NewHopeR
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Effects of Smoking He also received "secret" funding for "consultation research" via New York legal firm Jacob & Medinger, which was acting on behalf of the tobacco industry. Asked what he felt about tobacco industry lawyers being involved in selecting scientists for research projects, he said: "As long as somebody pays for the research I don't care who it is." Research should be judged on quality, not on who paid for it, he said, adding that he had not personally profited from the funds.[SUP][21][/SUP] According to the UK newspaper The Independent, Eysenck received more than £800k in this way[SUP][22][/SUP] — though, when interviewed by UK's Channel 4 TV in 1996, he "could not remember exactly the source" of the money.
Effects of Smoking He also received "secret" funding for "consultation research" via New York legal firm Jacob & Medinger, which was acting on behalf of the tobacco industry. Asked what he felt about tobacco industry lawyers being involved in selecting scientists for research projects, he said: "As long as somebody pays for the research I don't care who it is." Research should be judged on quality, not on who paid for it, he said, adding that he had not personally profited from the funds.[SUP][21][/SUP] According to the UK newspaper The Independent, Eysenck received more than £800k in this way[SUP][22][/SUP] — though, when interviewed by UK's Channel 4 TV in 1996, he "could not remember exactly the source" of the money.