SEE PORTIONS OF UCLA'S GRANT APPLICATION TO PHILIP MORRIS
Chronicle reporter Sabin Russell wrote a story about how tobacco
industry critics are accusing UCLA of conducting "secret"
research for cigarette maker Philip Morris after the state-run
university made public a heavily censored copy of the paperwork
used to win a $6 million grant from the company.
Portions of the 200-page grant application to Philip Morris were
sent to the California Youth Advocacy Network on Friday in
response to a public records act request made in July. . . .
Here's a quick rundown of what you'll find (or not find):
Cover page -- Right from the start, UCLA blanks out the names of
the key scientists involved in the research.
Page 112 -- Here is one of many pages that describe the
scientists who will be running the $6 million project, but their
names, and any information that might lead someone to deduce who
they are, are blanked out.
Page 117 -- This would appear to be a helpful page describing
the Specific Aims of the research, but it turns out, the goal of
the project is a secret. So apparently is the pilot project,
described below, but reduced to a pilot hole.
