π’ CONFIRMED
Internal documents revealed that tobacco companies had scientific evidence linking smoking to cancer as early as the 1950s but funded disinformation campaigns to create doubt about the health risks.
Tobacco companies knew cigarettes caused cancer and deliberately concealed the evidence for decades
CORPΒ·January 1, 1954Β·By Tobacco Industry WhistleblowersΒ·1.6K upvotesΒ·28 comments
What They Said Was Crazy
βThe tobacco industry has known for decades that their product causes cancer and has deliberately hidden this information from the public.β
π The Receipts
β
PRIMARYTobacco Industry Internal Documents (UCSF Archive)
www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/tobacco/DOCUMENTOpen
β
PRIMARYMaster Settlement Agreement (1998)
www.naag.org/our-work/naag-center-for-tobacco-and-...DOCUMENTOpen
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What they said vs. what the evidence shows
β³ The Vindication Timeline
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Confirmed: They Were Right
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Confirmed: They Were Right
The truth comes out. Officially documented.
π How Right We Were
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Source diversity
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