Evidence of potential tobacco industry influence in Tobacco Regulatory Science.
Evidence of potential tobacco industry influence in Tobacco Regulatory Science.
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DOI:
10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056752
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发表时间:
2023-05
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影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Soule EK
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文献类型:
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作者:
Lee JGL;Soule EK
A May 2021 special issue 1 of the American Journal of Health Behavior (AJHB) on JUUL consisted of13 articles with 12 including authors who were employees of JUUL Labs; all articles reported at least one author with funding from the tobacco industry. JUUL is an electronic cigarette device that holds the greatest market share 2 and is the most popular device among youth. 3 The research reported in the issue was “designed to provide the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products with the information it needs and has requested to judge whether a product is appropriate for the protection of public health” per Drs Eric Auguston and Saul Shiffman. 4 JUUL paid US $51 000 for the special open-access issue according to the New York Times. 5 While such engagement with the industry may be acceptable under AJHB policies, it also raises a concern that funding from the tobacco industry may have been benefiting the then editor-in-chief of Tobacco Regulatory Science (TRS) through a company owned by his spouse. Tobacco Regulatory Science positioned itself as a key journal for publishing evidence designed to help governments across the globe implement science-based regulation of tobacco products. Its origins stem in part from a lack of outlets for publishing results from the influx of US Food and Drug Administration funding for tobacco regulatory science research. 6 Tobacco Regulatory Science has been used by earlycareer and well-established investigators in tobacco prevention and control, and the authors of this Industry Watch article have a combined six papers in TRS.At the time of the special issue, the two journals shared an editor-in-chief, Elbert D Glover. 7 8 (Elbert D Glover has since retired according to the New York Times. 5) According to public records from the North Carolina (NC) Secretary of State, 9 the then publisher of AJHB, PNG Publications, is a limited liability corporation (LLC) owned by Penny N Glover and lists the same mailing address at a Mailboxes & More store in Oak Ridge, NC, as the Tobacco Regulatory Science Group Ltd. LLC, which was the publisher of TRS. 9 Elbert D Glover, Penny N Glover and Scott J Leischow owned the Tobacco Regulatory Science Group according to public filings with the NC Secretary of State. 9 Both limited liability corporations are listed as for-profit companies in NC. 9 Elbert D and Penny N Glover are married according to the TRS web site. 10 Funds paid by the tobacco industry for papers in AJHB were benefitting the wife of the editorin-chief of TRS as she owned the publishing group that controlled AJHB at the time of the JUUL
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Huang J;Duan Z;Kwok J;Binns S;Vera LE;Kim Y;Szczypka G;Emery SL
通讯作者:
Emery SL
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Legg T;Legendre M;Gilmore AB
通讯作者:
Gilmore AB
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Bero, LA
通讯作者:
Bero, LA