The interference of the tobacco industry on the scientific debate

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To reassure smokers about the health effects of smoking itself, the tobacco industry has always sought to play an active role in the scientific debate. Their objective was to counterbalance the growing empirical evidence from independent research that was strongly unfavourable for tobacco use [1,2]. Tobacco companies’ strategy was to subsidise doctors, researchers, and scientists who were willing to propagate pro-industry messages. (...)