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RESTRICTED MILLBANK PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Minutes of Meeting held on Wednesday, 21st February, 1979, at G.R. & D. C., Southampton. Present :Messrs. P. Sheehy P.L. Wright S.J. Green R.J. Pritchard L.C.F. BlackTnan P.L. Short F. Haslam W.B. Fordyce Matters Arising From Previous Minutes a) In clarification of Minute 10 of the last M, P. D. C. meeting (December 20th, 1978}, it was pointed out that R. & D. are making a three year grant to Dr. Booth of Birmingham University. It is anticipated that a programme will be developed by July of this year. Dr. Booth is a psychologist working in the area of food flavourings and their perception. b) Samples of tobacco extracts from Bertrand Freres were examined briefly, and Southampton will be developing a programme with the possibility of flavour enhancement of low delivery cigarettes in mind. PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GROUP PRO/ECTS Dr. Haslam outlined progress in the P. D. G. 's current major projects, details of which are already given in the Minutes of P. D. G. Meeting No. 36 of llth January. 1979. Members are asked to refer to these Minutes on points of detail. Items of particular interest which arose in the ACTION BAT Industries document for Province of British Columbia 13 November 2000 BAT INDUSTRIES 00290459

-2- course of discussion were as follows : - a) The question of Product Development Seminars was discussed, and, in particular, their effectiveness in generating specific courses of action in the market-place was queried. In order to achieve greater marketing effectiveness, it was agreed that future Seminars should be directed more towards the "decision makers", particularly in the marketing area, rather than directly to Companies' technologists, as has " been the case hitherto. It was noted that the forthcoming European Seminar has, in fact, been planned with this in mind. b) Attention was drawn to the deliveries of many of the Group's international brands, and to the fact that in several instances these are sufficiently high to leave the brands' positioning noticeably exposed in a potential league table situation. It was felt that firm guidelines on delivery levels should be established, and that the Group should be le'ss conservative in its approach to the reduction of the deliveries of international brands. Disparitiesin tar/nicotine ratios around the Group are also an unwelcome feature of current products, and steps will be required to remedy this position. The development of appropriate guidelines will call for concerted action on the part of Marketing Services, the I. B. U. 's and all relevant territorial advisers. c) In discussing Project IGOR, it was agreed that Lord Hunter might reasonable be asked, possibly by the Industry, to give his views on the stance taken by Gori in the States. It was also noted that Dr. 1M. A. I-L Russell has made the point privately that he would lend qualified endorsement to cigarettes which he felt to be modified in the right direction. d) G.R. & D. C. 's recent contract with Cambridge Consultants Ltd., which is aimed at the development of ink jet printing techniques for the masking of test products, was briefly described. The contract is expected to run for approximately three months but it was noted that unfortunately acceptable white inks are not likely to be developed. ACTION PLW BAT Industries document for Province of British Columbia 13 November 2000 BAT INDUSTRIES 00290460

-3- e) The potential importance of sznoker compensation was highlighted by the Southampton observation that one smoker (in a puff duplication experiment) had successfully obtained a yield of 2 rag. of nicotine from a POINTER-style cigarette (which under norinal machine smoking conditions usually delivers approx. I0~ of that amount of nicotine). Two cocoa replacements have been developed in Southampton, one of which meets the requirements of the Hunter ~uidelines. The other is regarded as more attractive and it may prove desirable in due course to seek Hunter approval for the latter. R. & D. are developing a programme to exploit the possibilities inherent in the use of expanded tobaccos. SIDESTREAM SMOKE It was agreed that the previous Minute (see Page 3 of Minutes of 20th December meeting) was valid, although there is now a case for drawing a clearer distinction between actual sidestream yields from cigarettes and the ambient atmospheric levels of certain substances produced in the sidestream. R. & D. hope to have perfected the determination of ambient nitrosamines later this year and further clarification will be developed on the distinction between sidestream production on the one hand and ambient levels of irritants on the other. MOLINS ONE-PIECE PACK Mr. Pritchard reported that a satisfactory position has now been reached in discussions with Molins and it was agreed that this item need not feature in future agendas. It was also agreed, however, that the Group should now be advised through the medium of the Quarterly Manufacturing Bulletin, that this development is now approaching availability. FUTURE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ORGAN~ATION Dr. Green stated that proposals had now been made to the C. P. C. through the T. E. C. o and it is anticipated that these will be implemented shortly. • Further details will be given following the next M. P. D. C. meeting. ACTION RJP BAT Industries document for Province of British Columbia 13 November 2000 BAT INDUSTRIES 00290461

9o -4- SAMPLE MANUFACTURE There will be some further expenditure on primary equipment in G.R. & D.C. but no significant increase in sample manufacturing needs is anticipated in the foreseeable future. General advice on sample manufacture, when approved by M. P. D. C., will be distributed to Assoicated Companies under the aegis of the P. D.G. (Mr. Kangis). ACROLEIN AND IRRITATION It has not been established that acrolein is the sole cause of perceived irritation, nor is it felt that a league table of cigarette acrolein deliveries would necessarily reflect the order of irritation in which they might be perceived by the smoker. Nevertheless, a need is still felt for a wider knowledge of the rel~tionships which may exist between tobacco types and perceived irritation and, therefore, an appropriate programme will be established in Southampton. The need for a clear appreciation of current knowledge of combustion and pyrolysis in cigarettes was noted, and an appropriate presentation will be arranged for M. P. D. C. M.P.D.C. Budget 'It was reported that M. P. D.C. expenditure to the end of 1978 was in line with Budget, though the possibilil-y of some further expenditure was noted should the BROLANI/TINIER/I]:EADLAMP series of test be taken to the longer term testing now under examination in Market Research Department. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS ON CIGARETTES It was agreed that the information now gathered in Marketing Services and from Assoicated Companies would be collated to product a single working paper relating test measurements and consumer complaints. PROJECT LIEUTENANT Discussion has taken place recently with the I. B. U. s and with B. & W. I: T. on the best Group approach to the ACTION LCFB SJG WBF BAT Industries document for Province of British Columbia 13 November 2000 BAT INDUSTRIES 00290462

-5- 10. 11. 12. monitoring ol international brands and other important Group brands. A apecific study will now be made to optimise Group procedures, with specialreference to international brands, but not overlooking important national or regional products. The project will be co-ordinated by the P. D.G. and the project leader will be Dr. Fordyce. REPORT RD. 1630-R This report provoked some discussion on the control of sidestrearn smoke by modification of the cigarette paper but it was emphasised that the work remains at a preliminary stage. DATE OF NEXT MEETING Wednesday, llthApril at 10.00 a.m. inG. R. & D.C., Southampton. FURTHER MEETINGS It was noted that the list of dates circulated with the previous Minutes remains valid. ACTION WBF/CH 2rid March 1979 BAT Industries document for Province of British Columbia 13 November 2000 BAT INDUSTRIES 00290463

Distribution P.. Sheehy Esq C.H. Stewart Lockhart Esq I. B. D. Bluett Esq D. S, ,Dunbar Esq B.P..Garraway Esq N.W. Godd~rd Dr. S.J. Green / M.W. Marjoram Esq R.J. Pritchard Esq P.W. Wright Esq R.A. Crichton Esq R.F. GJ.lderdale Esq M.R. Noakes Esq T.J. Tice Esq H.G. Verkerk Esq P.J.N. Roberts Esq P.L. Short Esq Dr. F. Haslam Dr. W.B. Fordyce Dr. L. C.F. Blackrnan R.D. Lowe Esq D.E. Conway Esq C.B. Dodwell Esq P. Kangis.Esq Mr.. C.I. McCarty Mr. L.E. Ricard Dr. H. Stutzer Mr. H. Widdup Mr. K.M, Sumner BAT Industries document for Province of British Columbia 13 November 2000 ........ 00290464 BAT INDUSTRIES