Altria Means Tobacco: Philip Morris’s Identity Crisis
2003; American Public Health Association; Volume: 93; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2105/ajph.93.4.553
ISSN1541-0048
AutoresElizabeth A. Smith, Ruth E. Malone,
Tópico(s)Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
ResumoPhilip Morris Companies, the world’s largest and most profitable tobacco seller, has changed its corporate name to The Altria Group. The company has also embarked on a plan to improve its corporate image. Examination of internal company documents reveals that these changes have been planned for over a decade and that the company expects to reap specific and substantial rewards from them. Tobacco control advocates should be alert to the threat Philip Morris’s plans pose to industryfocused tobacco control campaigns. Company documents also suggest what the vulnerabilities of those plans are and how advocates might best exploit them.
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