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Evidence of potential tobacco industry influence inTobacco Regulatory Science

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: A May 2021 special issue1 of the American Journal of Health Behavior ( AJHB ) on JUUL consisted of 13 articles with 12 including authors who were employees of JUUL Labs; all articles reported at least one author with funding from the tobacco industry. JUUL is an electronic cigarette device that holds the greatest market share2 and is the most popular device among youth.3 The research reported in the issue was “designed to provide the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products with the information it needs and has requested to judge whether a product is appropriate for the protection of public health” per Drs Eric Auguston and Saul Shiffman.4 JUUL paid US$51 000 for the special open-access issue according to the New York Times .5 While such engagement with the industry may be acceptable under AJHB policies, it also raises a concern that funding from the tobacco industry may have been benefiting the then editor-in-chief of Tobacco Regulatory Science ( TRS ) through a company owned by his spouse. …

Source: Tobacco Control

DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2021-056752

Authors: Joseph G L Lee, Eric K Soule

Institutions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, East Carolina University, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Language: English

Topic: Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Awards: SmartVape: Real-time assessment of ECIG device characteristics using a smartphone app., Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, Electronic cigarette use inside of vehicles and associated secondhand and thirdhand exposures