The e-cigarette company bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal, with all the articles written by authors on its payroll, to ‘prove’ that its product has a public benefit.
Conflict of Interest Statement
Through PinneyAssociates, Saul Shiffman provides consulting services on tobacco harm reduction on an exclusive basis to Juul Labs Inc. In that
role, he acted as internal editor and coordinator for
the papers in this special issue. (Within the last 2
years, PinneyAssociates has also consulted for British American Tobacco and Reynolds American Inc
and subsidiaries on tobacco harm reduction.) Erik
Augustson is a full-time employee of Juul Labs Inc.
As Senior Director of Behavioral Affairs at JLI, he
oversaw the conduct of the behavioral research reported in this special issue.
Doesn’t mention that every researcher was also an employee of Juul Labs =/
the linked “journal”: https://ajhb.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AJHB_JUUL_Special_Issue.pdf
Doesn’t mention that every researcher was also an employee of Juul Labs =/