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Article: Prestigious Journal Unveils Extensive Evidence of Tobacco Industry Campaign to Undermine Infact; Corporate Accountability Organization Intensifies Resolve to Rein in Philip Morris in Response to Study Released in American Journal of Public Health.
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- June 5, 2002
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BOSTON -- A case study on tobacco industry surveillance of public health groups released in the June issue the American Journal of Public Health demonstrates that Philip Morris has been covertly tracking and trying to undermine the national corporate accountability organization Infact's Tobacco Industry Campaign since 1993. The study, which also includes the history of industry surveillance of STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco), concludes that tobacco industry surveillance is "real, intense, and covert and may obstruct public health initiatives."
According to Infact Executive Director Kathryn Mulvey, "Philip Morris is trying to brush this off as normal ...