U. of California Faculty Unlikely to Support Ban on Tobacco Money.

UNIVERSITY of California, Los Angeles; TOBACCO industry; GRANTS in aid (Public finance); ACADEMIC freedom; PUBLIC health

The article reports that the University of California's Academic Senate will likely reject a proposed ban on research funds from the tobacco industry. The ban would cut tobacco companies out of one of the largest academic-research operations in the country and would be the first in which the system has uniformly banned a specified source of research support. It is being opposed by faculty members and administrators in the system who worry that a moratorium on any industry would undercut academic freedom.