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Professor resigns in tobacco protest 

Jump to full article: BBC Online, 2001-05-17

Intro:

The resignation is the latest in a series of protests against the university's decision to take the "tobacco money".

In December, a business student about to graduate from the university refused to accept a student of the year cash award, in protest against the acceptance of the funding from BAT.

Instead the student, Jon Rouse, gave the prize to the Cancer Research Campaign.

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