title: To what extent does a tobacco carve-out protect public health in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement?
abstract: In November 2015, negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement came to a close with the release of the final text. It included an optional carve-out (exclusion) for tobacco control measures from the TPP's investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. Despite the apparent 'win' for the field of tobacco control, the limited scope of the carve-out provides only partial protection for public health regulatory measures.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation, University of New South Wales, a member of the Ingham Institute, Sydney, Australia, k.hirono@unsw.edu.au.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirono
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gleeson
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Becky
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D038622:Internationality; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D062789:Tobacco Products