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August 2004, Vol 94, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1307-1311
© 2004 American Public Health Association

COMMENTARY

A Cigarette Manufacturer and a Managed Care Company Collaborate to Censor Health Information Targeted at Employees

Monique E. Muggli, MPH and Richard D. Hurt, MD

Monique E. Muggli works on contract with the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Research Program, St. Paul, Minn. Richard D. Hurt is with the Nicotine Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Richard D. Hurt, MD, Nicotine Dependence Center, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905 (e-mail: rhurt{at}mayo.edu).

A review of internal tobacco company documents showed that the tobacco company Philip Morris and the insurance company CIGNA collaborated to censor accurate information on the harm of smoking and on environmental tobacco smoke exposure from CIGNA health newsletters sent to employees of Philip Morris and its affiliates. From 1996 to 1998, 5 of the 8 CIGNA newsletters discussed in the internal tobacco documents were censored.

We recommend that accrediting bodies mandate that health plans not censor employee-directed health information at the request of employers.


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