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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Survey of descriptors on cigarette packs: still misleading consumers?

23 Sep 2009 AIM: In September 2008, the New Zealand (NZ) Commerce Commission issued a warning to the major tobacco companies to remove "light" and "mild" descriptors from cigarette packaging. Despite published evidence that suggested tobacco companies had ... Read more...

Perspective: Disclosing hidden sources of funding.

30 Aug 2009 In this article, the author discusses ethical and policy issues related to the disclosure of hidden sources of funding in research. The author argues that authors have an ethical obligation to disclose hidden sources of funding and that journals ... Read more...

Tobacco companies' use of developing countries' economic reliance on tobacco to lobby against global tobacco control: the case of Malawi.

18 Aug 2009 Transnational tobacco manufacturing and tobacco leaf companies engage in numerous efforts to oppose global tobacco control. One of their strategies is to stress the economic importance of tobacco to the developing countries that grow it. We analyze ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Tobacco Industry'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Tobacco sponsorship of tennis tournament goes ahead because of weak Swiss legislation, says campaigning group. 17 Oct 2009
• MPs vote to ban tobacco displays and cigarette vending machines. 12 Oct 2009
• WHO's Western Pacific region agrees tobacco-control plan. 8 Oct 2009
• FDA regulation of tobacco: politics, law, and the public's health. 5 Oct 2009
• Survey of descriptors on cigarette packs: still misleading consumers? 23 Sep 2009
• Tobacco under the FDA: a summary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. 30 Aug 2009
• What's new in Nicotine & Tobacco Research? 30 Aug 2009
• Perspective: Disclosing hidden sources of funding. 30 Aug 2009
• Tobacco companies' use of developing countries' economic reliance on tobacco to lobby against global tobacco control: the case of Malawi. 18 Aug 2009
• Unfinished business in tobacco control. 10 Aug 2009
• Why social disparities matter for tobacco-control policy. 30 Jul 2009
• Union women, the tobacco industry, and excise taxes: a lesson in unintended consequences. 30 Jul 2009
• Opium, tobacco and alcohol: the evolving legitimacy of international action. 30 Jul 2009
• Social smoking implications for public health, clinical practice, and intervention research. 30 Jul 2009
• "Everywhere the soldier will be": wartime tobacco promotion in the US military. 14 Jul 2009
• [The pneumologist and the smoker at a crossroad] 29 Jun 2009
• The tobacco excise system in Indonesia: hindering effective tobacco control for health. 29 Jun 2009
• Australian superannuation funds and tobacco investments: issues for DAR readers. 29 Jun 2009
• A comparison of exposure to carcinogens among roll-your-own and factory-made cigarette smokers. 29 Jun 2009
• [Can tobacco companies be good corporate citizens?] 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Tobacco Industry'

Definition: The aggregate business enterprise of agriculture, manufacture, and distribution related to tobacco and tobacco-derived products.

Descriptor UI: D019460

Alternative terms: Tobacco Industry; Industry, Tobacco; Industries, Tobacco; Tobacco Industries;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.576.919;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: SPEC; SPEC qualif; DF: TOBACCO INDUST