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Philip Morris International has funded Japanese academics
Leaked documents show the tobacco giant attempting to influence science and public health policy in Japan by covertly funding research and expert networks
There is also evidence that PMJ funded a life sciences consultancy, run by a Japanese professor at Tokyo University, to build a network of experts to influence public health policy. PMJ contracted a third-party external research organisation, CMIC, to secretly fund a study on smoking cessation conducted by Kyoto University academics. A 2020 TCRG report on PMI detailed the company’s “relentless lobbying, PR campaigns and multifaceted approaches to influencing science and public health in order to manage the future direction of tobacco control.”
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