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Publishers of second-hand smoke research had links to tobacco industry

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, March 27th, 2005

A new paper highlights how links with the tobacco industry may be seen to have influenced the publication of research on the dangers of second-hand tobacco smoke.

In 1987 tobacco industry personnel met to consider how to "improve the industry's position" on passive smoking. Among the many strategies proposed, one proposal made by Philip Morris USA was to "establish a genuine scientific journal on indoor air quality." In 1989 the international tobacco industry assisted the establishment of the International Society of the Built Environment, which published the journal Indoor and Built Environment.

Simon Chapman (University of Sydney, Australia)...

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