# B140 Science for hire: A tobacco industry strategy to influence public opinion on secondhand smoke. Monique Elizabeth Muggli, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. A review of once privileged internal tobacco company documents reveals that members of the tobacco industry and its corporate attorneys created an international scientific consultants program to influence public opinion on environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). This program was developed to protect the industry against international threats of smoking restrictions. Additionally, this program was used to promote a scientific backdrop supporting the industry¢s position on ETS that differed from regulatory agencies and published research. In this report, we detail the pervasive nature of the so-called ETS Consultants Program, outline the wide range of activities undertaken by the consultants, and highlight the role of the industry¢s corporate attorneys in creating and managing this program. We suggest heightened monitoring of industry created scientific organizations, further tobacco document research, and an increase in the dissemination of such work. Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.