When tobacco companies funded McGill's respiratory research

Peter Macklem conducting lung research at McGill

On Sept 1, 1972 McGill accepted a $300,000 donation from the Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers’ Council to study breathing problems suffered by humans.  
   Undoubtedly much of that funding went to that crazy awesome box that's featured in the photo at the left.
   Dr. Peter Macklem, who died in 2011 after a long career at McGill (seen here with student breathing pure air) pointed out that "it is not practical to expect the public at large to give up smoking. The role of research is to find the 'high risk person’ the one who is likely to develop lung disease and get him to give up smoking."
   So it seems that McGill just couldn't say no to that tobacco money.
   About 40 percent of Canadians were smokers at the time. The habit slowly started to dip after peaking in the mid 60s. Full eradicated is on the horizon in our lifetimes. (How long are you planning to live? - Chimples).