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[Regarding Approval of Kissen and Battelle's CTR Special Project Proposals]

Abstract

Indicates Lorillard approves funding Kisen and Battelle Memorial Institute as Council for Tobacco Research [CTR] Special Projects. Reminds "Lorillard has withdrawn from the Tobacco Institute" and assures "[w]e have no plans, of course, for withdrawing" from CTR. Consists of difficult-to-read document.

Fields

Type

LETTER

Author

#826 (Grant, P.R.)

Recipient

Hardy, David Ross (Shook, Hardy and Bacon; father of David K. Hardy)

TI Communications

Recipient (Organization)

Shook, Hardy & Bacon (Tobacco Industry law firm)

Tobacco Industry law firm based in Kansas City, KS.

Named Organization

*Council for Tobacco Research-- U.S.A. Inc. CTR (Formerly Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC))

Created and funded by the tobacco industry to award grants to study of the link between smoking and disease. Part of a four decade effort to cast doubt on the links between smoking and disease.

Lorillard Tobacco Co. (American cigarette manufacturer)

American cigarette manufacturer; makes Kent, MaxSatin, Newport, Old Gold, Style, and True cigarettes.

Battelle Memorial Institute

Tobacco Institute (Industry Trade Association)

The purpose of the Institute was to defeat legislation unfavorable to the industry, put a positive spin on the tobacco industry, bolster the industry's credibility with legislators and the public, and help maintain the controversy over "the primary issue" (the health issue).

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