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- Title
Waking a sleeping giant: the tobacco industry's response to the polonium-210 issue.
- Authors
Muggli, Monique E; Ebbert, Jon O; Robertson, Channing; Hurt, Richard D
- Abstract
The major tobacco manufacturers discovered that polonium was part of tobacco and tobacco smoke more than 40 years ago and attempted, but failed, to remove this radioactive substance from their products. Internal tobacco industry documents reveal that the companies suppressed publication of their own internal research to avoid heightening the public's awareness of radioactivity in cigarettes. Tobacco companies continue to minimize their knowledge about polonium-210 in cigarettes in smoking and health litigation. Cigarette packs should carry a radiation-exposure warning label.
- Publication
American journal of public health, 2008, Vol 98, Issue 9, p1643
- ISSN
1541-0048
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2007.130963