Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Tobacco industry issues management organizations: Creating a global corporate network to undermine public health | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Research Tobacco industry issues management organizations Creating a global corporate network to undermine public health Patricia A McDaniel Gina Intinarelli and Ruth E Malone Address Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences School of Nursing University of California San Francisco CA 94143-0612 USA Email Patricia A McDaniel - Gina Intinarelli - intinarellig@ Ruth E Malone - Corresponding author Open Access Published 17 January 2008 Received 20 July 2007 Globalization and Health 2008 4 2 doi 1744-8603-4-2 Accepted 17 January 2008 This article is available from http content 4 1 2 2008 McDaniel et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Background The global tobacco epidemic claims 5 million lives each year facilitated by the ability of transnational tobacco companies to delay or thwart meaningful tobacco control worldwide. A series of cross-company tobacco industry issues management organizations has played an important role in coordinating and implementing common strategies to defeat tobacco control efforts at international national and regional levels. This study examines the development and enumerates the activities of these organizations and explores the implications of continuing industry cooperation for global public health. Methods Using a snowball sampling strategy we collected documentary data from tobacco industry documents archives and assembled them into a chronologically organized case study. Results The International Committee on Smoking Issues ICOSI was formed in
