The Nature, Scope, and Development of the Global Tobacco Control Epistemic Community

Bibliographic Data

ID11037593
AuthorsHadii M Mamudu (0000-0002-3304-5577, At the time of the study, Hadii M. Mamudu was with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. MariaElena Gonzalez and Stanton Glantz are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.), Mariaelena Gonzalez (0000-0001-5078-6759, At the time of the study, Hadii M. Mamudu was with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. MariaElena Gonzalez and Stanton Glantz are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.), Stanton A Glantz (0000-0003-4620-6672, University of California, San Francisco), Stanton Glantz (At the time of the study, Hadii M. Mamudu was with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco. MariaElena Gonzalez and Stanton Glantz are with the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco.)
Year2011
Volume101
Issue11
Pages2044-2054
Publication date2011-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300303
PMID21940926
PMCIDPMC3207640
OpenAlexW2032135681
LanguageEN
Citations received27
References cited73

Over the past 50 years, tobacco control has been transformed from a national to a global issue, becoming institutionalized in the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the first international public health treaty negotiated under the auspices of the WHO. The global tobacco control epistemic community, a worldwide network of professionals with a common interpretation of the science in tobacco use and control, has contributed to this transformation. We investigated the development, structure, and function of this community through interviews and archival documents. Professionals in the community are bound by values and consensual knowledge developed after years of contentious debates undergirded their activities. Although these professionals play multiple roles, they recognize that scientific evidence should inform advocacy and policy activities. Public health professionals should continue to strengthen the links between science and advocacy for policy while being vigilant against industry efforts to undermine the scientific evidence on tobacco use and control

Control (management) · Convention · Epistemic community · Interpretation (philosophy) · Management · Political science · Politics · Public health · Public relations · Scope (computer science) · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Tobacco control · Tobacco industry · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Law · Medicine · Public Administration

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