Tobacco Industry Surveillance of Public Health Groups
The Case of STAT and Infact
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11021745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruth E Malone (0000-0002-3324-2183, The author is with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, and Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 92 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 955-960 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.92.6.955 |
| PMID | 12036789 |
| OpenAlex | W2007408388 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 9 |
Objectives. The goal of this study was to describe how the tobacco industry collects information about public health groups. Methods. Publicly available internal tobacco industry documents were reviewed and analyzed using a chronological case study approach. Results. The industry engaged in aggressive intelligence gathering, used intermediaries to obtain materials under false pretenses, sent public relations spies to the organizations' meetings, and covertly taped strategy sessions. Other industry strategies included publicly minimizing the effects of boycotts, painting health advocates as “extreme,” identifying and exploiting disagreements, and planning to “redirect the funding” of tobacco control organizations to other purposes. Conclusions. Public health advocates often make light of tobacco industry observers, but industry surveillance may be real, intense, and covert and may obstruct public health initiatives
Business · Covert · Environmental health · Health Surveillance · Intermediary · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Tobacco industry · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Law · Marketing · Medicine · Nursing · Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare · Smoking Behavior and Cessation
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,26 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2025 (23) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |