, shape and operate within an increasingly globalized world economy; (c) how tobacco companies have restructured within a changing world economy; and (d) how corporations should be governed within a globalized world economy to ensure the protection and promotion of population health.

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Contact [Dr Chris Holden](https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/people/chris-holden/) for more information.

### Associated Research

**[The Battle for Standardised Cigarette Packaging in Europe](https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030310332)**-**Multi-Level Governance, Policy Transfer and the Integrated Strategy of the Global Tobacco Industry**