Tobacco industry issues management organizations: creating a global corporate network to undermine public health.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global tobacco epidemic claims 5 million lives each year, facilitated by the ability of transnational tobacco companies to delay or thwart meaningful tobacco control worldwide. A series of cross-company tobacco industry "issues management organizations" has played an important role in coordinating and implementing common strategies to defeat tobacco control efforts at international, national, and regional levels. This study examines the development and enumerates the activities of these organizations and explores the implications of continuing industry cooperation for global public health.

Methods

Using a snowball sampling strategy, we collected documentary data from tobacco industry documents archives and assembled them into a chronologically organized case s

SUBMITTER: McDaniel PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2265275 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature