Oxford Economics rejects bias claims over tobacco studies

Hong Kong: London-based Oxford Economics on Tuesday again rejected claims that its tobacco trade reports were flawed given funding from industry giant Philip Morris.

With the upcoming release later this year of the “Asia-16 Illicit Tobacco Indicator 2014” and given the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance’s (Seatca) criticism of last year’s “Asia-14” report, Oxford Economics’ Oliver Salmon said the think tank had never tried to hide the fact about who was paying for the research.