Marketing of Low Tar Cigarette Brand by BAT Unethical
An online study published in the Lancet has revealed how British American Tobacco (BAT), a leading cigarette manufacturer has been adopting a strategy to mask the toxicity of the manufactured cigarettes. // In an audit conducted to review the internal documents of the company by Canadian researchers, it has been found that the cigarettes actually delivered elevated levels of tar and ni...Waiting for Trial Results Sometimes Unethical
Waiting for the results of randomised trials of public health interventions can cost hundreds of lives, especially in poor countries. Researchers// in this week’s BMJ argue that, if the science is good, we should act before the trials are done. Randomised controlled trials are usually required before new interventions are implemented. But in 2003, the BMJ published an article about th...