The case for fire safe cigarettes made through industry documents
The case for fire safe cigarettes made through industry documents
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.11.4.346
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发表时间：
2002-12-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
McGuire, A
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作者：
Gunja, M;Wayne, GF;McGuire, A
目标：调查过去 25 年烟草业为开发防火卷烟而进行的广泛研究。方法：通过网络搜索通过 1998 年主和解协议公开的烟草业内部文件进行研究。结果：文件显示烟草业几年前生产了防火卷烟；但未能投放市场。这些发现与公共行业否认防火卷烟技术可行性和商业可接受性的说法相矛盾。内部文件还揭示了长达数十年的协调一致的政治策略，用于阻止拟议的立法并混淆消防安全问题。结论：需要联邦立法强制使用消防安全卷烟。
Objectives: To examine the extensive research undertaken by the tobacco industry over the past 25 years toward development of a fire safe cigarette.Methods: Research was conducted through a web based search of internal tobacco industry documents made publicly available through the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.Results: The documents reveal that the tobacco industry produced a fire safe cigarette years ago; but failed to put it on the market. These findings contradict public industry claims that denied the technical feasibility and commercial acceptability of fire safe cigarettes. Internal documents also reveal a decades long, coordinated political strategy used to block proposed legislation and obfuscate the fire safe issue.Conclusions: Federal legislation mandating fire safe cigarettes is needed.