Investigating the Role of Science in Tobacco Policy

Netherlands

Description

This investigation looks into scientific findings and expertise in the context of tobacco and nicotine control policies in Europe. Bringing together journalists and researchers, the project explores the ways science is used, interpreted, and communicated in policy debates. Its goal is to shed light on the complex relationship between scientific evidence, regulation, and public health.

“Industry-funded science is never neutral. We like to believe it doesn’t matter who pays for research – yet science itself shows that it does.” — Luc Hagenaars

 

Project Team

Media outlet

VersPers

Amsterdam, Netherlands
https://www.verspers.nl/

Irene van den Berg

Senior investigative journalist
Netherlands

VersPers

Irene van den Berg

Research organisation

Amsterdam UMC, Dept. of Public and Occupational Health

Amsterdam, Netherlands
https://www.vumc.nl/research/overzicht/public-occupational-health.htm

Luc Hagenaars

Assistant professor of public and occupational health
Netherlands

Amsterdam UMC, Dept. of Public and Occupational Health

Luc Hagenaars