David Warburton (tobacco)

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Professor David Warburton is former co-ordinator of Associates for Research in Substance Enjoyment, later changed to Associates for Research in the Science of Enjoyment or ARISE, a tobacco industry funded front group which aimed to undermine the findings of medical research relating to the effects of smoking tobacco.[1]

Professor Warburton is a professor of psychology at the University of Reading.[2]

Notes

  1. George Monbiot, "Just follow the money", The Guardian, February 7th, 2006
  2. Staff Profile:Professor David Warburton, Reading Univ website, accessed 14 Feb 2010