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Professor quits over tobacco firm's £3.8m gift to university 

Mr Smith had previously accused the university of offering the industry "at a cheap price a respectability it doesn't deserve", while Sir Colin defended the institution's right to obtain diverse sources of funding.

Clive Bates, director of the anti-smoking campaign ASH, said Mr Smith had "done the right thing". The university authorities seemed immune to argument. "There is no point in staying and fighting." . .

Philip Dalling, spokesman for the university, said it was sorry to lose Mr Smith's expertise. "The university decided to accept the money five months ago, and since then it has been ratified by the governing council and the senate. In all, around 400 people have been involved in that decision, and there were only about two critical comments."

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