Comments on: Tobacco Company Paid For Cancer Study http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/ Medical news updated 24 hours Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: B http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/comment-page-1/#comment-11119 B Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:12:49 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/#comment-11119 although hiding it is suspicious, money given to charity is money. i despise cigarettes, and they probably have alternative motives, but dening money for something that can save lives already at risk is ridiculous. although hiding it is suspicious, money given to charity is money. i despise cigarettes, and they probably have alternative motives, but dening money for something that can save lives already at risk is ridiculous.

]]> By: Bob http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/comment-page-1/#comment-5110 Bob Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:41:09 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/#comment-5110 I think it is curious that the foundation's name is the "Foundation FOR Lung Cancer" I think it is curious that the foundation’s name is the “Foundation FOR Lung Cancer”

]]> By: Dr. Shank http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/comment-page-1/#comment-4873 Dr. Shank Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:07:18 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/#comment-4873 There is nothing fundamentally improper about a cigarette company funding research on early detection of a cancer that it helps to cause. I have no problem with a cigarette company helping to fund a study, so long as its involvement is clearly and conspicuously disclosed AND the tobacco industry does not use the findings for its own purposes without doing the same. Hiding sponsorship behind a charity that is not clearly associated with the tobacco industry, however, is guaranteed to create the appearance of impropriety and to damage the credibility of both the study and the investigators, no matter how innocent they are. All of this could have been prevented by simply identifying this source of funding as "The Liggett Group Foundation for Lung Cancer: Early Detection and Treatment," along with the usual disclaimers that the funding agency exercised no role in the study design, data analysis, writing, or decision to publish. There are plenty of bad things to say about the tobacco industry without also criticizing it for even a token effort to mitigate the damage that it causes. There is nothing fundamentally improper about a cigarette company funding research on early detection of a cancer that it helps to cause. I have no problem with a cigarette company helping to fund a study, so long as its involvement is clearly and conspicuously disclosed AND the tobacco industry does not use the findings for its own purposes without doing the same. Hiding sponsorship behind a charity that is not clearly associated with the tobacco industry, however, is guaranteed to create the appearance of impropriety and to damage the credibility of both the study and the investigators, no matter how innocent they are. All of this could have been prevented by simply identifying this source of funding as “The Liggett Group Foundation for Lung Cancer: Early Detection and Treatment,” along with the usual disclaimers that the funding agency exercised no role in the study design, data analysis, writing, or decision to publish.

There are plenty of bad things to say about the tobacco industry without also criticizing it for even a token effort to mitigate the damage that it causes.

]]> By: hpdf http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/comment-page-1/#comment-4768 hpdf Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:16:04 +0000 http://medheadlines.com/2008/03/27/tobacco-company-paid-for-cancer-study/#comment-4768 cigarette company's money = blood money cigarette company’s money = blood money

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