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UK Journal Editor Quits Teaching After Web Vote 

In what is thought to be the first online vote of its kind, BMJ readers from countries around the globe voiced their opinions on whether Nottingham University should return the money to BAT and whether Smith should resign if it did not.

``Clearly this is not a 'clean' source of funding for the university,'' said Dr. Mary Black, of UNICEFin Sarajevo, who voted for the university to return the money.

``Tobacco, like drugs and ammunition, is responsible for killing and maiming millions of people. No matter how humanitarian your project is or how ambitious your plans are, no ambitions are lawful that live on cruelty to mankind,'' said Dr. Syed Fayyaz Hussain, of University Hospital in London.

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