Tobacco funded research: how even journals with bans find it hard to stem the tide of publications

2024/05/30 by Irene van den Berg, Mathilde de Jeu, Hristio Boytchev · 1 voice · 5 citations
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics · Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare #Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

paper · pdf · doi:10.1136/bmj.q1153

Abstract

Tobacco companies are investing billions in pharmaceutical and medical products. These ties complicate the ongoing efforts of researchers, scientific organisations, and journals to distance themselves from the industry, find <b>Irene van den Berg</b>, <b>Mathilde de Jeu</b>, and <b>Hristio Boytchev</b>

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