Advertisement
AJPH
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow purchase articles
Right arrow View Shopping Cart
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Right arrow Get other permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Yach, D.
Right arrow Articles by Bialous, S. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Yach, D.
Right arrow Articles by Bialous, S. A.
Related Collections
Right arrow Health Policy
Right arrow Other Tobacco
Right arrow Tobacco Control
Right arrow Secondhand Smoke
June 2002, Vol 92, No. 6 | American Journal of Public Health 892-893
© 2002 American Public Health Association

LETTER

YACH AND BIALOUS RESPOND

Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH and Stella Aguinaga Bialous, DrPH, MScN, RN

Derek Yach is with the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Stella Aguinaga Bialous is a public health policy consultant in San Francisco, Calif.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, Executive Director, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (e-mail: yachd@who.int).

Our commentary is based on facts supported by the evidence cited, not on "innuendo and guilt by association" or "ad hominem attack." The individuals and organizations mentioned are merely representative of the web of front groups and alliances created by the tobacco industry in its continuing attempts to dismiss the overwhelming scientific evidence linking secondhand smoke with death and disease.

ILSI's current membership roster lists Kraft Foods Inc, a division of Philip Morris Companies Inc, and Japan Tobacco Food Division. Past links, both direct and indirect, exist between ILSI and the tobacco companies and their affiliates. Tobacco companies often use . . . [Full Text]

References




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 AJPHHome page
D. E. Apollonio and L. A. Bero
The Creation of Industry Front Groups: The Tobacco Industry and "Get Government Off Our Back"
Am J Public Health, March 1, 2007; 97(3): 419 - 427.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2002 by the American Public Health Association