環境のたばこ煙. ブラウンとウィリアムソンの文書は,
D E Barnes1, P Hanauer, J Slade
1Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
JAMA
|July 19, 1995
まとめ
タバコ産業は,環境におけるたばこ煙 (ETS) の健康リスクについて,有害であると判断して,民間で調査を行った. 公に,彼らはこれらの危険を否定し,活発な喫煙のための戦略に似ています.
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
- 環境衛生 環境衛生 環境衛生
背景:
- 環境におけるたばこ煙 (ETS) の健康への影響に関する懸念が高まっている.
- 喫煙に関連する公衆衛生問題に対するタバコ産業の歴史的アプローチ.
研究 の 目的:
- 環境におけるたばこ煙 (ETS) の懸念に対するたばこ産業の二重アプローチを分析する.
- タバコ会社による公的な発言と,民間の研究の両方を調査する.
主な方法:
- 主要なタバコ企業 (B&W,BAT) の内部文書の分析.
- 機密の調査報告書と法的備忘録を含む.
- 匿名の情報源と元業界幹部からの資料の調査.
主要な成果:
- 1970年代半ば以来,B&WとBATによる内部調査は,ETSのリスクを認めていた.
- BATでは,サイドストリームの煙が刺激的で,N-ニトロサミンのような毒素を含み,発がん性であると特定しました.
- 業界は公の場でETSの健康上のリスクに異議を唱えながら,私的に研究の妥当性を認めている.
結論:
- タバコ会社は内部調査を行い,ETSの危険性を確認しました.
- 業界は公の場で,ETSの健康上の危険性が証明されていることを否定した.
- 産業の戦略は,アクティブ・喫煙の戦略を反映した:プライベートでの承認,公開の否定.
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