“I want to consume this product; should public health experts stop me?” — Yes

Harvey, Ken J

doi:10.5694/mja11.11074

Public health expert Ken Harvey believes that they should

In theory, allowing people to make their own choices about purchasing products, unfettered by a “nanny state”, sounds fine. However, this assumes that consumers can make informed, rational choices about the cost, risks and benefits of a given product, and that their decisions have no impact on others.

School of Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: ken.harvey@latrobe.edu.au

Competing interests:

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