Bliley Lorillard
For Use by AHT in Responding to Questions Regarding Ingredients
Abstract
Assures "we have tested every ingredient Lorillard uses in its products and we are confident they are safe and suitable for use". Indicates six member review panel concludes "there is no evidence that any ingredient added to cigarette tobacco produces harmful effects under the condition of use in cigarettes". Cites data regarding parts-per-million concentrations of ingredients by major category in cigarettes. Includes editing in marginalia and notes: "This is a first draft to be reviewed by you and by C&B/SH&B [Covington & Burling/Shook, Hardy & Bacon]".
Fields
- Company
- Lorillard
- Type
- STATEMENT
- Draft material
- Named Person
- AHT
- Spears, Alexander White, III (LOR President & CEO)Associated with CTR, used as an expert in the Mississippi case.
- Stevens, Arthur Joseph (LOR Sr. VP '89-95 and TI Communications)Served on Lorillard Board of Directors 1985-92, was Senior Vice President from 1989 to 1995, served as General Counsel for Lorillard '93-95. Served on Tobacco Institute Communications Committee.
- Named Organization
- Shook, Hardy & Bacon (Tobacco Industry law firm)Tobacco Industry law firm based in Kansas City, KS.
- Covington & Burling (Tobacco Industry law firm)Tobacco industry law firm. Was involved in organizing the Whitecoat Project.
- Lorillard Inc. (American cigarette manufacturer)American cigarette manufacturer
- Additive
- Processing aids
- Keyword
- Federal level
- Thesaurus Term
- cigarette additive
- cigarette design
- health effects
- human subject
- industry response
- legislative event
- tobacco industry structure
- Sugars (Additives)Glucose/Invert Sugar/Fructose/Sucrose
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For use by AHT in responding tq questiDns regarding ingredients.
I assure you, we have ~1~ed every ingredient Lorillard
uses in its products~~ are AAn~ident the~ are safe and
suitable for use.
Furthermore, I understand that a distinguished panel of
six independent scientific and medical experts have examined ~
of the ingredients on the six-Company Industry list, and that
they have seen and evaluated all the data in connection with the
use of the ingredients. They have concluded that there is no
evidence tb~t any ingredient added to cigarette tobacco produces
harmful effects under the condition of use in cigarettes.
Two additional points must be kept in mind in connection
with ingredients. First, the 28 non-tobacco ingredients that are
present at the highes~l~vels in cigarettes occur at levels
ranging from 0.05% to ~ by weight, the latter being sugars-
These ingredients~ along with the processing aids, also account
for more than 99% of the total weight of the ingredients added to.
cigarette tobacco. All of the remaining Don-tobacco ingredients
that are present in cigarettes occur at levels below 500 ppm
(0.05%) , and over one-third occur at levels below 1 ppm
