For and against: Why journals should not publish articles funded by the tobacco industry For Against

Research, so many interests to deal with

“…Les conflits d'inté-rêts dans la recherche sont donc un piège pour les scientifiques et une menace pour la société. Les solutions sont à débattre, on peut néanmoins noter quelques propositions simples (car radicales) à titre d'exemple : le simple fait qu'une étude ait été sponsorisée par l'industrie du tabac pourrait la rendre inéligible pour une publication dans une revue scientifique [5]. L'odeur du tabac serait donc proche de celle du soufre.…”

Tobacco industry sponsorship of a book and conflict of interest

“…The case of the ‘nicotine monograph’ contributes to the debate about the ethics of accepting tobacco industry funding for research or scientific publication. Several organizations, including independent research funding agencies [101,102], scientific societies [103,104] and university research centers [102,105] require their members, grantees and affiliated researchers to reject tobacco‐industry funding [105]. Some are concerned that such policies may lead to banning of funds from other industries [104].…”

Oral cancer risk and smokeless tobacco products – clouded by smoke?

“…There is a well-documented, significant debate on whether tobacco industry-funded research or, as in this case, internal tobacco company research is ethical and whether it should be published in the scientific literature at all. 2,3 Philip Morris' companies and experts have a long history of involvement in this controversy. 4,5 On the plus side for this present study, the authors' conflicts of interest are up front, declared and not hidden.…”