Bliley PM
[Regarding Sterling's Report Entitled "A Critical Reassessment of the Evidence Bearing on Smoking as the Cause of Lung Cancer"]
Abstract
Transmits Sterling's report entitled "A Critical reassessment of the evidence bearing on smoking as the cause of lung cancer", and indicates its circulation to scientific organizations to encourage "reexamine what Sterling calls the antecedents of lung cancer". Notes "reactivation" by American Cancer Society of Hammond study and mentions Sterling's desire to rebudget unexpended funds from his Council for Tobacco Research Special Project "to obtain and preliminarily examine the Hammond data" and related activities. Transmits related news articles and requests "early response" to request (attachments missing).
Fields
- Company
- Shook, Hardy, Ottman, Mitchell & Bacon
- Type
- Letter
- Author
- Shinn, William W. (TI Communications; Shook, Hardy, CTR Attorney)TI Communications Committee and was also a lawyer for CTR. William W. Shinn worked for Shook, Hardy & Bacon.
- Recipient
- Bryant, D. Esq.
- Haas, Frederick P. (Liggett, General Counsel)Frederick P. Haas was a member of the Board of Directors of Liggett & Meyers from 1966 through 1976. From 1975 and 76 he was Special Counsel. (N.M., L & M Liability Notebook, Section 3, Personnel List)
- Hetsko, C.F. Esq.
- Roemer, H.C. Esq.
- Stevens, A.J. Esq.
- Yeaman, A. Esq.
- Ahrensfeld, Thomas F. (PM General Counsel & Sr. VP, TI Executive Committee)TI Executive committee
- Copied
- Holtzman, Alexander (PM Asst General Counsel. 1975-85.)
- Named Person
- Sterling, Theodor D., PhD (Industry Consultant, Statistician Applied Mathematics)Theodor Sterling was a statistician with Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is listed as a consulting scientist for the tobacco industry in 1988 memo PM 2023034933/4946 from Andrew Whist to R. Murray. Sterling presented the industry's point of view at indoor air symposia in Tokyo, 1987 and in the U.K. in 1988.Industry Consultant and CTR Special Project recipient.
- Hammond
- Named Organization
- American Statistical Association
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- AAAS
- American Cancer Society
- ACS
- CTR
- Council for Tobacco Research
- General Counsel
- Advisory Panel
- Keyword
- Lung cancer
- Air pollution
- Risk factors
- CTR Special Projects
- Thesaurus Term
- Tobacco industry structure
- Diseases
- Industry sponsored research
- Epidemiology
- Industry response
- Public relations
- Health advocacy groups
- Research studies
- Mass media
- Human subjects
- Tobacco use
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SHOOK, HARDY, OTTMAN, MIITCHEILL ~ BACON
~15 GR~.NO AVF.NUE
A'REA' CODE
October 20, 1971
Thomas. F. Ahrensfeld, Esq..
DeBaun. Bryant, Esql.
Frederick P'. Haas, Esq.
Cyril F. Hets~o., Esq.
Henry C. Roemer, Esq.
Arthur J. Stevens, Esq!.
Addlison~ Yeaman, Esq.
I enclose a copy of Dr. Theodor D. Sterling's re-
port, "A Critical Reassessment of the Evidence Bearing on
Smoking as the Cause of Lung Cancer.." Distribution for the
time being should be limited.
This was just received and Ii understand thak copies
have been sent to the American Statistfca,l Association and
the American Association for the Advancement of Science. T.he
report is well' worth reading an,dl forms th,e basis, a.s w.e hav.e
- previously indicated, for various future activities proposed,
Dr. Sterling.
Among t~es.e is a strong effor.t to get the: American
Statisti.cal Asso:c~iation to reexamin,e what Ster'lin~g calls the
antece~den£s of l~ng cancer. It ~a:s bel~eved that this~ could
involve the development of a set of guid~lin,es for possible
future population studies.
We: have now heard, from a n~ber of sources:, that
~he American Cancer Society has "rea~ctivated'' H.~O:n:d's earlier~
~ar~e-sc.a,le_ study and will reexamine a.ssocf~tions involving
lung cancer a,n,d oth~er d:iseas~e:s. Copies of ne:~s articles re-
porting on th~s are en~closed[.
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S,HOOR, H~R~D¥, OTTMA,N~, MitCHELL ~, BACON
October 20,, 19:71
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There are a' n~ber of possible explanations for
thurs. ~on,g them, certain~y, ~s the. in,creased in~terest ~n
the: effects of air pollut~on.
Dr. Sterling i.s concerned, rightly so fn our op~nzon,
that the ~erican Statistica.~ Associa:t:fon, if it moves a;t all,
may not act in; time to affect th,e KC.S action.. Dr. Sterling
wou~d like., therefore, permfssion to use the approxfmately
$20,000 left over from the special project gran~ provided to
obtain and preliminarily examine, the Ha~ond da£a to reconv.ene
the panel which he used in that instance and ask them about
g~delines which could be usedi in developing adequate larg!e-
scale population studies. (:T.he: adviso~ry pan,el to that project
i.s. li.s~ed on page 1011 of the enclosed repo~rt.)
Your early response is appreciated.
W~S/r
Enclo:sures
WILLIAM W.. SHiIMN
cc: ~lexand,er H.o:itzman, Esq.
