8 Information and research initiated, financed or influenced by the tobacco industry

The Nordic countries note that information offered by the tobacco industry and those working to further its interests, outside of disclosures required by law, should be treated with caution and carefully scrutinised to minimise opportunities for the tobacco industry to manipulate information, cause confusion among the public and government, and undermine public health policies in relation to tobacco control.

Most leading scientific journals do no longer accept research partly or wholly funded by the tobacco industry. This is due to the fact that it is well documented that the tobacco industry for decades has misused research to create both scientific and popular «doubt» about health effects and tobacco control measures.

It is also common for scientific institutes to disregard or put less emphasis on research from the tobacco industry when performing evidence reviews etc.