Institute for the Struggle against the Dangers of Tobacco

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The Institute for the Struggle against the Dangers of Tobacco[a] (German: Wissenschaftliches Institut zur Erforschung der Tabakgefahren[1]) was set up at the University of Jena in 1942. It was one of the first scientific institutes to discover the dangers of smoking tobacco, including the link between smoking and lung cancer. However, due to its relationship with the ruling Nazi regime (it was supported in part by Adolf Hitler's funds), its work was not taken seriously after the Second World War.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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  1. ^ Also translated into English as the Scientific Institute for the Research into the Hazards of Tobacco[1]
  1. ^ a b Zimmermann, Susanne; Egger, Matthias; Hossfeld, Uwe (February 2001). "Commentary: Pioneering research into smoking and health in Nazi Germany— The 'Wissenschaftliches Institut zur Erforschung der Tabakgefahren' in Jena". International Journal of Epidemiology. 30 (1): 35–37. doi:10.1093/ije/30.1.35. ISSN 1464-3685. PMID 11171847.
  2. ^ British Medical Journal Publishing Group (11 February 1995). "Smoking and death". The BMJ. 310 (6976): 396. doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6976.396. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2548770. PMID 7866221.
  3. ^ Smith, G. Davey; Ströbele, S. A.; Egger, M. (1997). "Cigarette Smoking and Health Promotion in Nazi Germany". Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 51 (2): 208–210. doi:10.1136/jech.51.2.208. ISSN 0143-005X. JSTOR 25568443. PMC 1060448. PMID 9196655.
  4. ^ Karacs, Imre (17 September 1999). "Revealed: how Nazis stubbed out smoking". The Independent.
  5. ^ Skrabanek, Petr (2000). False Premises, False Promises. Tarragon Press for the Skrabanek Foundation. p. xxiii. ISBN 978-1-870781-11-4.
  6. ^ Davey Smith, George (18 December 2004). "Lifestyle, health, and health promotion in Nazi Germany". The BMJ. 329 (7480): 1424–1425. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1424. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 535959. PMID 15604167.
  7. ^ Davey-Smith, George; Egger, Matthias (October 2005). "The first reports on smoking and lung cancer – why are they consistently ignored?" (PDF). Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 83 (10). World Health Organization: 800.
  8. ^ Aboul-Enein, Basil (1 January 2012). "The anti-tobacco movement of Nazi Germany: a historiographical re-examination". International Electronic Journal of Health Education. 15: 166–173.

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