Voon, Tania; Mitchell, D. Andrew; Liberman, Jonathan; Ayres, Glyn --- "Public Health and Plain Packaging of Cigarettes" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) [2012] ELECD 802

Editor(s): Voon, Tania; Mitchell, D. Andrew; Liberman, Jonathan; Ayres, Glyn

Title: Public Health and Plain Packaging of Cigarettes

Sub-title: Legal Issues

Topics: Health Law; Intellectual Property Law; International Economic Law, Trade Law; International Investment Law; Public International Law

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 31 August 2012

Number of pages: 288

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857939425

EISBN: 9781781952177

Abstract/Description:

Tobacco use represents a critical global health challenge. The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco kills nearly 6 million people a year, with the toll expected to rise to 8 million annually over the next two decades. This detailed book, written by health and legal experts from institutions around the globe, examines legal issues arising from Australia’s world-first introduction of mandatory plain packaging of tobacco products.

The book offers an in-depth exploration of relevant domestic and international legal questions in fields such as intellectual property, constitutional law, health, trade and investment. The authors’ analysis sheds light on broader questions relating to the capacity of governments to regulate tobacco products and the tobacco industry, and to regulate in the interests of public health more generally. The answers to these questions are of vital interest not only to Australia but also to the international community, with states’ regulatory sovereignty increasingly being challenged in local and international courts and tribunals.

This timely study is designed to assist international organisations, NGOs, policymakers, and scholars in law, medicine and health-related areas. Health professionals and advisors will also find much of interest here.