Discussion 5-1

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The big petroleum and tobacco companies used scientific research to undermine the scientific research conducted that linked the second-hand cigarette smoke to cardiovascular diseases. Tong & Glantz, 2007, explained that the tobacco company has invested much in research to fight against scientific evidence that proves second-hand smoke is harmful to human health by influencing the research with contradicting information. Tobacco Company has funded studies that targets on developing their product describing as a ‘reduced-harm’ cigarettes (Tong & Glantz, 2007). The tobacco company focused on funding research that also influence on ways of evaluating the so called ‘reduced-harm cigarette to avoid the truth concerning its effects and harm on human body.

According to the research concerning tobacco companies, it has indicated on how powerful ‘big money’ in research (Enserink, 2018). Tobacco Company sponsored several researches both in biology and epidemiology. Tobacco Company succeeded to suppress the side effects of cigarette smokers including the second-hand smokers using their funded research and successfully publish the information in the scientific journals. Tobacco companies used blackmail on the research institutions that were funded by the company because in 1990s the company criticized finding that indicated that second-hand smoke increases the cases of atherosclerosis and withdrew funding which is key in research (Enserink, 2018). Tobacco companies succeeded to influence their research results using huge funding to the research institution because the institution cannot operate without enough funding.

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