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Environmental Toxins
Tobacco industry attempted to influence reporting on secondhand smoke
September 5th, 2004
A study based on the tobacco industry's own documents shows the extent of the tobacco industry's efforts to influence the print media on the health effects of secondhand smoke. This study was coauthored by Mayo Clinic researchers Richard Hurt, MD, and Monique Muggli, along with Lee Becker, PhD, at the University of Georgia. It involved a review of previously secret internal tobacco company documents that revealed the tobacco industry launched an extensive, multifaceted effort to influence the scientific debate about the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. The study purports that the tobacco industry attempted to derail public perception of the...
Source: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA (2004-09-05)
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