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Editor resigns from post after tobacco gift 

BMJ 2001;322:1200 ( 19 May )
Jump to full article: British Medical Journal, 2001-05-17
Author: Annabel Ferriman / BMJ

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In his letter of resignation to Sir Colin Campbell, the university’s vice chancellor, Dr Smith said: "The vote on whether or not I should resign was much closer [than the vote on returning the money] because people were divided over whether I should dissociate myself from the university or stay in position and argue my case.

"I am resigning both because I said that I would do what the BMJ’s readers said I should do and because I’ve argued so strongly that the university shouldn’t have taken this money."

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