Bero L, Barnes D E, Hanauer P, Slade J, Glantz S A
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
JAMA. 1995 Jul 19;274(3):241-7.
To examine the involvement of tobacco industry lawyers in the selection of tobacco industry scientific research projects and to examine how the research was used to influence public policy.
Documents from Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, the British American Tobacco Company (BAT), and other tobacco interests provided by an anonymous source, obtained from Congress, and received from the private papers of a former BAT officer.
All available materials, including confidential reports regarding research and internal memoranda exchanged between tobacco industry lawyers.
The involvement of tobacco industry lawyers in the selection of scientific projects to be funded is in sharp contrast to the industry's public statements about its review process for its external research program. Scientific merit played little role in the selection of external research projects. The results of the projects were used to generate good publicity for the industry, to deflect attention away from tobacco use as a health danger, and to attempt, sometimes surreptitiously, to influence policymakers.
研究烟草行业律师在烟草行业科研项目选择过程中的参与情况，并探讨这些研究是如何被用于影响公共政策的。
由一位匿名人士提供的、从国会获取的以及从前英美烟草公司（BAT）一名高管的私人文件中获得的布朗威廉姆森烟草公司、英美烟草公司（BAT）及其他烟草相关方的文件。
所有可得材料，包括有关研究的机密报告以及烟草行业律师之间往来的内部备忘录。
烟草行业律师参与资助科研项目的选择，这与该行业关于其外部研究项目审查过程的公开声明形成鲜明对比。科学价值在外部研究项目的选择中几乎没有起到任何作用。这些项目的结果被用于为该行业进行正面宣传，转移对烟草使用危害健康的关注，并有时试图暗中影响政策制定者。
