OBJECTIVE To examine an industry funded and controlled study of in flight air quality (IFAQ). METHODS Systematic search of internal tobacco industry documents available on the internet and at the British American Tobacco Guildford Depository. RESULTS Individuals from several tobacco industry companies, led by Philip Morris, designed, funded, conducted, and controlled the presentation of res...

The tobacco industry first began to promote the idea that a minority of smokers are ‘genetically predisposed’ to lung cancer in the 1950s. We used tobacco industry documents available as a result of litigation to investigate the role of the tobacco industry in funding the ‘scientific bandwagon’ described by Fujimura, in which genetics has come to dominate the cancer research agenda. From 1990-1...

By W. W. GARNER, Physiologist in Charge, J. E. MCMURTRëY, Assistant, C. W. BACON, Assistant Physiologist, Tobacco and Plant Nutrition Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, and E. G. Moss, Assistant, Tobacco and Plant Nutrition Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, and Assistant Director, Tobacco Branch Sta...

Evidence of the causal role of marketing in the tobacco epidemic and the advent of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control have inspired more than half the countries in the world to ban some forms of tobacco marketing. This paper briefly describes the ways in which cigarette marketing is restricted and the tobacco industry's efforts to subvert restrictions. It reviews what is known abou...

BACKGROUND In order to provide evidence on health impacts of the tobacco industry on cultivators in Vietnam, this study aims to provide comparison between tobacco cultivation related revenue and expenditure in selected areas in rural Vietnam and examine the relationship between tobacco cultivation and self-reported illness in the study population. METHODS Two tobacco farming communes and two ...

This article develops indicators to monitor energy efficiency developments in the food and tobacco industry based on physical production data at the firm level provided by the statistics office of the Netherlands in a confidential basis. We measure energy efficiency by using an energy efficiency indicator which is the aggregate specific energy consumption. Our results show that the food and tob...

Like many employees of Nottingham University we were both surprised and dismayed to learn in early December that the University had decided to accept funding from British American Tobacco to establish an International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. Apparently the major focus of the International Centre will be the developing world, from which it is proposed to appoint a visiting Pr...

OBJECTIVES To gain an understanding of the role of pack design in tobacco marketing. METHODS A search of tobacco company document sites using a list of specified search terms was undertaken during November 2000 to July 2001. RESULTS Documents show that, especially in the context of tighter restrictions on conventional avenues for tobacco marketing, tobacco companies view cigarette packaging...

The 1990s state litigation that resulted in the tobacco industry's initial document disclosure obligations fully expired in 2010. These obligations have been extended and enhanced until 2021 through a federal lawsuit against the tobacco industry over violations of the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). In this special communication, we summarise and explain the new legal fra...

BACKGROUND Recent tax increases in Mexico differed in structure and provided an opportunity to better understand tobacco industry pricing strategies, as well as smokers' responses to any resulting price changes. OBJECTIVES To assess if taxes were passed onto consumers of different cigarette brands, the extent of brand switching and predictors of preference for cheaper national brands. METHO...