… road and vehicle design; elimination of lead and asbestos exposures; and iodization of salt.
… are generally not within the traditional purview of tobacco control or public health programs. …

… among the tobacco, asbestos, and lead industries indicate that public health researchers who
are … operate by studying the internal tobacco industry documents. Furthermore, some of the …

… As discussed previously, it is possible that most of the lung cancer risks due to asbestos
are due to cocarcinogenicity with tobacco smoking. The lung cancer risk of asbestos itself may …

… and federal levels of government to limit indoor exposures to sidestreain tobacco smoke,
asbestos, formaldehyde, and radon. In this article we discuss the scientific basis for recognizing …

… Abstract: We examined the relationship between smoking cessation and weight change
in a sample of 373 asbestos-exposed workers who had participated in a smoking cessation …

… failures in optimizing public health litigation settlements (eg, from the tobacco Master Settlement
… public health tort litigation objectives were achieved in the tobacco, asbestos, and lead …

… It is relevant both for biology and for public health that in this model asbestos and smoking
are regarded as independently capable of producing lung cancer in humans and that they act …

… Scientists can play a key role in preventing disease epidemics related to tobacco, asbestos,
pesticides, lead in paint, food, and other industrial products known to harm population health…

… often in patients exposed to asbestos than in patients without … accumulation of p53 and the
asbestos content of lung tissue: … that both asbestos exposure and heavy smoking can cause …

… Finally, the ongoing proliferation of claims against asbestos manufacturers yielded a small
group of specialized mass plaintiffs’ attorneys who acquired both the medical and legal …