Scientists paid to mislead the public? Act today

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Health Alerts from Care2Hi Friend,

What would you think if you found out that a scientist

waspaid to mislead the public about the dangerous

health effects of a product - especially if that

product were linked to a major killer of infants?

It sounds outrageous, but the latest revelation about

Philip , the world's largest tobacco company, is

that the company engaged in an active misinformation

campaign to cast doubt on the proven link between

tobacco smoke and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS),

a serious killer of infants.

You can help stop Big Tobacco today:

http://www.care2.com/go/z/22185

A new study this week of once-secret industry

documents showed that on at least two occasions, the

company sought out and paid scientists to write

articles challenging the documented link between

secondhand smoke and SIDS. One of these articles was

published in a respected journal and cited at least 19

times by other scientists!

Here's what you can do: our government is right now

suing the tobacco industry to end their marketing to

children. If the government wins, the trial judge can

order the industry to stop its harmful practices and

pay billions ofdollars to fund programs to prevent

kids from starting to smoke and help smokers quit.

Please urge newly confirmed Attorney General Alberto

to continue to aggressively pursue this

federal lawsuit to end tobacco marketing to children.

Thank you for making a difference!

- ,

Care2 and ThePetitionSite team

http://www.care2.com/go/z/rebecca

P.S. Read more about this latest study:

http://www.care2.com/go/z/22187

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