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Related Editorials Opinion: UC Continues to Act in Secrecy, Doing Research on Youth Smoking for the Tobacco Industry, California Progress Report, February, 19, 2008 Editorial: Tobacco bad redux, Sacramento News and Review, October 4, 2007 Editorial: Keep UC Away From Big Tobacco, The Daily Californian, August 6, 2007 Editorial Cartoon, San Francisco Chronicle, July 20, 2007 Opinion: Following Up: The smoke still lingers, San Francisco Chronicle, July 20, 2007 Editorial: ‘No’ to UC tobacco funds, Sacramento News and Review, June 28, 2007 Opinion: Tobacco-related research funding: UC should remain cautious, The California Aggie, May 22, 2007 Editorial: Academic Freedom Changes Its Shape, Berkeley Daily Planet, May 15, 2007 Editorial: Smoke gets in UC's eyes, San Francisco Chronicle, May 14, 2007 Letter to the Editor: Corporate U, San Francisco Chronicle, May 13, 2007 Letter to the Editor: Tainted Funding, San Francisco Chronicle, May 12, 2007 Letter to the Editor: Campuses should lead the fight against smoking, San Diego Union-Tribune, April 4, 2007 Editorial: Thank you for not smoking at UC, San Diego Union-Tribune, March 21, 2007 Opinion: UC Regents Should Ban Tobacco Funding for Research, UCLA Today Online, February 6, 2007 Opinion: Or Shouldn’t: A Ban Would Undermine UC’s Mission, UCLA Today Online, February 6, 2007 Editorial: Big Tobacco Research Support, The California Aggie, January 30, 2007 Editorial: Tobacco-Funded Research Raises Questions, The Stanford Daily, October 25, 2006

State and National Media Smoke and mirrors cloak tobacco research, Amador Ledger Dispatch, June 6, 2008 At One University, Tobacco Money is a Secret, New York Times, May 22, 2008 Did Big Tobacco Taint a Cancer Study?, TIME, March 26, 2008 Philip Morris Shuts Down Grant Program for University Research, The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 29, 2008 Saying No to Tobacco Money, Business Week, February 10, 2008 A smoldering controversy at UCLA, Los Angeles Times, February 9, 2008 Some Campuses Decide Tobacco Company Money is ‘Tainted’, New York Times, February 4, 2008 UC regents to let researchers continue to get tobacco industry grants, San Francisco Chronicle, September 21, 2007 Regents reject UC tobacco grant ban, Sacramento Bee, September 21, 2007 Tobacco company’s research grant to UCLA raises suspicions, San Francisco Chronicle, September 20, ,2007 Compromise sought on taking research money, San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2007 UC regents seek compromise on tobacco industry funding, Los Angeles Times, July 19, 2007 UC again postpones vote on taking tobacco money, San Jose Mercury, July 18, 2007 Smoked out! The hidden history of UC Davis’ 35-year collaboration with Big Tobacco, Sacramento News and Review, June 20, 2007 Stanford ban on tobacco money rejected, San Jose Mercury, May 18, 2007 No Smoking, Says California Faculty, Science, May 17, 2007 UC Faculty Nixes Tobacco Money Ban, Inside Higher Ed, May 10, 2007 UC: Faculty votes down tobacco ban: Overwhelming support for keeping research, money, San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2007 UC senate rejects ban on tobacco funding, San Diego Union-Tribune, May 10, 2007 UC apt to oppose tobacco money ban, Contra Costa Times, May 9, 2007 Faculty Group at U. of California Opposes Proposed Ban on Research Funds From Tobacco Industry, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 9, 2007 U. of California Faculty to Consider Ban on Research Funds From Tobacco Industry, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 2007 Stanford divided on tobacco dollars, San Jose Mercury, May 6, 2007 UC to review the tobacco industry's funding of research, Los Angeles Times, March 28, 2007 Calculating the Tobacco Taint, Inside Higher Ed, February 15, 2007 Tobacco on Trial in California, Inside Higher Ed, February 8, 2007 UC tobacco money ban delayed – again, The Scientist, January 30, 2007 UC Balks at Campus-wide Ban on Tobacco Money for Research, Science, January 26, 2007 Vote Postponed on Tobacco Research Ban, Inside Higher Ed, January 19, 2007 Board Decides Not to Kill Tobacco Funding, San Francisco Chronicle, January 19, 2007 UC Postpones Vote on Taking Tobacco Money, San Francisco Chronicle, January 18, 2007 UC Considers Prohibiting Tobacco-Funded Research, San Diego Union-Tribune, January 17, 2007 UC Leaders Question Sources of Funding, Contra Costa Times, January 16, 2007

Faculty Moves to Ban Tobacco Research Cash,San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 2006 Does Tobacco Money Taint Research, Inside Higher Ed, September 21, 2006 Board to Discuss a Ban on Tobacco Firm Grants,San Francisco Chronicle, September 19, 2006 Tobacco Industry Research Grants Spur Debate,San Francisco Chronicle, December 27, 2004 Campus Media Philip Morris cuts research, The Daily Bruin, March 4, 2008 UCSB Loses Tobacco Co. Grant, UCSB Daily Nexus, February 20, 2008 Some Skeptical of Regents’ New Tobacco Policy, The Daily California, October 1, 2007 Regents Drop Ban on Tobacco Research, UCSD Guardian, October 1, 2007 UC Regents postpone vote on allowing tobacco-funded research, The California Aggie, July 30, 2007 Unable to Reach Consensus, Regents Delay Tobacco Funding Vote, The Daily Californian, July 19, 2007 Controversy Continues Over UC Tobacco Grants, UCSB Daily Nexus, May 17, 2007 UC Academic Senate Votes Down Tobacco-funding Restrictions, UCSF Synapse, May 16, 2007 UC faculty votes to keep Big Tobacco sponsorships, The California Aggie, May 16, 2007 UC Senate Rejects Tobacco Money ban, UCSD Guardian, May 14, 2007 UC Assembly: No on Tobacco Funding Ban, The Daily California, May 10, 2007 Senate rejects effort to rid UC of tobacco cash, Dateline UC Davis, April 6, 2007 UC to Reassess Use of Tobacco Research Money, UCSB Daily Nexus, February 27, 2007 Keeping Research Smoke-Free, The Cavalier Daily, February 27, 2007 UC Academic Senate Pursues Investigation of Tobacco Funds, The Daily Californian, February 15, 2007 Regents Put Tobacco on Back Burner, UCSD Guardian, January 25, 2007 UC to Consider Banning Research Funding From Tobacco Companies, The California Aggie, January 25, 2007 Regents Forestall Decision on Tobacco Funds, The Daily Californian, January 19, 2007 Regents, Faculty to Decide Fate of Tobacco Funds, UCLA Today Online, October 9, 2006

Website / Blog Mentions Without Academic Partnerships, the Tobacco Industry Loses Power, PRwatch.org, February 18, 2008 See portions of UCLA’s grant application to Philip Morris, The Chronicle Local News Blog, September 19, 2007 UC Academic Senate Smokes RE-89, Acronym Required, May 10, 2007 Stanford May Say No to Big Tobacco, Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship, May 9, 2007 Industry Funded Research, The Situationist, April 18, 2007 UC Update & “Scientific Integrity Institute” Launched, Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship, April 1, 2007                            My Lab Thanks You For Smoking, Acronym Required, February 14, 2007 Accepting Tobacco $ = Academic Freedom?, Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship, January 20, 2007   Radio Funders and Academic Research, Forum with Michael Krasny on KQED, March 8, 2005

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