28 feb 1994 anni - ABC News DayOne "Smoke Screen" aired

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Segment titled: "Smoke Screen"
Producer: Walt Bogdanich
Editors: Larry Goldfine/Dana Tamura
Reporter: John Martin

This news segment exposed the manipulation of nicotine in cigarettes by the tobacco companies. It won a George Polk award, but ABC news was also sued by Philip Morris.

Read more about the lawsuit that ended with a settlement and ABC apologizing in these articles:
- Weinberg S. Smoking guns: ABC, Philip Morris and the infamous apology. Columbia Journalism Review. 1995;34(4):29-37. Accessed March 9, 2021. http://search.ebscohost.com.cyrano.ucmo.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cms&AN=9511165264&site=ehost-live

- Shepard AC. Up in smoke. American Journalism Review. 1995;17(9):28. Accessed March 9, 2021. http://search.ebscohost.com.cyrano.ucmo.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cms&AN=9512042652&site=ehost-live

Source:
https://liu.edu/polk-awards/past-winners#1994

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