So "follow the money" and check your sources. There are concerted attacks that exist today on the environmentalist, animal rights, herb, and organic food industries run by petrol-chemical and big pharma, We will find that many of the same front groups and hired hand scientists also work or worked for the Tobacco industry.
At the core of crtical thought is the ability that we all can learn to discern truth from falsehood, reality from deception. The more our ability to make clear decisions with confidence becomes established; the less dumbed down we will become and less dependent upon these jerks.
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Here's one recent story. Please contribute yours. From PRWatch
Philip Morris Snuffs Out Controversial Research Program
Philip Morris has quietly disbanded its controversial External Research Program (PMERP), through which it funded academic and scientific research at major universities. The funds doled out by the program were substantial: in the 2006-07 fiscal year, the University of California system alone received around $16 million through PMERP. The end of the program comes amid growing controversy over whether universities should accept tobacco money at all. A number of prominent research institutions have enacted policies specifically prohibiting tobacco company funding for research. Whether the end of PMERP will have any real impact is unknown though, since PM has said it will continue providing universities with research funds, just not through its External Research Program.
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