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Title
Australian superannuation funds and tobacco investments: issues for DAR readers (letter)
Author/Creator
Walsh, Raoul A.;  Tzelepis, Flora;  Stojanovski, Elizabeth
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description
Calls for institutional investors to divest tobacco shareholdings threaten the industry's share values, publicise its bad behaviour and label it as a politically unacceptable ally. Recently, we drew attention to the finding that the tobacco investment practices of Australian superannuation (pension) funds were not aligned with their members' preferences. The issue of tobacco investments by superannuation funds is especially salient to those employed in the drug and alcohol field, given their commitment to reducing the burden of illness imposed by tobacco and other drugs. It represents an issue which straddles the boundary between their personal and professional lives.
Relation
Drug and Alcohol Review Vol. 28, Issue 4, p. 445-446
Publisher Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00095.x
Date
2009
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Keyword(s)
tobacco;  superannuation funds;  investments;  Australia
Resource Type
journal article
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/925080
Identifier
ISSN:0959-5236
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