Environmental characteristics of the practice were obtained from secondary sources. The independent variables physician's education and speciality, physician's perception of the quality of available drug information sources, type of practice, and number of patients were collected, through a postal questionnaire. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of 405 primary care physicians was conducted in Galicia (north-west Spain). The objective of this study is to identify the effect of the perceived quality stated in commercial information, its uses, and how physicians perceive the influence it has on prescription amounts. Thus, drug expenditure is nowadays one of the main concerns of health managers, and its containment one of the first goals of health authorities in western countries. (2/461)BACKGROUND: In the last few years we have witnessed many publicly-financed health services reaching a crisis point. Influence of commercial information on prescription quantity in primary care. Tobacco control initiatives in the AAPI group have been slower to develop than in other targeted ethnic groups, and may benefit by increased awareness of industry methods to promote tobacco use. CONCLUSIONS: The documents show that the tobacco industry developed specific promotion strategies to target the AAPI population. Comprehensive campaigns were designed to integrate promotion efforts in AAPI consumer, retail, and business communities. Documents describe the population growth in this community, the high prevalence of smoking in countries of origin, high purchasing power of AAPI immigrants, cultural predisposition to smoking, opportunities afforded by the high proportion of retail businesses under AAPI ownership, barriers to developing the AAPI market, comprehensive campaigns, and political and lobbying efforts. FINDINGS: A review of internal tobacco company documents reveal that during the late 1980s, the industry and its market research firms recognised the importance of the AAPI community as a potential business market. A combined technique was employed using title keywords, dates, and names to search the 4(b) index.

DATA SOURCES: /methods: Researchers reviewed tobacco industry documents from the document depository in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the tobacco industry's website, The Tobacco Archive, in a systematic fashion. These documents detail opportunities and barriers to promotion of tobacco products, as viewed by the tobacco industry and its market research firms. (1/461)OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to review internal tobacco industry documents written between 19 regarding the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population in the USA. Targeting of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders by the tobacco industry: results from the Minnesota Tobacco Document Depository.

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