Turning free speech into corporate speech: Philip Morris' efforts to influence U.S. and European journalists regarding the U.S. EPA report on secondhand smoke

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 568-580

  Muggli, Monique E ^a   Hurt, Richard D ^b   Becker, Lee B ^c  

^a Tobacco Document Consultancy   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental tobacco smoke; EPA; Journalists; Tobacco industry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SPEECH; TOBACCO INDUSTRY;

CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM; LOBBYING; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 4143094748     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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