Letters
Universities and tobacco money
BMJ 2001; 323 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.323.7317.869 (Published 13 October 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;323:869
Universities must be seen to be truthful
- John Powles (jwp11@cam.ac.uk), university lecturer in public health medicine
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge CB2 2SR
- Japanese Red Cross Hiroshima College of Nursing, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima, 738-0052, Japan
EDITOR—Cohen's editorial misses the most important reason why universities should not associate with tobacco companies.1 Her argument, based on tobacco's harm to health, implies that universities have a special duty to protect health. It is not obvious that this is so. If universities are to play …
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