Thread by @rg_jones

This is EXTREMELY concerning. New research centre on Indigenous smoking is being funded by the tobacco industry.

Yes, you read that right: *funded by the tobacco industry*

medianet.com.au/releases/16667…

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It was all smiles and accolades at the launch, but everyone seems to be glossing over the centre’s funding source and the huge ethical problems that raises.

https://twitter.com/NZDoctor_news/status/1031801827619217408

The centre is being funded by The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World. Here’s their President, Derek Yach, talking about the new research centre. vimeo.com/285901659

The Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (sounds great, right?) is actually backed by Philip Morris International.

insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/9/18…

Here’s more information about Foundation for a Smoke-Free World and how it frames itself: tobaccotactics.org/index.php?titl…

This is the #tobacco industry up to its old tricks. It’s an industry with a long track record of exploiting marginalised populations, including #Indigenous peoples, in order to promote their deadly product.

It is unconscionable. Universities must refuse to be associated in any way with this research centre.

usnews.com/news/national-…

Anyone else considering associating with this 'Centre of Research Excellence on Indigenous Sovereignty & Smoking' needs to be fully aware of the funding arrangements and the serious implications for the work of the centre and for #Indigenoushealth.

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