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The N.H.L.’s Problem With Science

In the 1950s, tobacco companies responded to research proving a link between smoking and lung cancer by trying to discredit the science. They formed their own research group to poke holes in the data and to stave off public panic that cigarette smoking could cause serious diseases and death.

More than 60 years later, the N.H.L. has responded to a class-action lawsuit regarding head injuries with a similar approach.