Expressive Freedom and Tobacco Advertising
A Canadian Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11028767 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher P Manfredi (The author is with the Department of Political Science, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 360-362 |
| Publication date | 2002-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.92.3.360 |
| PMID | 11867308 |
| OpenAlex | W1983004278 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In 1989, Canada enacted the Tobacco Products Control Act (TPCA), which prohibited tobacco advertising, required health warnings on tobacco packaging, and restricted promotional activities. Canada's tobacco companies challenged the TPCA's constitutionality, arguing that it infringed on freedom of expression. Although it seemed likely that the Canadian Supreme Court would uphold the legislation, in 1995 the court declared the impugned provisions to be unconstitutional. The decision is testimony to the constraining force of liberalism on tobacco regulation, but it is also evidence of the power of political will. While the Canadian government could have used the decision to justify withdrawing from further confrontations with powerful commercial interests, it chose instead to enact new tobacco control legislation in 1997
Advertising · Business · Constitutionality · Freedom of the press · Government (linguistics) · Legislation · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Public health · Supreme court · Tobacco control · Tobacco industry · Law · Law, Rights, and Freedoms · Medicine
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |