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by tablespoon 1418 days ago
> The tobacco companies.

That's not really an answer. Do you have an actual example?

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Here's one that made news 12 hours ago. Phillip Morris just hired Holman out of the FDA:

> It's unclear when Holman had recused himself, but it appears to have been less than four months ago. On March 18, Holman signed off on the third generation of PMI's heated, smokeless tobacco product, IQOS.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/fdas-top-tobacco-sci...

The article mentions a second recent incident like this.

It's pretty common practice to "passively" wait for a regulator to take a questionable action on your behalf, wait the minimal recusal period, and then hire them to "work" for you for some large multiple of typical market compensation.

> Here's one that made news 12 hours ago. Phillip Morris just hired Holman out of the FDA:

That's just Phillip Morris hiring a guy, it's not Phillip Morris saying vaping is safer than cigarettes so it's healthier to smoke.

OK, now go look at the marketing for the product they bribed this guy to approve.