Smith, M. J. , Patterson, C. , Buckton, C. and Hilton, S. (2023) Implementation of the polluter pay’s principle in tobacco control in the UK: A stakeholder analysis. BMC Public Health, 23, 2271. (doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17219-w) (PMID:37978482) (PMCID:PMC10657032)
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Abstract
Background The polluter’s pay principle (PPP) aims to internalise external costs and assign liability to the polluter for the harmful cost of their products to society. Tobacco companies continue to manufacture and sell harmful cigarettes, earning billions in profits each year from these products. Meanwhile, governments and their people are left to ‘clean up’ and deal with the detrimental health consequences. This paper explores with expert stakeholders how the PPP could be implemented within the context of tobacco control in the United Kingdom (UK). Methods Twenty-four semi-structured interviews and two follow-up discussion groups were conducted with UK and international experts on tobacco control, public health, economics, or law from the academic, public, private and third sector. Participants considered the facilitators and barriers to implementing the PPP to tobacco control in the UK. Thematic analysis was employed, aided by NVivo 12, and data were compared to examine the views expressed by the different types of experts. Results Stakeholders favoured the implementation of the PPP in the context of tobacco control and indicated that it could be acceptable and feasible to implement and that it would likely have support from policymakers and the public alike. Stakeholders unanimously agreed that any legislation and administration should be free from tobacco industry influence; however, differences arose concerning who should oversee the implementation. Conclusion The PPP from environmental law was predominantly seen as an approach that could be usefully applied to the tobacco industry. However, there is no one size fits all template, therefore its implementation would need to be adapted to fit the UK context.
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| Additional Information: | MS acknowledges funding from Cancer Research UK grant PPRCTAGPJT\100003. CB, CP and SH are funded by the Medical Research Council grant MC_UU_00022/1, the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates grant SPHSU17, and Cancer Research UK grant PPRCTAGPJT\100003. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Hilton, Professor Shona and Buckton, Christina and Patterson, Dr Chris and Smith, Dr Marissa |
| Creator Roles: | Smith, M.Data curation, Visualization, Writing – original draft Patterson, C.Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review and editing Buckton, C.Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review and editing Hilton, S.Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review and editing |
| Authors: | Smith, M. J., Patterson, C., Buckton, C., and Hilton, S. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > MRC/CSO SPHSU |
| Journal Name: | BMC Public Health |
| Publisher: | BioMed Central |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1471-2458 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023 |
| First Published: | First published in BMC Public Health 23: 2271 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons licence |
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