Hiring Independent Experts

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Consultancy
To recruit supposedly independent experts who are critical of tobacco control measures.

WHO Definitions of Tobacco Industry Tactics for resisting effective tobacco control, 2009.''


The tobacco industry has a history of using Think Tanks, scientists or other consultants to work on their behalf. Paying for research and for endorsement from medical doctors for instance, as is explained under Influencing Science is also a form of hired help and third party techniques. Recent examples of hiring so-called, include opposing the government's policy on the Display Ban or on Plain Packaging.


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