If you don't believe in global warming you can now blame Philip Morris for your ignorance. Apparently they were the first to create fake organizations to doubt the science. At first they just doubted the dangers of smoking, but to be convincing they attacked other science too. Exxon jumped on the bandwagon. I'm done with both companies (not that I bought much from them already).
Read the whole article, an exert from the upcoming book Heat. Here's a paragraph:
By May 1993, as another memo from APCO to Philip Morris shows, the fake citizens' group had a name: the Advancement of Sound Science Coalition. It was important, further letters stated, "to ensure that TASSC has a diverse group of contributors"; to "link the tobacco issue with other more 'politically correct' products"; and to associate scientific studies that cast smoking in a bad light with "broader questions about government research and regulations" - such as "global warming", "nuclear waste disposal" and "biotechnology". APCO would engage in the "intensive recruitment of high-profile representatives from business and industry, scientists, public officials, and other individuals interested in promoting the use of sound science".
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