Smoke and mirrors. (Cover story). Reisz, M. Times Higher Education, August, 2012.
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The article discusses the involvement of some British academics and researchers in agnotology or the practice of spreading doubt pioneered by the tobacco industry. It explains that agnotology distorts the skepticism of research of obscure the truth and offers tips on how to detect such schemes. Some examples of agnotologies include "Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century" and "Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition."
@article{reisz_smoke_2012,
	title = {Smoke and mirrors. ({Cover} story)},
	issn = {00493929},
	abstract = {The article discusses the involvement of some British academics and researchers in agnotology or the practice of spreading doubt pioneered by the tobacco industry. It explains that agnotology distorts the skepticism of research of obscure the truth and offers tips on how to detect such schemes. Some examples of agnotologies include "Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century" and "Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition."},
	number = {2063},
	journal = {Times Higher Education},
	author = {Reisz, Matthew},
	month = aug,
	year = {2012},
	keywords = {BELIEF \& doubt, GOLDEN Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe \& the Case for Abolition (Book), GREAT Britain, INSIDE Job: The Financiers Who Pulled off the Heist of the Century (Book), RESEARCH, TOBACCO industry, UNIVERSITIES \& colleges},
	pages = {30--35},
}

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