How Media Stories in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Discussed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Modified Risk Tobacco Product Order for IQOS.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the marketing of IQOS as a modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) with reduced exposure information (reduces exposure to harmful chemicals compared to cigarettes) but prohibited Philip Morris International from making reduced risk claims (reduces risk of disease compared to cigarettes). We aimed to assess how news media in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) discussed this authorization and whether articles discussed IQOS as a reduced exposure versus reduced risk product.

Aims and methods

News articles published between July 7, 2020 and January 7, 2021 were obtained by searching Tobacco Watcher (www.tobaccowatcher.org), a surveillance platform for tobacco-related news. Articles were eligible if they we

SUBMITTER: Robichaud MO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10445252 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature