Industry denial persists even after authoritative scientific consensus

Evidence

In a press conference on the release of an updated report on the dangers of secondhand smoke, Surgeon General Richard Carmona announced, “[T]he debate is over: The science is clear” (O’Neil, 2006). There is no safe level of toxicity. Neither separate sections for nonsmokers nor ventilation systems are effective. Nevertheless, R. J. Reynolds continued to challenge the empirical evidence: “It seems unlikely that secondhand smoke presents any significant harm to otherwise healthy nonsmoking adults” (O’Neil, 2006). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1675

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1675
• XREF: connects to: Manufactured doubt, not genuine debate, explains public confusion over climate science consensus — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 75