TY - JOUR
T1 - Evidence-Based Policy or Risk Minimisation?
T2 - The Regulation of E-Cigarettes in Australia
AU - Newman, Joshua
PY - 2019/5
Y1 - 2019/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - E-cigarettes
KW - Evidence-based policy
KW - Research utilisation
KW - Australia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071729081&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1332/174426417X15003701847639
DO - 10.1332/174426417X15003701847639
M3 - Review article
VL - 15
SP - 313
EP - 328
JO - Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice
JF - Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice
SN - 1744-2648
IS - 2
ER -