Did Claudia Henschke take cigarette money?

An expose in today’s NY Times. Dr. Henschke is a staunch supporter of CT scan screening for lung cancer, despite inconclusive evidence. This pretty much destroys her credibility.

Why would cigarette companies support such research? Here’s one theory:

They want to show that lung cancer is not so bad as everybody thinks because screening can save people; and that’s outrageous.

Merrill Goozner comments.

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