Middle-class Prussians rule over everyone else and now we can't even smoke in outdoor cafés anymore. David Eberhard meets tobacco representatives, researchers, representatives of non-profit organizations and politicians in a garden in Visby during the Almedalen policy week. They are trying to find out whether it is possible to pursue public health policy without it becoming an elitist, middle-class moralism that stigmatizes people who do not exercise enough, smoke, drink and eat too much and wrong.
WHO Guidelines Lead to Poorer EU Decisions – Discussion in Almedalen
The WHO wants to limit contact between politicians and companies in the alcohol, food, and tobacco sectors. But what happens to the quality of political decisions when those affected by the regulations are no longer allowed to have their say?
