Expression of Political Views
The Lancet has taken a political stand on several important medical and non-medical issues. Recent examples include criticism of the World Health Organization, rejecting WHO's claims of the efficacy of homoeopathy as a therapeutic option, disapproval during the time Reed Exhibitions (a division of Reed Elsevier) hosted arms industry fairs, and a call in 2003 for tobacco to be made illegal.
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