Public health advocates and policy makers have long considered how to translate the successes of tobacco control measures to address alcohol abuse and the excessive consumption of ultra-processed and nutrient-poor foods. Correspondingly, the strategies adopted by tobacco companies to prevent or delay regulation often parallel those adopted by the alcohol and food industries. Philip Morris, a leading tobacco company, has recently used investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms as a new strategy to hinder or prevent tobacco control measures in the form of plain packaging requirements. The cases that followed may have implications for the development of novel consumption-control measures, like plain packaging laws, aimed at preventing non-communicable diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. This paper considers how the challenges to tobacco control measures through ISDS mechanisms could affect the development of consumption-control measures aimed at reducing alcohol abuse and unhealthy food consumption for non-communicable disease prevention. Using the recent ISDS challenges by Philip Morris as case studies, this paper draws out lessons and issues for the future development of consumption-control measures.

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投资者与国家之间的争端解决和烟草控制：对非传染性疾病预防和消费控制措施的启示

公共卫生倡导者和政策制定者长期以来一直在考虑如何转化控烟措施的成功经验，以解决酗酒和超加工和营养不良食品的过量消费问题。相应地，烟草公司为防止或延迟监管所采用的策略通常与酒精和食品行业所采用的策略平行。领先的烟草公司Philip Morris最近使用投资者与国家之间的争端解决（ISDS）机制作为一种以平装要求形式阻碍或预防烟草控制措施的新策略。随后发生的案件可能对制定旨在防止非传染性疾病（例如癌症和心血管疾病）的无装饰包装法（如无装饰包装法）产生影响。本文考虑了通过ISDS机制对烟草控制措施提出的挑战如何影响旨在减少酒精滥用和不健康食品消费以预防非传染病的消费控制措施的发展。本文以菲利普·莫里斯（Philip Morris）最近对ISDS的挑战为案例研究，为未来的消费控制措施发展提供了经验教训。