NEW SCIENTIST TOBACCO PRESS RELEASE
EMBARGO: NOT FOR PUBLICATION BEFORE 2:00 PM EDT WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 1998
TOBACCO REVELATIONS
Astonishing documents posted on the Internet reveal that the American
tobacco giant Philip Morris secretly recruited influential people to help
allay fears about the health risks of passive smoking. Among those claimed
to have been acting as consultants were senior members of the British
medical and scientific establishment. The documents also detail Philip
Morris's role in creating a learned scientific society that provided an
outlet for material undermining the idea that second-hand smoke is a major
cause of illnesses by shifting the blame to building design and
ventilation.This week's New Scientist contains an editorial and three news
items relating to the documents. (Pages 3, 4 & 5)
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May 13, 1998
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