Ohio State Among Schools That Won't Take Money From Organization Funded By Big Tobacco

Ohio State is one of 17 public health schools in the U.S. and Canada pledging to reject research money from a new anti-smoking group funded by a tobacco company. The New York-based Foundation for a Smoke-Free World was created in September with nearly 1 billion dollars from Philip Morris, saying it wants to fund research to end smoking worldwide. The foundation has yet to issue research grants but said it has received draft proposals and will make funding decisions later this year. The schools say if Philip Morris wants to end smoking, it should stop selling and advertising tobacco products.