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Discuss “Tobacco funding goes up in smoke”

tudents looking to do university research may now have more to worry about than ever before. An increasing number of colleges and universities nationwide have banned tobacco funding.

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Comment 1. Joseph Lee
Feb 12, 2008 at 09:31 AM

There is ample and unequivocal evidence that the tobacco industry has used research to exploit and target vulnerable communities (youth, women, sexual minorities, and racial/ethnic minorities). There is also clear evidence that the source of funding for research can have subtle effects on the outcome of that research; this is documented in tobacco, nutrition, and pharmaceutical efficacy studies.

Joseph Lee
Co-president
UNC School of Public Health Student Government

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