E-cigarettes: Experts in a conflict of interest?

[AegisPrime]

Courtesy of Marianne Belgique and Google Translate

E-cigarettes: Experts in a conflict of interest?

Sadly I don't speak French and the translation is a little 'Googley':

Two of the six experts who signed the recent opinion of the Supreme Council of reluctant to e-cigarette health were paid by pharmaceutical companies that market nicotine substitutes, such Chantix or Nicorette or lucrative drugs against lung cancer . A third expert is a former consultant to Philip Morris.

 

[AgentAnia]

The google translation is definitely "googley," but the gist is accurate. Three of the six have extensive histories consulting w/ Janssen (Nicorette gum), Eli Lilly (lung cancer meds) and Pfizer (Chantix). All three have declared that they do not consider this a "conflict of interest."

 

[Uma]

Oh la la, I hope to see more journalists requesting disclosures (& researching for accuracy).