Clearing the Air: Conflicts of Interest and the Tobacco Industry’s Impact on Indigenous Peoples

Abstract

Publication and conference policies such as the Policy on the Tobacco Industry1 allow scientific societies and journals to accept publications and presentations that are funded in whole, or in part, by the Tobacco Industry and its affiliates. The argument is that, in these times of distrust and polarization of science, it is important to provide a forum for “good science” and “open scientific debate,” along with disclosures concerning funding, for the full range of views.