The Tobacco Strategy Entrenched

摘要

Ever wonder why it has been so slow and difficult to reduce the health risks from tobacco, secondhand smoke, lead, beryllium, or chromium? David Michaels's excellent Doubt Is Their Product provides part of the explanation, showing numerous ways in which "the product defense industry" uses scientific (and pseudoscien-tific) arguments to undermine public health protections, corrupt the scientific record, and mislead the public.