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Home » Tobacco and Health » Tobacco Industry Critiques » Industry Spy Poses as A Science Writer for 35 years [060399] Health Industry Spy Poses as A Science Writer for 35 years [060399] Health in Tobacco Shopping Supplies Directory |
Much new information by and about Zahn was uncovered by the firm Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi here. This law firm subpoenaed the files, and built and litigated the landmark Minnesota case that ended successfully last spring; it led to the subsequent national settlement between the states and the tobacco industry. The massive document file from the case has been opened to the public as part of the settlement. It can be accessed at the Minnesota Tobacco Document Depository, located in an industrial mall here near the University of Minnesota. Leonard Zahn is a life member of the National Association of Science Writers NASW, as are we. A decade ago, based on court documents, we published an expose of Zahns use of workingjournalist credentials to enter pressrooms at scientific meetings to serve his client, tobacco. ScienceWriters [SW] Spring 89. This doubledealing is frowned upon by health organizations like the American Heart Association AHA and American Cancer Society ACS that run pressrooms to help science writers cover the news.
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