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Waking a sleeping giant: the tobacco industry's response to the polonium-210 issue
- Source :
- American journal of public health. 98(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The major tobacco manufacturers discovered that polonium was part of tobacco and tobacco smoke more than 40 years ago and attempted, but failed, to remove this radioactive substance from their products. Internal tobacco industry documents reveal that the companies suppressed publication of their own internal research to avoid heightening the public’s awareness of radioactivity in cigarettes. Tobacco companies continue to minimize their knowledge about polonium-210 in cigarettes in smoking and health litigation. Cigarette packs should carry a radiation-exposure warning label.
- Subjects :
- Polonium
medicine.medical_specialty
chemistry.chemical_element
Tobacco Industry
Tobacco industry
Tobacco smoke
Public Relations
Dissolvable tobacco
Tobacco in Alabama
Environmental health
Research Support as Topic
Tobacco
Medicine
Humans
education
Tobacco harm reduction
Publishing
education.field_of_study
Inhalation Exposure
business.industry
Information Dissemination
Public health
Framing Health Matters
Smoking
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Organizational Policy
United States
chemistry
Air Pollutants, Radioactive
Consumer Product Safety
Warning label
Tobacco Smoke Pollution
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15410048
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American journal of public health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....384305f36c0f8a8196160de344edbf9b