Philip Morris' new scientific initiative: an analysis
Philip Morris' new scientific initiative: an analysis
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DOI：
10.1136/tc.10.3.247
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发表时间：
2001-09-01
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影响因子：
5.2
通讯作者：
Shatenstein, S
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作者：
Hirschhorn, N;Bialous, SA;Shatenstein, S
2000年秋，菲利普莫里斯公司重新启动了一项外部研究赠款计划（“菲利普莫里斯外部研究计划”，或PMERP），这是自烟草研究理事会（CTR）和室内空气研究中心（CIAR）解散以来的第一项计划。该计划的表面目的是帮助开发“可能降低吸烟对健康的风险”的香烟设计。公司内部文件还表明，菲利普莫里斯迫切寻求恢复其科学“信誉”，作为与外部社区“新开放”的一部分。评审小组的结构--一组外部同行评审员、一个科学咨询委员会和一个内部匿名评审和批准委员会--与CIAR的结构几乎相同。大多数被点名的评审员以前都曾作为评审员或受资助者与烟草业有过联系，但只有少数人直接对烟草或吸烟进行过研究。PMERP的纲领性内容可以解释为就吸烟和接触烟雾寻求开脱罪责的证据。我们仍然怀疑PMERP的科学完整性。
In the fall of 2000, Philip Morris re-initiated an external research grants programme ("Philip Morris External Research Program", or PMERP), the first since the dissolution of the Council for Tobacco Research (CTR) and the Center for Indoor Air Research (CIAR). The ostensible purpose of the programme is to help develop cigarette designs "that might reduce the health risk of smoking". Internal company documents also indicate that Philip Morris urgently seeks to restore its scientific "credibility", as part of a "new openness" in relation to the external community. The structure of the review panel-a cohort of external peer reviewers, a science advisory board, and an internal, anonymous review and approvals committee-is nearly identical to that of the CIAR. The majority of the named reviewers have had previous affiliation with the tobacco industry either as reviewers or grantees, but only a minority have done research directly on tobacco or smoking. The programmatic substance of the PMERP could be interpreted as soliciting exculpatory evidence with respect to smoking and exposure to smoke. We remain sceptical about the scientific integrity of PMERP.