German Tobacco Industry’s Successful Efforts to Maintain Scientific and Political Respectability to Prevent Regulation of Secondhand Smoke
Annette Bornhäuser, DrPH, MPH Jennifer McCarthy, PhD, MPH Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education University of California, San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-1390
March 2006
German Tobacco Industry’s Successful Efforts to Maintain Scientific and Political Respectability to Prevent Regulation of Secondhand Smoke
Annette Bornhäuser, DrPH, MPH Jennifer McCarthy, PhD, MPH Stanton A. Glantz, PhD
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education University of California, San Francisco San Francisco CA 94143-1390
March 2006
This study was funded in part by National Cancer Institute Grant CA-87472 and the German Cancer Research Center. Opinions expressed reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent any sponsoring agency or the University of California. Copyright 2006 by Annette Bornhäuser, Jennifer McCarthy, and Stanton A. Glantz. Permission is granted to reproduce this report for nonprofit purposes designed to promote the public health, so long as this report is credited. This report is available on the World Wide Web at http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmi/Germany2006. This report is one of a series of reports that analyze tobacco industry campaign contributions, lobbying, and other political activity throughout the United States and elsewhere. Other reports on tobacco policy making are available on the World Wide Web at http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/
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