Many claims about passive smoking are inadequately justified

doi:10.1136/bmj.314.7077.371

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Peter N Lee, Independent consultant in statistics and epidemiologya

^a P N Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5DA

Editor–George Davey Smith and Andrew N Phillips suggest that the tobacco industry attempts to promote confusion about passive smoking and disease.1 Although I was not involved with the report of the European Working Group on Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Cancer, their central concern, I am cited as an “enthusiastic recipient of tobacco industry financial support who … has presented models … most favourable to the tobacco industry case.” Insinuating that I distort evidence for money is most unfair. I am widely consulted on many issues …