Hiring Independent Experts
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Hiring Independent Experts, Tobacco Tactics, updated 06 March 2024, accessed 12 April 2024.
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 explored on the Influencing Science page, is also a form of hired help and third party techniques. Recent examples of hiring so-called independent experts include the industry’s use of this tactic to oppose the UK government’s policy on the Display Ban or on Plain Packaging.
- For a list of pages in this category, see Hiring Independent Experts
- See Third Party Techniques for more information on other similar industry tactics
Hiring Independent Experts
Third Party Techniques
Influencing Science
Think Tanks
Challenging Legislation
