Conflict Exists With the Acceptance of Tobacco Industry Money... The Alberta Medical Association, the voice of 97% of the physicians in the province adopted its addiction medicine section's position in opposing the involvement of and/or sponsorship by the tobacco industry in any activity - especially research - at Alberta universities, colleges and medical research institutions. However, US Smokeless Tobacco Company, makers of Copenhagen and Skoal tobacco have provided a $1.5 million grant to the Univeristy of Alberta for the study of smokeless tobacco. The controversial grant was approved by the University’s board of ethics, providing the funding to Dr. Carl V Phillips, assistant professor of public health in the faculty of medicine. (Tobacco Control 15:422, 2006) Bringing the World of Tobacco Control closer together..
Conflict Exists With the Acceptance of Tobacco Industry Money...
Conflict Exists With the Acceptance of Tobacco Industry Money... The Alberta Medical Association, the voice of 97% of the physicians in the province adopted its addiction medicine section's position in opposing the involvement of and/or sponsorship by the tobacco industry in any activity - especially research - at Alberta universities, colleges and medical research institutions. However, US Smokeless Tobacco Company, makers of Copenhagen and Skoal tobacco have provided a $1.5 million grant to the Univeristy of Alberta for the study of smokeless tobacco. The controversial grant was approved by the University’s board of ethics, providing the funding to Dr. Carl V Phillips, assistant professor of public health in the faculty of medicine. (Tobacco Control 15:422, 2006)
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