I feel like claiming that faked scientific narratives were invented by the Tabasco (sic) industry might be missing Radium, Tetra-ethyl Lead, and any number of o

I feel like claiming that faked scientific narratives were invented by the Tabasco (sic) industry might be missing Radium, Tetra-ethyl Lead, and any number of other issues. Suffice it to say that for as long as the scientific method has held some sort of real authority outside of its practitioners, it has been twisted by special interests (especially those that have deep pockets) towards their own benefit. The Tobacco industry is already sufficiently guilty through their actions that there is no need to make things up to paint them in a bad light (here, the 'originators' of scientific chaffing) - all that can do is provide cover for bad deeds when people figure out that such claims are fraudulent, and extend the possibility to information that is not. See the war on drugs for a more modern example.