CDC Lying About Financial Conflicts of Interest and Failing to Disclose Big Pharma Funding When It Releases Statements About E-Cigarettes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) makes a multitude of recommendations regarding the prevention and treatment of a variety of diseases and adverse health conditions. Many of these recommendations involve the promotion of specific pharmaceutical products, such as antibiotics, vaccines, or smoking cessation drugs.For this reason, it would seem important that the CDC remain independent of any corporate influence and that the agency not accept funding from corporations, especially from Big Pharma.In fact, the CDC claims to have no financial interests or other relationships with any manufacturers of commercial products that are involved in its recommendations. The CDC claims that it does not accept any commercial support.For example, on the web page for a smoking cessation tutorial funded by CDC, the following disclaimer is provided:"CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the exception of: Dr. Neal Benowitz. He wishes to disclose that he was a member of the Pfizer Inc. advisory board and a paid consultant for GlaxoSmithKline. Dr. Nancy Rigotti. She wishes to disclose that she was a member of the Pfizer Inc. scientific advisory board, receives royalties for chapter on smoking cessation from UpToDate, Inc., and a research grant was awarded to Massachusetts General ...
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