Tobacco industry influence on breast cancer research, policy and public opinion: scoping the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Over the last 35 years, there has been growing evidence suggesting a relationship between tobacco use and breast cancer. The tobacco industry's role in shaping research, policy and public opinion about the relationship is unknown. This study's objective is to determine if the tobacco industry-funded Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) Records and the Tobacco Institute (TI) Records, housed in the Truth Tobacco Industry Document Archive, contain documents related to internal research about breast cancer and strategies to influence the science and public opinion about breast cancer causes.

Methods

We applied the situational scoping method, in which community advocates and university researchers collaborate, to (1) identify external events considered by CTR or TI as a t

SUBMITTER: Han E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12341490 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature