Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2001-02-04
Intro: Britain's largest pro-smoking group has given an award to the University of Nottingham for accepting almost £4m in sponsorship from a tobacco company.
Forest says the university is entitled to an "intellectual bravery award" for accepting a £3.8m endowment from British American Tobacco (BAT), which makes brands like Rothmans, Dunhill and Lucky Strike.
The university has described the award as "irrelevant and inappropriate" and said the donation from BAT is a legitimate one.
It is being used to set up an International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. . .
Forest director Simon Clark admitted the university might be embarrassed by the award. . . "We get a lot of money from tobacco companies to run Forest.
I'm not ashamed at all to receive money from the tobacco companies. "In a civilised society there are two sides to every debate."
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