The tobacco company Philip Morris has ended a controversial program that supported research at dozens of American universities, Science magazine reported today.
The decision apparently was made last fall, amid growing public attention to the debate at universities over industry-sponsored research. In September the regents of the University of California rejected a proposal to ban university researchers from accepting tobacco money, but adopted a policy that calls for special reviews of any studies to be conducted with such funds. The reviews must verify that a proposed study “uses sound methodology and appears designed to allow the researcher to reach objective and scientifically valid conclusions.”
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