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• EDITORIAL: Philip Morris is blowing smoke ($$) 

If it were actually serious about reducing the dangers of cigarette smoking, the company could just stop manufacturing cigarettes. Since it has chosen not to do that, it is a fair question to ask what it could hope to determine in its brand-new research centre. And why should the public should take the company's word for it if it finds with something that suggests smoking is - surprise ! - safe?

Its track record in research is not reassuring. Last fall, The Lancet accused Philip Morris of such selective publication of medical findings that as to turn the truth on its head. The public stands forewarned.

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