Titre : | A cigarette manufacturer and a managed care company collaborate to censor health information targeted at employees. (2004) |
Auteurs : | MUGGLI (Monique-E) : USA. Mayo Clinic Nicotine Research Program. St Paul. MN. ; HURT (Richard-D) : USA. Nicotine Dependence Center. Mayo Clinic. Rochester. MN. |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 94, n° 8, 2004) |
Pagination : | 1307-1311 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Cigarette ; Employé ; Information ; Industrie tabac ; Education santé ; Homme |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS R0xbS2YG. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. A review of internal tobacco company documents showed that the tobacco company Philip Morris and the insurance company CIGNA collaborated to censor accurate information on the harm of smoking and on environmental tobacco smoke exposure from CIGNA health newsletters sent to employees of Philip Morris and its affiliates. From 1996 to 1998,5 of the 8 CIGNA newsletters discussed in the internal tobacco documents were censored. We recommend that accrediting bodies mandate that health plans not censor employee-directed health information at the request of employers. |