Tobacco industry success in preventing regulation of secondhand smoke in Latin America: the "Latin Project"
Tobacco industry success in preventing regulation of secondhand smoke in Latin America: the "Latin Project"
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.11.4.305
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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：
Glantz, S
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作者：
Barnoya, J;Glantz, S
目的：研究烟草业的战略，以避免二手烟暴露在LatinAmerica.Methods法规：通过互联网提供的烟草行业文件的系统搜索。所有可用的材料，包括关于研究、游说的机密报告，以及烟草业代表、烟草业律师和拉丁美洲主要参与者之间交换的内部备忘录。在拉丁美洲，菲利普莫里斯国际公司和英美烟草公司通过低公司Covington & Curling，通过他们的“拉丁项目”，建立了一个由地位良好的医生和科学家组成的网络，以产生科学论据，尽量减少二手烟对健康的危害，得出较低的暴露估计，并游说反对在工作场所和公共场所禁烟。烟草业的作用没有披露。结论：该行业所使用的策略已经成功地阻碍了二手烟公共卫生计划的发展。拉丁美洲的卫生专业人员需要意识到烟草业的参与，必须采取措施加以应对，以制止拉丁美洲的烟草流行。
Objective: To examine the tobacco industry's strategy to avoid regulations on secondhand smoke exposure in Latin America.Methods: Systematic search of tobacco industry documents available through the internet. All available materials, including confidential reports regarding research, lobbying, and internal memoranda exchanged between the tobacco industry representatives, tobacco industry lawyers, and key players in Latin America.Results: In Latin America Philip Morris International and British American Tobacco, working through the low firm Covington & curling, developed a network of well placed physicians and scientists through their "Latin Project" to generate scientific arguments minimising secondhand smoke as a health hazard, produce low estimates of exposure, and to lobby against smoke-free workplaces and public places. The tobacco industry's role was not disclosed.Conclusions: The strategies used by the industry have been successful in hindering development of public health programmes on secondhand smoke. Latin American health professionals need to be aware of this industry involvement and must take steps to counter it to halt the tobacco epidemic in Latin America.