The preceding assessment highlights prospects for a more thorough understanding through an interdisciplinary research agenda, even though tobacco industry globalization has gained well-deserved attention within the public health community, strengthening the evidence base for collective action. IPE and business studies are two disciplines that can be used to do this since they both have a strong focus on globalization.
Definitions of the globalization of the tobacco industry should be made clearer because it covers a greater geographic area and secures economic gains.