Abbreviations

AAR

Alliance of Australian Retailers

ABC

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ACCC

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

ALEC

American Legislative Exchange Council

AMA

Australian Medical Association

APEC

Asia-Pacific Economic cooperation

ARA

Australian Retailers Association

ASH

Action on Smoking and Health

BAT

British American Tobacco

BATA

British American Tobacco Australasia (and Australia)

BATCO

British American Tobacco Company

BIT

Bilateral Investment Treaty

BUGA UP

Billboard utilising graffitists against unhealthy promotion

CPI

consumer price index

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

FCTC

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

FOI

freedom of information

GATT

General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

IP

intellectual property

IPA

Institute of Public Affairs

ISDS

Investor-State Dispute Settlement

ITC

International Tobacco Control

MCDS

Ministerial Council on Drug Strategy

NARGA

National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia

NDSHS

National Drug Strategy Household Survey

NGO

non-government organisation

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

PEG

percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy

PMA

Philip Morris Asia

PML

Philip Morris Limited

PR

public relations

PWC

PriceWaterhouseCoopers

RJR

RJ Reynolds

TBT

Technical Barriers to Trade

TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership

TRIPS

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property

WHO

World Health Organization

WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization