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Obscuring the link between cigarette smoking and health

by Anne Landman

This timeline will note the activities taken by the tobacco industry to confuse, obscure and inject doubt into the understanding of the link between smoking and illness.

No date The purpose of the Council for Tobacco Research was to obscure the link between smoking and disease
Document states that the purpose of the Council for Tobacco Research was to develop "practical research in the industry's defense," and, "Upon completion of such projects, it is the responsibility of the Institute to help bring the results of this research to the attention of various segments of the public..."
14 Apr 1977 Reassuring smokers that smoking is safe
Company unclear (appears to be BAT) discusses how to reassure "health concerned smokers" in the wake of dissemination of knowledge about tobacco's effect of health
1992 (est.)
A history of the tobacco industry's public relations obfuscation