Evidence-Based Policy or Risk Minimisation? The Regulation of E-Cigarettes in Australia

Autor/in	Newman, Joshua
Titel	Evidence-Based Policy or Risk Minimisation? The Regulation of E-Cigarettes in Australia
Quelle	In: Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 15 (2018) 2, S.313-328 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-2648
Schlagwörter	Evidence Based Practice; Public Policy; Risk Management; Smoking; Foreign Countries; Policy Formation; Electronic Equipment; Federal Regulation; Federal Legislation; Public Health; Politics; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Ordnung; Risikomanagement; Rauchen; Ausland; Politische Betätigung; Elektronisches Gerät; Bundeskompetenz; Bundesrecht; Gesundheitswesen; Politik; Australien
Abstract	Theoretical discussions of evidence-based policy place primary importance on facts and values. However, there are situations in which policy must be made in the absence of facts and values. In this article, one such situation is investigated: the emergence of electronic cigarettes. This article reviews attempts to regulate e-cigarettes in Australia, a country with a history of international leadership on regulating tobacco cigarettes. The article concludes that Australian governments have not been following an evidence-based approach and, further, it suggests that these governments are instead content to minimise political risk by either taking no action or by adapting existing legislation. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01