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Front Groups

Front Groups is an organizational construct that functions as a nominally independent entity created or covertly supported by the tobacco industry to advance its interests while obscuring its involvement, thereby distinguishing it from transparent advocacy organizations through its deliberate misrepresentation of affiliation and intent.

32

Publications

1.8K

Citations

70

Authors

35

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

14

Variants

Front Organizations

Parents

Publications

32

Community Economic Identity: The Coal Industry and Ideology Construction in West Virginia

Shannon Elizabeth Bell, Richard York · Rural Sociology · 2010 · 474 citations

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Tobacco industry tactics for resisting public policy on health.

Yussuf Saloojee · PubMed · 2000 · 225 citations · Full text

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Tobacco lobby political influence on US state legislatures in the 1990s

Michael S. Givel, Stanton A. Glantz · Tobacco Control · 2001 · 168 citations · Full text

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The Creation of Industry Front Groups: The Tobacco Industry and “Get Government Off Our Back”

Dorie E. Apollonio, Lisa Bero · American Journal of Public Health · 2007 · 98 citations · Full text

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The Influence of Corporate Front-Group Stealth Campaigns

Michael Pfau, Michel M. Haigh, Jeanetta D. Sims et al. · Communication Research · 2007 · 89 citations · Full text

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Authors

70

  1. SA
    Stanton A. Glantz

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    7 publications · 409 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. SA
    Stella Aguinaga Bialous

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    4 publications · 155 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. CO
    Catherine O. Egbe

    South African Medical Research Council, South Africa

    3 publications · 84 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. AG
    Anna Gilmore

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 61 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. MS
    Michael S. Givel

    University of Oklahoma, United States

    2 publications · 192 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

35

  1. University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    1.2K citations

  2. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    137 citations

  3. South African Medical Research Council

    Cape Town, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    49 citations

  4. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    291 citations

  5. UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    181 citations

  6. Marymount University

    Arlington, United States

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    130 citations

  7. Infant

    Cork, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    37 citations

  8. The Centre for Health (New Zealand)

    Tauranga, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    74 citations

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Venues

  1. Tobacco Control

    7 publications · 314 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. American Journal of Public Health

    JPH · 3 publications · 182 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 240 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Nicotine & Tobacco Research

    2 publications · 84 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. British Educational Research Journal

    BERJ · 1 publications · 47 citations

    1

    h-index

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