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Addiction Medicine
Studies from University of California yield new information about addiction medicine
November 29th, 2008
According to recent research published in the American Journal of Public Health, "Over the last 50 years, tobacco has been excluded from and then included in the category of addictive substances. We investigated influences on these opposing definitions and their application in expert witness testimony in litigation in the 1990s and 2000s." "A scientist with ties to the tobacco industry influenced the selection of a definition of addiction that led to the classification of tobacco as a ''habituation'' in the 1964 Surgeon General's Advisory Committee report. Tobacco was later defined as addictive in the 1988 surgeon general's report. Expert witnesses for tobacco...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-11-29)
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