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To date, there have been relatively few studies comparing corporate political activity (CPA) across UCIs, especially comparing the alcohol and gambling industries.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>A comparative and inductive thematic analysis of alcohol and gambling industry submissions to two House of Lords (HoL) inquiries in the UK was conducted. Themes in the framing, arguments and strategies used by the alcohol and gambling industries in CPA were compared.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Alcohol and gambling industry responses largely used the same framings, both in terms of the problems and solutions. This included arguing that harms are only experienced by a \u2018minority\u2019 of people, emphasising individual responsibility and shifting blame for harms to other industry actors. They promoted targeted or localised solutions to these harms, in place of more effective population level solutions, and emphasised the perceived harms of introducing regulation not in the industries\u2019 interests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>These findings are consistent with previous literature suggesting that UCIs use the same framing and arguments to shape the narrative around their harms and solutions to those harms. This study also identified novel strategies such as shifting blame of harms to other industry actors. Policy makers should be aware of these strategies to avoid undue industry influence on policy decisions and understanding commonalities in strategies may help to inform more effective public health responses across all UCIs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/eurpub\/ckad018","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,28]],"date-time":"2023-02-28T05:30:25Z","timestamp":1677562225000},"page":"305-311","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A comparative study of industry responses to government consultations about alcohol and gambling in the UK"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"33","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7308-4020","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Saloni","family":"Bhuptani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"LSHTM, Faculty of Public Health and Policy , London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3492-6402","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sadie","family":"Boniface","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Alcohol Studies , London, UK"},{"name":"Addictions Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King\u2019s College , London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katherine","family":"Severi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Alcohol Studies , London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Greg","family":"Hartwell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LSHTM, Faculty of Public Health and Policy , London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth","family":"McGill","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LSHTM, Faculty of Public Health and Policy , London, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023040108410419000_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e003543","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjgh-2020-003543","article-title":"The case for developing a cohesive systems approach to research across unhealthy commodity industries","volume":"6","author":"Knai","year":"2021","journal-title":"BMJ Glob Health"},{"key":"2023040108410419000_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"74","DOI":"10.1186\/s12992-020-00607-x","article-title":"An overview of the commercial determinants of health","volume":"16","author":"Mialon","year":"2020","journal-title":"Global Health"},{"key":"2023040108410419000_","first-page":"1550","article-title":"A framing analysis of consultation submissions on the WHO global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol: values and interests","volume":"11","author":"Rinaldi","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int J Heal Policy Manag"},{"key":"2023040108410419000_","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1111\/add.13048","article-title":"How does the alcohol industry attempt to influence marketing regulations? 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