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INTRODUCTION Commercial Speech and the Commercial Determinants of Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2022

Amandine Garde  and
Oscar A. Cabrera
Amandine Garde
Affiliation:
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM
Oscar A. Cabrera
Affiliation:
O’NEIL INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL AND GLOBAL HEALTH LAW, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC, USA
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Abstract

This article introduces a symposium that aims to identify and critically assess the legal strategies of the tobacco, alcohol, and food and beverage industries which rest on freedom of expression arguments.

Keywords

Commercial SpeechDeterminants of HealthAdvertisingTobaccoAlcoholFood and Beverage
Type
Symposium Articles
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 50 , Issue 2: Commercial Speech and Commercial Determinants of Health , Summer 2022 , pp. 212 - 215
Copyright
© 2022 The Author(s)

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