The Spanish experience of public-private partnerships with the drinks and food industries

Gornall shows how the drinks industry strongly influences public health policy.1 It seems that the public health responsibility deal favoured corporations by giving them privileged access to the health policy table and the opportunity to co-finance government health promotion campaigns. The Spanish government may be following a similar path.

On 19 December 2013 the Ministry of Health launched an underage drinking prevention campaign funded by the Spanish Spirits Federation. …