About the Authors
- Heide Weishaar
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* E-mail: h.b.weishaar@sms.ed.ac.uk
Affiliation Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Jeff Collin
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Affiliation Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Katherine Smith
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Affiliation Global Public Health Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Thilo Grüning
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Affiliation Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
- Sema Mandal
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Affiliation Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
- Anna Gilmore
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Affiliation Department for Health, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
JC and AG were both part of a WHO Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) Expert Committee convened to develop recommendations on how to address tobacco industry interference with tobacco control policy, and as such their travel to a meeting in Washington DC was reimbursed by WHO TFI. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JC AG. Performed the experiments: HW KES TG SM. Analyzed the data: HW JC KES TG SM AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC AG KES. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: HW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JC KES TG AG. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: HW JC KES TG SM AG. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: HW JC KES TG SM AG.