Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the European Union The Dilemmas of an Internal Market for Tobacco, Alcohol and Foods
Book contents
- Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the European Union
- Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
- Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the EU
- 2 Unhealthy Lifestyles as a Regulatory Object
- 3 EU Competence to Regulate Unhealthy Lifestyles
- 4 The Evolution of EU Lifestyle Regulation
- 5 The EU’s Lifestyle Toolbox
- Part II Unhealthy Lifestyles and the EU’s Internal Market Dilemmas
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Unhealthy Lifestyles as a Regulatory Object
from Part I - Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the EU
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2026
Book contents
- Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the European Union
- Cambridge Studies in European Law and Policy
- Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the European Union
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the EU
- 2 Unhealthy Lifestyles as a Regulatory Object
- 3 EU Competence to Regulate Unhealthy Lifestyles
- 4 The Evolution of EU Lifestyle Regulation
- 5 The EU’s Lifestyle Toolbox
- Part II Unhealthy Lifestyles and the EU’s Internal Market Dilemmas
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 lays the foundations for the study and further clarifies its scope. Unhealthy lifestyles are defined here as collective patterns of unhealthy behaviour, based on choices from options available to people according to their life chances. This definition highlights four key dimensions central to the book: the health risks associated with those behaviours, their consumable nature, their voluntary character and, finally, the relevance of social norms and structural factors. The chapter explores the health dimension in greater detail for each of the three categories of products studied here, tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods, clarifying the health risks to which consumers are exposed and introducing the central regulatory questions raised by each category.
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- Regulating Unhealthy Lifestyles in the European UnionThe Dilemmas of an Internal Market for Tobacco, Alcohol and Foods, pp. 17 - 39Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2026
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