タバコ産業の努力は,二手喫煙と心血管疾患を結びつける証拠を弱体化させている
Elisa K Tong1, Stanton A Glantz
1Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA.
Circulation
|October 17, 2007
まとめ
タバコ産業は,心血管疾患 (CVD) に起因する二手喫煙 (SHS) のリスクに異議を唱え,欠陥のある研究に資金を提供し,科学的証拠を攻撃した. 彼らの取り組みは,規制と闘い",害を減らす"製品を促進することを目的とした.
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
背景:
- 科学的なコンセンサスは,二手喫煙 (SHS) と心臓血管疾患 (CVD) のリスクが30%増加することを関連付けています.
- タバコ業界は歴史的にSHSとCVDの関連性について異議を唱えてきましたが,彼らの努力の具体性は未熟のままです.
研究 の 目的:
- タバコ業界がSHSとCVDを結びつける証拠に異議を唱えた方法と理由を説明します.
- SHSとCVDのリスクに関する科学的発見に異議を唱えるタバコ産業の戦略を分析する.
主な方法:
- 約5000万のタバコ産業の文書を分析した.
- 業界が資金提供した疫学研究と生物学的妥当性研究のレビュー.
- SHS-CVDのリンクを弱体化させ,代替製品を促進するための業界戦術の検討.
主要な成果:
- 業界が資金提供した疫学研究では,被曝の誤った分類が示され,SHS-CVD関連に対するバイアスの結果が示されました.
- 生物学的妥当性に関する産業研究は,時にはSHS効果を示していますが,しばしば代替説明を支持するために再解釈されました.
- 産業の取り組みは,禁煙規制と闘い",害を減らす"たばこ製品の開発を支援することを目的とした.
結論:
- タバコ産業は,企業の利益を保護し,公衆衛生政策に影響を与えるために,研究設計と解釈を操作しました.
- 業界戦略には,科学的な証拠に異議を唱え,安全性に関する主張が証明されていない製品を宣伝することが含まれていた.
- 現在のタバコ産業の規制に関する議論や,害を減らす製品の開発に関して注意を喚起します.
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