Siegel faults Canadian conference for accepting Pfizer sponsorship

[Vocalek]

The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: Canadian National Conference on Tobacco or Health Throws Scientific Integrity Out the Window; Accepts Major Sponsorship from Pfizer

How can one expect that the conference would include in the program a talk on the hundreds of cases of violent and often fatal adverse effects that have been reported with Chantix when the drug's manufacturer is a major sponsor of the conference?

The pharmaceutical sponsorship creates, by its very existence, an unavoidable bias that precludes a truly objective consideration of any scientific issue that may have significant implications for the profitability of smoking cessation drugs, and therefore, for their manufacturers who are conference sponsors. This bias does not necessarily have to be conscious. In fact, the most concerning bias is that which could arise subconsciously by virtue of the sponsorship of the conference by Big Pharma.

 

[DC2]

Would Dr. Siegel ever consider running for President?

 

[rolygate]

I don't see that the people responsible for 62,000 heart attacks, suicides and murders last year (in just one country) are tarnished in any way. What do you mean.

@DC2
Well, look at Ron Paul. Anything is possible. Siegel definitely needs a blimp first, though.