Kyriakoudes Louis M
Department of History, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5047, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5047, USA.
Tob Control. 2006 Dec;15 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):iv107-16. doi: 10.1136/tc.2005.014076.
A qualitative analysis of the trial and deposition testimony of professional historians who have testified on behalf of the tobacco industry shows that defence historians present a view of past knowledge about tobacco in which the public was frequently warned that cigarettes were both deadly and addictive over the broad historical period. While defence historians testify to conducting significant levels of independent research, they also draw upon a common body of research conducted by industry counsel to support its litigation efforts. Defence historians unduly limit their research materials, ignoring industry records and, therefore, critically undermine their ability to evaluate industry activity in the smoking and health controversy as it unfolded in historical time. A consequence is that defence historians present a skewed history of the cigarette in which the tobacco industry all but ceases to exist.
一项对代表烟草行业作证的专业历史学家的庭审和庭外证词的定性分析表明，辩方历史学家呈现了一种关于过去烟草知识的观点，即在整个历史时期，公众经常被警告香烟既致命又会上瘾。虽然辩方历史学家证明进行了大量独立研究，但他们也借鉴了行业法律顾问进行的共同研究成果来支持其诉讼努力。辩方历史学家过度限制其研究材料，忽视行业记录，因此严重损害了他们评估在历史进程中展开的吸烟与健康争议中行业活动的能力。结果是，辩方历史学家呈现了一段歪曲的香烟历史，其中烟草行业几乎不复存在。
