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Alexander Krämer, MD, PhD

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Alexander Krämer, MD, PhD, Department of Public Health Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, PO Box 100131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany (e-mail: alexander.kraemer@uni-bielefeld.de).

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In their article, "Tobacco Industry Influence on Science and Scientists in Germany," Grüning et al.¹ described the various methods by which the tobacco industry distorts science: (1) suppression of unfavorable research results, (2) dilution through selective funding of research and recruitment of scientists, (3) distraction of the attention from smoking as a cause of tobacco-related diseases, (4) concealment of the relationships between scientists and the tobacco industry, and (5) manipulation of publications.

I congratulate the authors for their in-depth research on tobacco industry manipulations in which several leading German public health scientists were involved. However, these findings must not be . . . [Full Text]