Peer reviewers' profile
| Characteristics | Number (%) |
| Degree | |
| PhD | 82 (78) |
| MD | 191-150 (18) |
| Other | 4 (4) |
| Affiliation | |
| University | 79 (75) |
| US EPA | 61-151 (6) |
| Retired PM scientist | 3 (3) |
| Other | 171-152 (16) |
| Specialty | |
| Air pollutant and air quality research | 46 (44) |
| Asthma/immunology/allergy | 17 (15) |
| Pulmonary and respiratory diseases | 13 (12) |
| Molecular and tumour toxicology | 7 (6) |
| Alzheimer's disease | 4 (4) |
| Drug metabolism | 41-153 (4) |
| Risk assessment | 3 (3) |
| Genetics | 3 (3) |
| Epidemiology/statistics | 3 (3) |
| Other | 5 (5) |
| Previous connection with the tobacco industry | |
| CIAR grantee | 53 (50) |
| CIAR listed peer reviewer | 22 (21) |
| CIAR grant applicant | 3 (3) |
| CIAR funded project co-author | 5 (5) |
| Other tobacco industry funding relationship | 51-154 (5) |
| No previous tobacco industry connection | 17 (15) |
↵1-150 Four of whom have PhD.
↵1-151 One is a consultant to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
↵1-152 Includes three people from US National Institutes of Health and three people from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
↵1-153 Only one working in nicotine chemistry/metabolism.
↵1-154 Three are retired PM scientists.
CIAR, Center for Indoor Air Research; PM, Philip Morris.