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Universities that Prohibit or Limit Tobacco Industry Funding of Research

Schools of Public Health
Columbia University
Harvard University (2002)
John Hopkins University (2000)
Loma Linda University
Louisiana State University (2004)
Ohio State University
University of Arizona
University of Iowa
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (2006)
University of North Carolina
University of Puerto Rico
University of South Carolina

Schools of Medicine

Emory University (2003)
Harvard University (2004)
John Hopkins University (2003)

University
of California Unit Policies – over-ruled by systemwide policy[*]
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health
University
of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing
University
of California, San Diego, Cancer Center
University
of California, San Diego, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California, San Francisco, Cancer Center
University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health Policy Studies

Australian Universities
Australian National University (1998)
Curtin University of Technology (1994)
Deakin University (1998)
Edith Cowan University (1995)
Flinders University (1997)
Monash University (1995)
Murdoch University (1992)
Northern Territory University (2000)
University of Adelaide (1997)
University of Ballarat (2002)
University of Melbourne (1997)
University of Newcastle (1997)
University of South Australia (1998)
University of Sydney (1997)
University of Technology Sydney (1995)
University of Western Australia (1994)
University of Wollongong (2002)
 
Institutions & Hospitals
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas;
Massachusetts General Hospital
Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York;
 
International Institutions
German Cancer Research Center (2005)
Institute of Psychiatry (King’s College London) and South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (England) (2006)
Karolinska Institute (Sweden) (2002)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
University of Alberta
University of Geneva (2001)
University of Hong Kong
 
 


[*]... no unit of the University should be directed (by faculty vote or administrative decision) to refuse to process, accept, or administer a research award based on the source of the funds; and no special encumbrances should be placed on a faculty member’s ability to solicit or accept awards based on the source of the funds [i.e., the tobacco industry]. (July 2004)
... a unit of the University may not refuse to process, accept, or administer a research award based on the source of the funds; nor may such a unit encumber a faculty member’s ability to solicit or accept awards based on the source of the funds [i.e., the tobacco industry], except as directed by the UC Board of Regents. (May 2005)
 

Learn more about the tobacco industry’s funding of research to discredit and confuse scientific evidence as well as improve their public credibility.

Hirschhorn N, Bialous SA, Shatenstein S
Philip Morris' new scientific initiative: an analysis
Tobacco Control 2001;10(3):247-252
[PDF]

Bero L, Glantz S, Hong M
The limits of competing interest disclosure
Tobacco Control 2005;14;118-126
[PDF]

Ong EK, Glantz SA
Constructing "sound science" and "good epidemiology": tobacco, lawyers, and public relations firms
Am J Public Health 2001;91(11):1749-1757
[PDF]

Samet JM, Burke TA
Turning science into junk: the tobacco industry and passive smoking
Am J Public Health 2001;91(11):1742-1744
[PDF]

Yach D, Bialous SA
Junking science to promote tobacco
Am J Public Health 2001;91(11):1745-1748, November 2001
[PDF]

Tobacco Scam UCSF
A comprehensive list of published studies on how the tobacco industry has used science to confuse the public and politicians about the dangers of secondhand smoke.

Research List
Comprehensive List of Research on Tobacco Industry Manipulation of Universities and Science

 




 
 
 
 
 
 

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