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SMOKIrNC MOTIVATION - PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES , ,, m~ozT No. zv. 14o5 ..zzs~z.cr~ 15.10.1976 AUTHOR: R.E. Thornton ISSUED BY: C. I. Ayre$ PROJECT JOB NO: 13.02.02 DISTRIBUTION: D~. S.J. Green Copy No. I Dr. D.G. Fel~on " " 2 L£brary " " 3p 4 C01~fNO: BAT Co LTD - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION

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~TIC~LI46J Group Research & Development Cent=e, Bricish-&mericam Tobacco Co. Ltd., SOUTHA/~PTON. 15ch October 1976 SHOK3~GMOTTV&TTON - PS~CHOLOGTCAL STUDXgS (Report No. RD.1405 Keatricted) stn~4&RY Dr. M. Oldman CExperimencal Psycholosist, Southampton UnLversicy), consultant to Group K. & D. Centre on PsychoLo&7, was as~cBd to review psychologically-oriented studies cerr£ed out at Group R. & D. Centre vfchin the laac three years, and co make zecommendations for the future. Ocher than a short int~oduction~ chi8 report i8 Dr. O~dmant8 independent review of this area of work. BAT Co LTD - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION

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-(£i)- INTRODUCTION A series of related research projects, covering the interaction of smoke and the smoker, ere currently being investisated at the Group R. & D. Centre. These studies include the •re~s: (s) how smokers smoke (b) why smokers smoke end (c) the effects of smok£ng. A series of reports (I-6) describes projects completed so far. In addition Croup R. & D. Centre has been £nvolved &n some product preference studies (Project "WHEAT") and these ha~e been reported (7, 8). All of these s~udles have involved the acquisition o~'da~a on the behaviour of individual smokers and, in order to understand the very complex relationship between smokers and cilaretCes, it was thousht necessary to conslder psycholos~cal aspects of this /~teraction. Dr. M. 01dman, an experimental psycholoKisc tm the Institute o£ Sound and Vibration Ks•earth, Southmmpton University, U.K.. was appointed consultant Psychologist ~o Group R. & D. Centre in January 1974 and since that time has advised on • number of projects. As ic is now some 2t years since psychololtcal Aspects of smoking were first introduced into the progr~e Dr. Oldman was •sked, in l4my 1976, co review the progress made to dace end to make rec~ndetions £or future studies. No conscralnts were placed on the form or content of thfs review, other than the requirement for • formal report. This report should therefore be read as Dr. 01dman's personal views on the future of psycholoeic•l studies at Group R. & D. Centre. However, it should be BAT Co LTD - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION CZ*

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-(ill)- noted that Dr. Oldman is not aware of the explicit objectives of research in Group R. & D. Centre, beyond that which he can deduce from the pro~acts he is asked to advise on. The implementation or otherwise of the reco--eendations will therefore be influenced by their relevance Co the objectives of research at Group R. & D. Centre, toBather with budsetary and other considerations. REFERENCES IN B-K.T. ZNTRODUCTION Io 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. B-A.T. Report No. KD.II46-R, 3.10.74. B-A.T. Report No. ED.II59-R, 5.12.74. B-A.T. Report No. RD.II64-R, ~2.12.74. B-A.T. Report No. KD.1225-R, ~5.8.75. B-A.T. Report No. ED.1226-R, 15.8.75. B-A.T. Report No. RD.1374 Restricted, 27.5.76. B--A.T. Report No. KD.1229-R, 10.7.75. B-A.T. Report No. RD.1332 Restricted, 30.1.76. BAT Co LTD - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION CZ~

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~4ORAND014 NO. 2 by Dr. N. Old, an, Institu~o of Sound aud VibratLou Lonaarcb, The Un£varsity, SOUTHAKPTON. BAT Co LTD - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION

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