Tobacco industry ownership of pharmaceutical companies: an international survey of people with respiratory disease.
Thorax
; 77(10): 1045-1047, 2022 10.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35970539
ABSTRACT
The 2021 purchase of the respiratory pharmaceutical company Vectura by Phillip Morris International has been criticised by the public health and medical community, as a conflict of interest, with little input to date, from the patient community or the public. To address this gap, the COPD Foundation, along with global partners, surveyed 1196 people with chronic respiratory disease. 70% were bothered by a tobacco company making an inhaler to treat lung conditions and 48% reported that they would want to switch inhalers if they knew that a tobacco company made or sold their inhaler devices. Patients care about who makes the therapies used to treat their diseases.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiration Disorders
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Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Tobacco Industry
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Thorax
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article