"I deleted the unsubstantiated section about TII having taken money from tobacco companies. That section had two sources, the book Merchants of Doubt, and a pdf of an article titled ""Smoke and Mirrors: The Tobacco Industry's Influence on the Phony ""Grassroots"" Campaign for Liability Limits"". I have read and searched through Merchants of Doubt and there is zero mention in it about tobacco donations to TII. The ″Smoke and Mirrors″ article says “[The] Independent Institute published a study opposing cigarette taxes while taking money from several major tobacco firms.” Their source for this is “Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, Tobacco Industry Front Groups, October 11, 1995”. However, there
"I deleted the unsubstantiated section about TII having taken money from tobacco companies. That section had two sources, the book Merchants of Doubt, and a pdf of an article titled ""Smoke and Mirrors: The Tobacco Industry's Influence on the Phony ""Grassroots"" Campaign for Liability Limits"". I have read and searched through Merchants of Doubt and there is zero mention in it about tobacco donations to TII. The ″Smoke and Mirrors″ article says “[The] Independent Institute published a study opposing cigarette taxes while taking money from several major tobacco firms.” Their source for this is “Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, Tobacco Industry Front Groups, October 11, 1995”. However, there is