Alcohol harm reduction: corporate capture of a key concept

Jim McCambridge; Kypros Kypri; Colin Drummond; John Strang

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001767

Alcohol harm reduction: corporate capture of a key concept

PLoS Med. 2014 Dec 9;11(12):e1001767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001767. eCollection 2014 Dec.

Authors

Jim McCambridge¹, Kypros Kypri², Colin Drummond³, John Strang³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
² Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.
³ King's College London, National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

Jim McCambridge and colleagues reflect on how the concept of harm reduction may be being usurped by the alcohol industry. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Alcohol Drinking / adverse effects
Ethanol / adverse effects
Harm Reduction*
Health Policy
Humans
Public Health

Substances

Ethanol

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding