Adapting the MPOWER policy framework for fossil fuels and public health: reflections on content and process

T. Keller; I. Braithwaite; A. Brook; J. Beagley; S. Narayan; T. A. Deivanayagam

doi:10.1177/17579139251342161

Adapting the MPOWER policy framework for fossil fuels and public health: reflections on content and process

T. Keller
, I. Braithwaite
, A. Brook
, J. Beagley
, S. Narayan
, T. A. Deivanayagam

Department for Health

UK Faculty of Public Health
University College London
Global Climate and Health Alliance

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Abstract

We argue in the paper that there is much to learn from previous public health advocacy and action against health-harming industries, such as tobacco, through a ‘Commercial Determinants of Health’ (CDoH) lens. The MPOWER framework is an example of work in tobacco control field which has been a valuable and cross-cutting framework used to guide and support tobacco policy implementation and prioritisation since its development in 2008, contributing to progress in reducing smoking rates and associated morbidity and mortality.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	302-305
Number of pages	4
Journal	Perspectives in Public Health
Volume	145
Issue number	6 Special Issue: The Climate Crisis is a Public Health Crisis
Early online date	28 Jun 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139251342161
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2025

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© Royal Society for Public Health 2025. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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Acknowledgements

We thank the Faculty of Public Health’s Sustainable Development Special Interest Group for their support and contributions. We also thank Anna Gilmore for her input

Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: TAD declares being funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Doctoral Fellowship (NIHR303268) focusing on fossil fuels and health inequalities.

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Adapting the MPOWER policy framework for fossil fuels and public health: reflections on content and process

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