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Abstract

Objective

To understand how food laws are used, contested and interpreted to ban certain forms of chewing tobacco in India.

Methods

A qualitative study analysing all the tobacco-related litigation under the food laws in India. We used an inductive thematic analysis of the litigation contents.

Results

The tobacco industry systematically deployed litigation to (1) challenge the categorisation of smokeless tobacco products as food, and hence, questioned the use of food laws for regulating these products; (2) challenge the regulatory power of the state government in banning tobacco products via the food laws; and (3) challenge the applicability of the general food laws that enabled stricter regulations beyond what is prescribed under the tobacco-specific law.

Conclusion

Despite facing several legal challenges from the tobacco industry, Indian states optimised food laws to enable stricter regulations on smokeless tobacco products than were feasible through use of a tobacco-specific law.

Details

Title
Strategic and contested use of food laws to ban smokeless tobacco products in India: a qualitative analysis of litigation
Author
Dsouza, Riddhi 1 ; Bhojani, Upendra 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Cluster on Chronic Health Conditions & Public Policy, Institute of Public Health, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India 
Pages
275-279
Section
Original research
Publication year
2023
Publication date
May 2023
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
ISSN
09644563
e-ISSN
14683318
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2803511008
Copyright
© 2023 Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ . Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.