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. 2002 Dec 14;325(7377):1413-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7377.1413.

How the tobacco industry responded to an influential study of the health effects of secondhand smoke

Mi-Kyung Hong  1 , Lisa A Bero
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How the tobacco industry responded to an influential study of the health effects of secondhand smoke

Mi-Kyung Hong et al. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Covington and Burling privileged and confidential attorney work product “Proposal for an applied research study to investigate exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in non-smoking Japanese women.” 12 August 1991. (Philip Morris documents website. Bates No 2023544523_4530. 8 page document)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Letter from Christopher Proctor, chief scientist at British American Tobacco and acting investigator of the Japanese spousal study, to tobacco industry executives with regard to study results. Covington and Burling document. 23 December 1991. (Philip Morris documents website. Bates No 2023544474_4475. 2 page document)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Title and acknowledgement section of final publication of the Japanese spousal study in International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, featuring Peter Lee as sole author and acknowledging Eiji Yano as well as financial support from “several companies of the tobacco industry”
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