Box 1-1.

: Arguments for refusing funding from the tobacco industry

• Harm to health
• The scale, range, and extent of the harm caused by tobacco far outweigh the effects of any other known product, legal or illegal
• Distortion of scientific findings
• Directly and indirectly the tobacco industry has systematically sought to undermine and misrepresent sound research on a massive scale, while itself funding studies and scientists of questionable credibility
• Other disreputable activities
• The tobacco industry's own documents show a uniquely discredited and disgraced sector that has sought to conceal evidence, recruit minors, and dupe the public and governments alike for many decades