Research findings provide the basis for estimates of risk. However, research findings or
“facts” are subject to interpretation and to the social construction of the evidence. 1 Research …

Objective: To compare the quality and funding source of studies concluding a negative
economic impact of smoke-free policies in the hospitality industry to studies concluding no …

Background In their article on “Evidence-based de-implementation for contradicted,
unproven, and aspiring healthcare practices,” Prasad and Ioannidis (IS 9: 1, 2014) referred …

Introduction Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) submitted evidence to the 2012 UK
Consultation on standardised packaging (SP) to argue the policy will have detrimental …

Notice and comment provisions in agency rulemaking provide an important mechanism for
the public to contribute to policy. Yet there is limited research on how interest groups …

Governmental health policy officials increasingly seek to promote public participation in
expert and technical decisions regarding health regulation. The issues of what rôle the …

Latin American countries are experiencing an increasing burden of tobacco-related
diseases. Smoke free policies are cost-effective interventions to control both exposure of …

Objectives. We describe tobacco industry strategies to defeat the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) Indoor Air Quality rule and the implementation of those …

Background: This paper investigates whether state legislators find testimony influential, to
what extent testimony influences policy-makers' decisions, and defines the features of …

OBJECTIVE To study the role of science related and other arguments in the development of
workplace smoking regulations. DESIGN Case study, content analysis SUBJECTS Written …