Alcopops: State by State Battle to End Corporate Tax Fraud
Simon Rosen and Michele Simon from the Marin Institute describe how Alcopops, sweetened alcohol beverages, slip through a US corporate tax loophole, allowing the drinks to be marketed like beer. They call for the reclassification of alcopops as an alcohol spirit and provide an analysis of the potential health benefits of such a change.
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Restoring Scientific Integrity in Washington 2009
CHW covers the recent Washington conference, Rejuvenating Public Sector Science, where scientists, congress people, commissioners and others convened to address the need for scientific integrity in public policy development. This report covers the conference and takes a look at the presidential candidates' plans to restore science to the national policy process and re-establish guidelines for ethical science.
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New Reports on Food, Alcohol and Tobacco Marketing
In the last few months, government and advocacy organizations have released new reports on the impact of tobacco marketing, inequities in how grocery chains serve low-income neighborhoods, and the alcohol industry's compliance with its own voluntary guidelines. To help readers keep up, we summarize some of this summer's publications and provide links to the full reports.
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EcoDriving USA
This month CHW profiles EcoDriving, an auto industry campaign launched over the summer when driving prices were at their highest. Our report describes the campaign, analyzes the auto industry's motivation for launching it now and looks at the presidential candidates' stance on energy policy.
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