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528 



Perhaps lite Buonj memben should 

 noi be faulted for ihcir failure to rtspood 

 10 my query. The message comnunicaied 

 lo ihc Board members by ihe office of ihe 

 Scicniific Director of LI K may have 

 seemed sufficiently ihrratening lo dis- 

 courage a poll response thai selected 

 Board members otherwise might have 

 volunteered. In addition, quite indepeiv 

 dcnt of that communicauon, some mem- 

 bers may have found my approach to this 

 matter, or the reason for my interest, of- 

 fensive, and thus decided on these 

 grounds not to respond. 



Regardless of their individual moti- 

 vations, however, these saentisis lend 

 their names and aedibility to a conscious 

 tobacco industry strategy to use sponsor- 

 ship 6( scientific research to sow doubts in 

 the minds of the public about the dangers 

 of cigarette smoking. As such, it might be 

 hoped ihat the CTR Soentiiic Advisory 

 Board would muster up the courage to 

 take a strong public collective stand, as 

 have their Australian colleagues, to dis- 

 unce them.«h'es, as soentists. from the 

 insidious, cynical, and misleading — and 

 perhaps "brilliant" — public relations role 

 played by industry funding of re- 

 search. G 



Acknowtedgmeots 



I un iritefuJ to Stephen ModeD for roeardi 

 assaiance. For hetp^ commenu on prwxius 

 dn/o. I thank W A/idrvw Achenbaum. Fred 

 Bookscin. Ronald M Davis. Rjchan) Day- 

 nard. Mallhew Sljers. Michael Penschuk, 

 Dome Rosenblan. and Dinah S«(ver Duruij 

 prtparaijon of ihis manuscnpi. I *as supporifd 

 in pan By grant no AOCDl 14 from the Naiiotttl 

 Insoiuie on A^g to the Insniute of Geronto4- 

 ogy. L'ruver^ty of Michigan. 



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Editor Search Committee Seeks New Editor for American Journal of Public Health 



An Editor Search Commmee is actively seeking a re- 

 pljcemeni for Dr Michel Ibrahim, who has announced his 

 resignation as Editor of this Journal, effective January I. 

 1992. The su-member search commmee welcomes and 

 solicits nominations and recommendations from the APHA 

 membenhip and leadership to assist them in identifying the 

 best available individual for this important salaried position. 

 Nominations and statements of interest should be submitted 

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 consider suggestions, applications, and support maienals of 

 potential candidates. 



Names of potential candidates, along with letters of 

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peers, combined with an extensive network of profes- 

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