Conflict-of-Interest Policies in Addiction Science

Focusing on three letters sent to the editor on conflict-of-interest (COI) policies in addiction research several important questions are answered. These are: who needs to declare a COI, what needs to be declared, how do financial-support acknowledgements differ from COIs and who needs to know.
The fields of alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and drug research have been found to be especially vulnerable to influences from financial COIs…