Community Dental Health

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Cover Date:
June 2019
Print ISSN:
0265 539X
Electronic ISSN:
2515-1746
Vol:
36
Issue:
2

The Transnational Tobacco Industry and Oral Health

10.1922/CDH_SpecialIssueTomar06

Objective: All tobacco products carry established or probable adverse oral health effects. This study highlights several examples
of actions by transnational tobacco corporations to obscure those effects, including several in which they were aided by the
oral health community.Methods: Information was derived primarily from a search of records in the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents
Database, supplemented by other published material and the author’s personal experiences. Results: Tobacco companies attempted to
interfere with oral cancer research and dissemination of its findings the 1950s and 1960s. Philip Morris, Inc. partnered with the American
Dental Association’s periodontal research centre until 1973 and the Council for Tobacco Research supported its dental student research
program until 1972. Swedish Match funded much of the Swedish research on oral health effects of its smokeless tobacco products and
helped foster the current “tobacco harm reduction” strategy. Electronic nicotine delivery devices are the current focus of that strategy,
though data on oral health effects are sparse. Conclusions: The transnational tobacco industry has a long history of deception, corruption, and devastation, and oral health was no exception. Organized dentistry may have unwittingly aided and abetted the tobacco industry
during a critical period of history.

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Authors
Scott L. Tomar

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