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1.
The decision UC faces Tobacco companies have
an extensive history of attempting to manipulate research findings to enhance its credibility and advance their goals. In 2001, the Regents recognized the danger in associating with such an industry
and refused benefit from industry profit by divesting from all tobacco companies. In addition, the overwhelming evidence (much
of it published by UC researchers) indicates that the tobacco industry uses their funded research to work against the University’s
fundamental missions of teaching, research, and public service. The
Academic Senate and Administration both have said that industry-funding of research is a Regental decision. Based on these
facts, the only logical action to be taken by the Regents is to decline all future tobacco industry funding of research. Therefore,
we ask that the Regents adopt a policy of not accepting money from the tobacco industry for research or any purpose. 2. Why
it's so important Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable
death worldwide. If used as directed, tobacco is the only human consumed product that will kill half of its users. Tobacco
companies are aware of the addictive and deadly nature of their products, yet they continue to market and sell tobacco at
rates greater than ever before. In order to do so, the industry must sustain a positive public image through influenced
public opinion and solicited opposition to effective public health policies. Tobacco companies are obtaining a good public
image by gaining credibility from relationships with prestigious universities such as the University of California and its
researchers. For such a manipulative and unethical industry to have any relationship with a University that aims at discovering
and advancing knowledge is detrimental to the University and its integrity. 3. What can I do? - Click
Here to sign the online petition.
- Spread the word. Send this website link and the petition to friends, family,
and community members.
- Send
a letter to the UC Regents asking them to adopt a policy denying tobacco industry funding of research.
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A smoldering controversy at UCLA
February 9, 2008 Here's a recipe for academic controversy:
First, find dozens of hard-core teenage smokers as young
as 14 and study their brains with high-tech scans. Second, feed vervet monkeys liquid nicotine and then kill at least six
of them to examine their brains. Third, accept $6 million from tobacco giant Philip Morris to pay for it all. Fourth,
cloak the project in unusual secrecy. [more] [UCLA grant] |
Tobacco company’s research grant to UCLA raises suspicions
September 20, 2007
Tobacco industry critics are accusing UCLA
of conducting “secret” research for cigarette maker Philip Morris after the state-run university made public a
heavily censored
copy of the paperwork used to win a $6 million grant from the company. [more] |
Read our two-page ad in the May 4, 2007
Chronicles of Higher Education: lettersize
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