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Smoking Dangers Covered Up by Tobacco Lawyers
The JAMA report details Brown & Williamson lawyers muting scientists and labeling internal research as work product to hide decades of evidence that nicotine is addictive and smoking dangerous. Five authors say lawyers influenced policy at the third-largest U.S. tobacco firm, manipulating the legal system to avoid disclosures.
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Chicago — Tobacco Company
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Journal of the American Medical Association
JAMA
Stanton A. Glantz
University of California In
San Francisco