Why ex-pollies could be a health hazard
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Ex-politicians may be a health hazard when they turn lobbyist and use their insider knowledge to promote the interests of the food, alcohol and gambling industries, researchers say.
This “revolving door” between politics and business undermines the creation of evidence-based health policy, unfairly favouring the interests of industry over the public’s needs, according to a study in Public Health Research and Practice.