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- Abbott, K./X
- Abernathy, D./X
- Aitken, J./X
- Andrews, I.F./Us House
- Applegate, A./X
- Armistead, R.G./X
- Ball, W./X
- Bayh, B./Us Senate
- Bobrowski, T./X
- Brademas, J./Us House
- Brown, J.Y./X
- Broyhill, J.T./Us House
- Butler, M.C./Us House
- Byrd, H.F./Us Senate
- Carter, T.L./Us House
- Connaughton, T./X
- Copeland, D./X
- Corley, F./X
- Dalton, J.N./X
- Daniels, M.E./X
- Daniel, D./Us House
- Daniel, R.W./Us House
- Davey, E.J./X
- Davis, J.F./X
- Deckard, H.J./Us House
- Dehnel, K./X
- Dennison, K./X
- Driesler, S./X
- Edwards, G./X
- Elder, D.M./X
- Evans, D.W./Us House
- Fisher, J.L./Us House
- Fitzpatrick, C.H./X
- Fleming, J.T./X
- Fletcher, F./X
- Ford, W.H./Us Senate
- Fountain, L.H./Us House
- Frank, C./X
- Fuller, C./X
- Gill, L./X
- Graves, E./X
- Gudger, L./Us House
- Hamilton, L.H./Us House
- Hammond/X
- Hardman, R./X
- Harris, H.E./Us House
- Hefner, W.G./Us House
- Helms, J.A./Us Senate
- Hillis, E.H./Us House
- Hipple, T./X
- Hopkins, L.J./Us House
- Hubbard, C./Us House
- Huddleston, W.D./Us Senate
- Hunt, J.B./X
- Hurt, R.H./X
- Jacobs, A./Us House
- Jones, W.B./Us House
- Junk, R./X
- Kirk, P./X
- Klinger, J./X
- Legget, C./X
- Lofton, J.S./X
- Lugar, R.G./Us Senate
- Lupton, F./X
- Martin, J.G./Us House
- Mathisen, C./X
- Mazzoli, R.L./Us House
- Mcewen, W./X
- Merritt, J./X
- Miller, D./X
- Miller, T./X
- Morgan, R./Us Senate
- Murray, T.S./X
- Myers, J.T./Us House
- Natcher, W.H./Us House
- Neal, S.L./Us House
- Nevens, T.M./X
- Norman, J.L./X
- Perkins, C.D./Us House
- Pittman, W.J./X
- Preyer, R./Us House
- Quayle, D./Us House
- Ray, R.B./X
- Renn, L./X
- Riggs, J./X
- Robinson, J.K./Us House
- Rosen, L./X
- Rose, C./Us House
- Rudder, C./X
- Satterfield, D.E./Us House
- Selikoff/X
- Sharp, P.R./Us House
- Smith, F./X
- Snyder, G./Us House
- Spanos, C./X
- Sterling, T./X
- Sugg, M./X
- Tanner, W.E./X
- Thompson, E./X
- Thompson, L./X
- Tolomeo, M./X
- Trible, P.S./Us House
- Wagoner, J./Niosh
- Wampler, W.C./Us House
- Warner, J./Us Senate
- Weed, R./X
- Whalin, D.M./X
- Wheeler, L./X
- Whitehurst, G.W./Us House
- Whitley, C.O./Us House
- Wolfenbarger, J./X
- Wright, D./X
- X/Bakery Confectionery + Tobacco Worker
- X/Farm Bureau
- X/Grange
- X/Intl Assn, O.F. Machinists + Aerospace, W.
- X/Natl Candy Wholesalers Assn
- X/National Assoc, O.F. Tobacco Distributors
- X/Natl Automatic Merchandising Assn
- X/Food Marketing Inst
- X/Natl American Wholesale Grocers Assn
- X/Natl Assn, O.F. Convenience Stores
- X/Tobacco Peoples Public Affairs Comm
- X/Us Outer Continental Shelf Comm
- X/Us Interior + Insular Affairs Comm
- X/Tobacco Observer
- Busbee, G./X
- X/Us Government Operations Comm
- Ginn, B./Us House
- X/Us Public Works + Transportation Comm
- X/Us House Administration Comm
- Mathis, D./Us House
- X/Us Banking Finance + Urban Affairs, C.O.
- Brinkley, J./Us House
- Levitas, E.H./Us House
- X/Us Nutrition & Forestry Comm
- X/Us Governmental Affairs Comm
- Fowler, W./Us House
- X/Us Comgressional Operations
- Gingrich, N./Us House
- Mcdonald, L.P./Us House
- X/Us Standards, O.F. Official Conduct Comm
- Evans, W.L./Us House
- X/Us Interstate + Foreign Commerce Comm
- X/Us Merchant Marine + Fisheries Comm
- Jenkins, E./Us House
- X/Us Science + Transportation Comm
- Barnard, D./Us House
- Talmadge, H.E./Us Senate
- X/Us Energy + Natural Resources Comm
- X/Us Education + Labor Comm
- Nunn, S./Us Senate
- Bowen, O.R./X
- Benjamin, A./Us House
- X/Us Post Office + Civil Service Comm
- Fithian, F.J./Us House
- X/Us Appropriations Comm
- X/Us Agriculture Comm
- X/Us Armed Services Comm
- X/Us Veterans Affairs Comm
- X/Us Ways + Means Comm
- X/Us Small Bussiness Comm
- X/Us Narcotics Comm
- X/Us Finance Comm
- X/Us Joint Taxation Comm
- X/Us Library Comm
- X/Us Aging Comm
- X/Us Joint Economic Comm
- X/Us Juciciary Comm
- X/Us Intelligence Comm
- X/Us, D.C. Comm
- X/Us Rules Comm
- X/Us Select Comm, O.N. Comm
- X/Us Select Narcotics Comm
- X/Us Budget Comm
- X/Us Ethics Comm
- X/Tobacco Action Network
- Attachment
- 249438
- Litigation
- 10004026
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THE ~ILZES
'phe $~fl billion tnbacco Indllstry may be ShIZr~UDded ]~y
COnt,ov~rsy, but it is most certainly [lot wiLhout its
friends. Thls section provides information On a range of
large grou~l~ which ~up~t o[r indLi~try.
~nufact~-ers' employees. The e~ployees of tobaccc prod-
ucts manufactlrers form the backbone of the induGtry'G ~up-
pox~ group* TSere are abou~ 72,708 production workers, wlt~
a tohal annual payrol~ of over hail a billion dollars, fin
approximately 150 tobacco man~factu~in~ pl~nts i~ 20 ~tates.
Nearly all cigarettes and more than 90 percent of all £obac-
co products are manufactured by the sl× ia~e~t tobacco c~m-
panics* ~nked by 19~8 p~rcent~9~ of to~al ¢loareLt~ s~ies,
those co~pa~es aFe:
1, R°J. ~ynolds 32.9~
2. Philip M0rrz$ 27.@%
3. Bro~ & Willia~son 15.3%
4* Amer%c6~ Brands 11.7%
5. T~Jl[ard 9.1%
6. L~e~t & Myer~ 3,2%
Two 0miens rep~e~@nt n~arly a]] ~b~cc~ manufazturi~g
wuzke~. They ~z~ Lh~ ~ Co~I~c~°ner~ & Tob~c~
Wor~ers Intexn~tlo~al U~on, w~ich ~epres~ts appFoK]/~ately
5,3~0 Drown & Willi~son ~o~er~ and &bo~t 35,000 %~orker~
i~dus~y w±d~t a~ ~he In~eF~t±onal ~ssoc~t~rl u~
Machinists and Aerospace No~kers, which reDres~nts aDproxi~
m~t~ly 900 Drown. & ~ll~amson work~ a~onq it~ total memb~-
shlp of approximately 1,0~0,~0U. A nu~be~ of other UnlOnS--
~o~e r~p~in~ ~ipo~itter~, ca~l]e~te~s, £heet~etal wQ~k-
~[~i ~bd.q--~s~nt 6m~ll~ ~rOupS Ot tobacco ~anuf~c
tutors' employe~s.
Gzuw~. ~Jout 600,~0~ f~rm familles p~rti~ipate in 9row-
xng and ha~z~sti~q of 538,964 E~de~ally~iss~ed tobacco a[lot-
ment~ on fa~s £n 22 sta~e~ ~n~ Due~ti~ ~i~ ~i~e ~amili~'
C~ops were scl~ for ~2.6 biili~[i 11[ 197~ [[[~k±[l~ Lilboc~
the si×th largest cash c~op, afte~ corn, so~be~ns, hay,
wh~t ~d cotton.
Alth~ug~ ~ ~ree ~ me~han~x~tlon has been introduced
in t~ hamv~t£ng and c~rii~g of fl~ c~red toba¢co~ t~bocco
growing remazns a labo~iI~te~s~v~, small ~a~m l~d~stry.
The a~era~ ~la~--cured tobac~ ha~e in th~ ~tlthea~t is
fiv~ ~r six dc~, ~i*d ~111y o~e o~ two acres i~ th~ burl~y
re~i~ns of T~n~essee and Kentuzky, Tobacco, therefore,
r~a~ns a family crop, no~ a~ ~gr±busine~s c~op, and as
s~ch i~ tl~S f~l~es strongly to the ±~d~s~ryo
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Many orqa~iz~tions ~u~h a~ t}~e Farm ~urea~ ~nd Tn~
Gr~rlg~ ~nciud~ tob~u gr~w~zs ~ m~Rrsj bu~ tll~r~ ~ 11u
one o~a~Iz~tl©~ which represents al~ classes o~ tobacco
g~owc ~s.
A coalition of 27 buriey and lille-cured trade g~aups,
t~c Toba~co GrowersI Inr~r:~atlOn Cc~nmit~ec, pcovidcs a llai~on
b~een farmers, warehousemen and manufacturers OH legislative
matters, It w~%s e~t~hlish0d in Iq5~ as a ~o~rlngh~ll~
business.
~long ItS ac~ivl~ies, ~h~ Co~ml~cee lobbies a~ State
[egislat~t~es, s~pl~rts agric~it[iral research into tobacco at
land-gr&rlt c~l~e~ ~nd dlstr~bute~ p~sLtlv~ nedl¢~l ~
$Cle~tl~iC l~to~]atlon ~ lOCal a~d ~eglo~al leaders ~f the
t~b~ceo familv.
The Committee l_sts as its s~ccesses partlclpatlo~ in
tile contalr~t of Dt~itive t~x legislation and the tla~i~n~l
political ~;~do[s~m~It of ~be ~o~acco s~pport proqr~.
~slncssmcn and bus~ae0~merl~s groups, like Chamb~r~ of
Comuerce, L~ tobacco-belt rural Cc~mun~ties also are cl0seiy
tied to th~ i~u~t~y. ~he in~]~× of money into these c0~i-
ties at tobacco euctlon ti~e often makes tlc dif6orun¢~
between a good year and a ~&d y~ar for rural buslnes~men.
WaZ~)lO~ o~4rat~rs~ Tobacco is ~old i~ 84~ ~%uction
warehouses z~ "72 markets.The warehouse ilperat<)[s sell the
iea~ at a~ctlon and ~ f~i~. a p~rcenta~e of th~ p~cha~e
prlee by the grower. They pr~vlde ~mple~a~nt for about
14,000 people du~ing the auction season.
Thez~ is a se[~F~t~c~l between ma~]ufac~urer~ and the
ware~*ises as dlstlnct as the separation between manufac~
:ure~ and ~rowe~s. Bro%~ ~ i~'llli~son~s i~uy~s purchase
i~af at auctions i:o~d~c~ed by the wa2~ho%$e~, but that is
-lle ftLil ext~nt ~ the bllsiness relatzonship. ~M~St states
~L[* a~Liv~ tobacco ~-k~ts h~ve a tobacco w~r~hc~u~c ~p~
to~s' association.
W~olesal~ dIGtrlJ~ut~r~. Tll~r~ ar~ over I~720 pr~ary
tobacco ?nlolesalers distrib~tlnq tobacco products. These
h~ines~o~, ~n the av~rage~ depend on ci~a~ette~ for ever
69 percerlt of tl~elr total D~slness. They ~pluy ~tLe 42,000
people, who in t~rn are eq~aily dependent on the industry
for tnelr [iveliho~I.
There ar~ ~itot}ler 1,011(I gr~icery, dr~g a~ convenience
~t~ wl1~l~l~E~ distr/~tln~ tob~cc~ prod~cts* While
s~ch Drod~cts Comprise 10 to 2~ percent o6 sales for ti~e~
c~p~nle~, the p~ofltebility ~f tobacco ~teias gives tb~e
wholes&l~rs a substan~lal econon]~c tie %u ~}L~ tobacco ~ad~s-
try.
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The 1977 wholesale value of tobacco and related prod-
1~cts was $11.6 billion. The efficlal organizations repre-
senting tobacco wholesalers are The Natlonal Association of
Tobacco Distributors and The N~tlonal C~ndy 19holesalers Asso
clarion. 5t~tewl~e asSoclations of ~ODaCCO dlstrlbucors
exist ir~ almost every state, and are frequently more helpful
on local is~s than the 1~ahional <~cg~nigation~.
V~ein~ ~achine c~anl~s. ~he operators of venting
n~chi,,~ ~qulpu~nt ~z~ involved in bo_h th~ di~tr±bution ¢~i*~I
the retailing of clgarettes. There are abo~t 6,000 indlvldual
¢c~panies o~ing bye- ~50,000 ~achinG~ ~¢~s$ th~ country.
Many are sr~ll and owner-operated. Cigarettes are ~ST~&t~d
to be about 25 perceht of the vending machine companies'
total ~ales~ rand ven~ing m~hine s~l~-~ ~cc~nt for ~bo%zt
I 3 perceLt Of t~e total tobacco ind~st~y sales.
The NatiDnal A~it¢~atl~ Me~chandiZln9 AssDeiatlon repre-
sents vendlnq machine companies natlon~ily, and more than 30
states have automatze nl~rchand~szn9 councils. ~hate councils
~ usually more active on le~idtlve is~u~.
Retailers. Over 300,000 r~a~l e~t~bli~h;ue;its Sell
Clgaret~es ~nd ot~er tObaCCO prod~c~s in the U~. ~Oo~
stores account for over 53 percent of retail clgaret~e sales
and dr~ stores represent 14 percent. Although ~igarettcs
accoDnt £or less thai~ I~ percent o~ total ~roce~y af~d dr~g
st~re sales, tobacco ~oducts are highlF profitable items.
Tob~cso'~ i~pact on retailing is great:
197~ crga~ette ~al~s on the foo~ industry were $6.2
bil lion,
* Cigarette~ represented 4.6 percent of total ~upermar-
ket zales,
* Cigarette inventory turnover a~ reta~i outlets ms
abaft ~5 to J0 times e yeer.
~r~¢ national organizations s~rve the retail food in
dustry: the Food Marketing Institute, the National A~erlc~n
Wholesale Grocers A~soslat~on and the National Assocfation
of Convenl~nc~= $tor~s. M~t Stress hav~ as~ociat:ons o~
supermarket o~erators and these are a growi~q number cf
state ~soci&tions of convenience store op~zato~'~. Sta~
~sSoclatlons offer the most ready assistance and support,
~. S~ppliers to tobacco ma~uf~.ctu~ern include
transportation and chemical companies, ~arm-related busi-
ne~se~ (chemicals, implements, suppllerm, seeds), adv~rtis-
~nq ~g~HCi~E~ be[ikst n~w~[9~pezs ~ll~ p~ziodi~als, and maker~
of filter material and other cagar~tte ingredients. In
~977, tobacco manufact~rer~ spent almost $2.5 bil!io~ on
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qoods and servlces provided by OUtSide suppllers--nearly
tnE~e times tha ~o~t they spend for tobacco. Companle~
supplying these products emoloyed aEproxLma~ely 32,000 per-
sons in 1977.
_~he ~obaczo Institute. FDunded in 1958, the Tobacco
Instltute is the Washington-based trade association for the
tobau~o manufact~ers. [t has 13 c~xn~any m~_mber~ including
Brown & Wllllamso~ and tour other ma3or clgarette nanutac-
t'llr~1"~. (~ric~n R~-aFIc~S i~ nr)t a member.) Th6~ Instittlte
i~ funded entirely by member C~mpanies on a pr3 rdta basis~
based on annual sales.
The sta~ed mlsslo~ of ~he xnstlt~te 1S tO lead and direc~
the resources of the tobacco industry in promotlng an under-
stan~ling and aocoptance o~ _he r~le of tobacco in our ~ocle~y,
and to def~%Id ~he industry agalnSt ~war~an~ed restrictions on
its ~ight to engage in normal business actlvitles.
"W~ do not try to sell cigarettes or pr~0te smoking,"
sald W±il£~ ~loepfer, Jr., dzrect~r of public relations.
"~r objectiv~ ks t~ bring a s~mingly Cl.0~c~ ~ject b~ck
to t~e level of co~troversv in the public's ~ind."
The I~s~l&~ta e~ploys mere t~%arl 10O persons In I%S federai
and state actlvities, sc&en-_ific and public zelatlons depart-
mont~. Fou~~ profec~ional s[~kecpor~on0--Conmie D~ath~ Bill
Dwyer, Ani%e Hrowder and Walker Merryman--travei t[%e C0~try
to present the views of the tobacco industry to the p~lic
through the media an~ in personal appearances. ~ney have
visl&ed 48 stanes and have appeared on more than one-thlrd
of the nation's tel~vlslon statlons.
The Institute produces ~amphlets, backqround papers and
ot]*er literatL~re on the }llstory and ¢~iture cf t~bac¢o, and cn
V~rlous aspects of Ene %0bacco conKroversy. Zz has films
that are available free to clubs a~d organizations. FIlms a~d
publicatzons are not promoted tc yeuhh aud±e~ce~, howcver~ in
l~ne wlth th~ ±nd%]stf~'S longshaI~dlr*~ bellef that smOkln~
i~ a~ a~hllt {l]st~m. Materlal~ produced by the In~tih~te are
r~adlly av~llabl~ to D&W emplo'~e~s by c~lllng the Corporate
Affairs Office, 774-7,'42.
The I~stltute's ~tL~llc r~la~iens dep~r~e~t also p~-
ilsbes a hi-monthly intra-industry newsletter a~d the more
general, six-tlmes a year newsopaper~ q~e Toba¢¢c Observer.
A majoz new function of the Institute is the Tooacco
~tlon Network (TAI~), which will develop aild C~din~te at~t~
co~ty a~d ~n~clp~l tobacco s~pport q2~ps ~atlo~ally. TAN
organizations foe each of the ~0 stat~s are ~w being devel-
oped. This effort is essential to comba~ the state and
local a~tdcks on the industry by well organized adversaries.
• he s~cccss of TAN ~el~]ds ~l>~n a high degree of Coo~cr~tlon
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from the manufact~xers and ~pon voluntary actions of £ndi-
vldua/s in the "tobacco ~amily." B~W l~ ~ully preparc~ and
c~mltt~d to GO its part in ~akl~9 'fAN S~cc~ed.
C~pl~f~itlng the TAN efforts ~re si~ full-Lime Ynstit%t~
a~ea public df£alrs managers w~o further th~ i~glslatlve, p~biIc
~ff~irs and ~u~l±~ Communication ohjectiv~g ~f th~ I~sti t11te a~
~tat~ ~nd l,)c~l l~v~l~. T~;% ~Lat~ TAN directors we~ operating
full-time in 13 states by mid-1979.
~otlleE f~otio~ of the 1~stit~te IS ma~Bent Of Tile
Tobacco people's Publlc Affairs Conmlttee (TOPPAC). politl-
cal contributions fr~ ex~%tive a~d administrative e~
p~oyees of ~e I~stltute's ~ember companle~ are dlstr~buted
by TOPPAC to candldate~ ~or congressional o[~i~e who h~ve
Lh~ ~b~l~ty t~ r~nd~r ~ff~c~lV~ public ~e~v~ce ~nd who ~gr~e
with th~ i~dustry's philosophy regarding the importance of
th~ f~e~ enterprise sy~t~.
TO~AC is registered with tl]~ Feder~l ~lect~on C0~iss~on
and has con=ributed between $100 and $1,~00 to the campa~gn~
O~ 5D curre~t~y-~a~ed se~a~0~S a~d 243 cu~ently-s~at~d ~-
bors of ~h~ ~o~s~ n~ R~r~nt~tive~.
TObaCCO Tax Council, This trade as~ociatl0n, based i~
Richmond, Vl~ginia~ wo~k~ tn ~i~t ~ncr~as~s in stat~ ani!
lo~l ~i~tt~ taxe~, F~/~d~n~ is pr~m~r~l~ from tobacco p~d-
aa~f~ctu2er~
The CounCil s~por~s ~ctive lobbyiZl~ ~g~irL~t ii~d
taxes in all stat~ l~qis~at/res and i~ selected state~, it
s~p~rts blil~ which Wou~ red~cc the ~tate eiga~ett~ t~-
It co~ts a~ a Success th~ fact th~ the av~r~e State c~g~-
~tt~ tax ha~ ~ncrea~ed ~itL~ si~c~ th~ early 1970s~
Co~ci~ for Tobacco ~e~ch. The COUACll ~or TObaCCO
~r~h (CTP) i~ An in~nd~nt, Jndust~y-~upported ~dica[
died ~c±~nti6~ r~earcll supgo~t ~r~n~z~tion. C~PS ~lent~
f~c Advisory Board meets regularly to evaluate applicatzo~s
fo~ ~ran~ an~ contract~. ~nal~ied ~p[icat~ns ~r~ ap~
prOVed, &~ th~ Co~icil dw~rd~ z~z~h ~r~LL~ t~ ±n~a~:LL
SC~entls~S, who conduct the approved ~e~earch and publish
th~ result~ ~ithout CT~ di~ctiom o~ Control. A~of June,
1979, 3~7 scientists in 25D med~ca~ SCI1OOlS, hospitals and
institution~ in the U.S. and i0 ~Orelg~ ~ountries hav~ been
~unded by C~.
CTR regul~ly pi~b]i ~he~ d~sariDtive maheria] ~n ~tu~y
p~oje~t~ it ~ funding, and th~ project ~It~ ~re ~l
able through medical and sc~entlflc publicatlons, and
thr~uqh CTR. (~e~ ~moking • Heelth, ~ara~raDbs ~0 t~Li~h
219, f~z ~ d~b~US~IL ~Zl ~n~u~t~y--~uL~d ~esearc~.)
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I~ternationel Committee On ~noki~q Isslles (ICOS[]
ICOSl was established hy £ead~n~ me.herD of the international
tOI~CCO industry ~o give s~c~r~ add i~o~etio~ ~ ~ga~d
to snaking issue~ t~rld-wide to the ,J~r]o~s ~ti~n~] a~-
cldt±ons o~ tobacco manufacturers. B~itish A~ric~n'D~oac~o
CO. Ltd~ is a m~nb~r c£ IC3SI, as are Philip Morris, R.J.
R~y~S ~n~L foLl~ ~ther ~ajo~ ~te~ational tobacco com-
panies. ~COSI does not d~al with any cofum~r¢ial t~bacco
~ttHrs,
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VOL[~TARyAC~IOM~
I ~T~0D~CTION
Tns purpose of TC~ACC0: Issues~Answers/Actions is no-
only to imfo~ yo~ of th~ i~es faGln~ our lnQUotry and to
o~ter responses to the challenges it faces, b,it also to sug-
ge~ how y~[l c~n a~t vo]ilnt~rily as a private citizen to help
df:fc~Ld our i~L]~isLzy.
Ther~ are sevoral actions you oan take. You ca~ write
your congressman or the editor of your local ~ewspaper. If
an anti-smoking initiative is held in your area, you carl be
activo in t~ c~palgn agaln~t it. y(JL; can s~a~ strongly
for the ind~ssry aK SOCIal ~'~he~i~g~. YO~ Ca~ reSL~O~d tO
televis~on edltoriais Dr ~rtlcl~t~ in calf-in Shows. ~±s
s~c~lon outlln~s t}1~ valuable ways you c~n bring b~fo~ the
l~biic the zn~or~latlon presen~,~d In precedlng sectzDns.
Yuu s}lo~!~] oe p~e~a~ed to defen@ th~ industry, to state
ts case and to ~0 work whlcb wail help us. But leave offl-
cla[ state/~nt~ of ~he ind~stry'~ %,lews to cur expert~, be-
Cause in this controverslaL e~v~ro[~nt~ ±t is lmpera~Ive
t~at st~tements of Brown & Willlamson aorpoz'a~e eolicy be
mado ODIy by d~uign~ted ~or~ra~e ~poku~puruon~. Ruolpicnts
of thls boo~ cannot, ol course, illl that role.
WIIy yos should act.
Your s~teme~t~, as ~n info~d indivl~ua~, in defe~s~
of ~_he industry are crltlcallv im~ortanto An ~xa~ple can be
fc~u1~d in reccnt anti-smoking initiatives in Ca]iforni~ and
ilOrlda. The InduStry, and its employees and ~upporte~s, very
active~ fou(jht the~ inltLat~es and victories were w~no
D~t th~ m~g~n off victory wa~ n~row ~ 54 percent to 4~ per
c~!n ~n Ca[~rr1~a~ a~d J~st 83b vcl~e~ i~ D~de County,
~1ori~a, o1~t ~ff a total Of I~2,1~7 ~s~ O}~vi~l~ly, ~v~ry-
one' s ~ffort~ we~ i~port~t~
;~nother e~]e~ President Carter has be~n an ally to
our ind~y in ~any wa~. lie is a fa~er an~ ~ong h~s ~or~-
bearers we=e tobacco farmers. During hi$ cam~iqn ne told a
tobaec~ audience that h~ believed the ~mer~can peop~ had
President ~art~r emghaslzed h~s c~m~tm~nts to the ~obacco
pric~ su~rt program.
~ut rtis ~i~ i~ ~£ ~o~sL~telt. In I~77r President
~-~rt~r ~l~re~ A~ll "Cancer ~l ~11~Ii," a~d s~at~d that
the fight aqalnst cancer depends on the willingness of the
peopl~ to alter thei= h~bits, includlnq ~moking. In e~rly
1979, ~h~ r~pe~t~q hls Sup[~rt ~or t~ ~ob~cco l~&f ~rl~
stab~ILza~ion program, he added, ". . . I su~port the rol~ of
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