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The '''Institute for Regulatory Policy''' is was an in 1991 founded operating subunit of [[Federal Focus]]. It was a front group created by the tobacco industry to support its version of "sound science" in environmental and public health policy. In addition to tobacco, IRP has worked on issues including radon, chlorinated water and electromagnetic fields.
== History ==
Philip Morris paid Tozzi's company another $880,000 to establish the IRP as a "nonprofit" think tank, which put together "three different coalitions which support sound science - [[Coalition for Executive Order]], [[Coalition for Moratorium on Risk Assessments]], and [[Coalition of Cities and States on Environmental Mandates]]. ... IRP could work with us as well as [[APCO Worldwide|APCO]] in a coordinated manner." According to a Philip Morris document, "IRP is now a viable organization that can address various regulatory issues. IRP has established a coalition representing the interests of a broad array of industries and trade associations. Additionally, IRP has established a relationship with many state and local governments throughout the U.S. The coalition could address a number of regulatory issues of interest to PM in 1993."[http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/2046662829-2837.html]
MBS employee [[Steven J. Milloy]] went on to launch [[JunkScience.com]] and several other organizations that continue to attack environmentalists, public health and food safety regulators, anti-nuclear and animal rights activists, and a wide range of other targets that he accuses of using unsound science to advance various political agendas.
A pamphlet of Federal Focus of published around April 1996 was one of the last signs IPR was still active. [http://tobaccodocuments.org/pm/2065344588-4591.html] Thorne Auchter who was director of IRP became later the Executive Director of the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness. [http://www.house.gov/judiciary/525.htm]
== Personnel ==
