Passive smoking – The BMJ

Richard Smith: Let the tobacco company see the data

Posted on September 1, 2011 by BMJ

Philip Morris International, a tobacco company, is using the Freedom of Information Act to request data from research conducted at Stirling University into why young people start smoking. The university is resisting. I think that it is wrong to do so. I’m sure that this view will seem outrageous to many BMJ readers, and I […]

Juliet Walker: BMJ in the news

Posted on February 18, 2009September 9, 2010 by BMJ

The BMJ received some praise this week in a blog by Revere, on the Science Blogs forum. Here is an extract: “Science journals are not just about science. They compete with each other for readership, public recognition and prestige. It used to be that in the UK publishing world The British Medical Journal (BMJ) was […]