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7bDlCCO I %'DUSTR7 RLSY.1nCH COmmTITEY THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. 20, 1985 NON-DISSEMINATION ORDER IN ROGERS AND DUKE CASES, CONFTDEITT.AL R-E'ORT // J TOBACCO TI'D. USMY Rr~"S. FARCfi COMCTTr.= t=G isAY 9, 1957 Attendance: Timothy V. Hartnett, C'hal.^...an AltYed F. $ovden F. S. Royster Ltnery 14. Levie Albert Clay Paul D. Goddard John H. Berry W. T. Reed, Jr. Lerris Gruber Samuel C. Linton 0. Parker McCcrss C. S. Stephe.no A. C. £dva.'ds J. Whitney Peterson George W. k'hiteside John Vance Bevitt r`ree== J. Daaiele John W. 8il1 Richard W. Da.-r ov Carl G. ThC..yecn The American Tobacco Co--pa.^y, Inc. Bright Belt Warehouse Association Brova & Willia=son Tobacco Corporet:c:: Burley Auction Warehouse fscociat_or. Burley Stabilization Co:,.cration Burley Tobacco Grovere Coop. Assoc. La,rus & Brother Cc..pa:y, Inc. P. Lorillard Cc ra:~y, Inc. fSarylaad Tobacco Grovere Aasociaticn Philip Morrie, Inc. Stephano Brothers, Inc. Tobacco Associates, Inc. Uaited States Tobacco Cc=~,a^y Chadbcurne, Parke, Khiteside & ',7oii. Conbody, xevitt, O'Brien & 5ca-rdd-an Perkins, Dan,iele, McCo:.-ack & Collins Bill and Kr.ovlton, Inc. n u u n n n n n Dr. C. C. Little, Scier.tific Director Dr. Robert C. Rockett, Aasociate Scientific Director W. T. Fioyt, Executive Secr eta.-y 1. W. Rartnett opened the neetir.g ar.d explained that the current period vas one in vhich a nev series of challenges regardir-g tobacco ar.d health had been evident. As a result, the trip, vhich Dr. Little had planned to LLrope at the invitation of the Tobacco Ma•nu.facturers' Stawding Cocittee in England, vae ces.celled at a TIRC rer,ueet. 2. Mr. Hartnett explained the need for consultation on policy zatters vith the Executive Cor..-ittee, and of occaeional di:ficultiee of reach::.o each of the ne=bers. fie therefore asked that the Executive Co r=ittee be enlasged by the additicn of X-^. Levis Gruber, vho is located in nev York. ThSs vas ur.a::irously approved. , COhF1DENTIAL: MINNESOTA ' TOBACCO LITIOATION CTR. 6301 Ct R t 1 N 0t..,i 3696

1,soj nuN'DiSSEMINATION ORDER . !M ~tQGE S AND = CASES. . 3. Grants which had been avarded by the Scientific Advisory Board since the last TgtC meeting were approved in the a.:.ount of $271,5k5•92, bringing the total of grants and renewals since the inception of the Coanaittee to a grand total of $1,679,171.06. k. At the request of the Chairr.an, Dr. Hockett reported that since publication of the report of the Stud,y Group on Snoking and Health, vhieh was sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the National Cancer Institute and the National Heart Institute, he ba.d had an opportunity to discuss the Report with Dr. H. R. Heller (,1CI), Dr. James Watt (N&I) and Dr. Dean Davies (ACS). Dr. Heller expressed some gratification that the report had "leaked" to the papers since this had enabled the National Cancer Institute to reply to ir.quiries by stat_ng that the Report ha.d not yet been given study and evaluation. He said that it bad been t•W ned over to the Di--ectcr of the Natior.n..l Institutes of Health, and that a confer ence was soon to be held to determine what disposition should be rade of it. It was evident that he felt that a very ^oderate and conservative position should be maintained by the Public fieelth Ser*ice and that the conclusions of the study should not be endorsed o!'ficially. In discussions with L`r. Watt it seemed clear that the personnel of the National Heart Institute are skeptical of any causrl relation between saoking and hea.-` diseases, particularly in view of their own study in Praringham, Ngss. Dr. Watt indicated that a very restrained statement had been drawn up by way of co=ent on the Study Grcup Report and placed in the hands of Surgeon t',eneral, Dr. Leroy Burney, Sor use if pressure for a coaesent beca=.e strong. The statement is to the effect that this Report will be evaluated and studied with care as a guide to the research progre_:n of the Public Health Se-vice. Dr. Davies of the Ayerican Cancer Society, when asked who actually vrote the Study Group Reparr; ad^itted that, as Secretary, he naturally d:d a lot of the drafting but that, after circulation to all the Committee members and incorporation of their chassges and corrections, it bece.m.e essentially a collective job. Dr. Dorn was visited recently, not for discussion of the Study Group Report, but to keep in touch with the Veterans' Study and to convey concrete suggestions from SAB r.embers on the conduct of this work. He seemed very receptive to all suggestions that were made. It was also indicated that a careful and conserv,aave policy would be maL-itained with respect to release of any results from the vor;c, and no release is contemplated in the near future. ~. Dr. Little explained that following the statement issued by the Study Group which had been convened by tour public health orgaaiza- tions he, as Chai:.sn of the Scientific Advisory Board, had felt It necessary to restate the policy of the Board. He explained that be had, therefore, dravn up a statezent of policy which, in turn, was cleared CTR - 2 . CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO L1T1GATlON CTR HN 003-697

r AUD/LVI IU AUCu 21L 1985 NON•DISSEMINATION ORDER IN RqERS A,YD DUKE CASQ„ personally with each member of t:.e Advisory Board before it vas rade Iriblic. F.e felt that this statemer.t had received very good attention ar.d, now that it is on record, be:omes a positive declaration to which we can point if further references are made to t`.e Siudy Group Report or similar docuaents. Be further said that be intended to adhere to a policy of making statements for the Advisory Board only on big issues ar.d never on minor ones. 6. Yr. Darr ov reported on public relations activi+.ies, as in At`.ach.:.ent f1, vith particular reference to the forthcoming final statistical report by Drs. Harscon3 and Born of the American Cancer Society, and discussions vith :'_E'E RSf.DM'S DIGrST concerning articles which that rsgsz_ne is considering. 3. Yr. $artnett explained that since the last meet:ng of the ?'LRC there has been considerable feeling on the par: of the SAB and others concerned with the sub,{,ect of tobacco use and health, that more da-a is needed on tobacco smoke composition. The Advisory Board, therefore, is conte=plating calling a conference on this subject to which representat:ves of all the cigarette cc..anies vill be invited. Ee further explained tL~.t the Advisory 5oa..•d had requested him to address each of the coWrzr<es, urging their support for th:s type of syaposit=. Dr. Little supplemented the Chairman's rerarss by ex;,lainir.g that, since the co•osition of smoke 1s so ve^t involved, it is the feelia.; c° scientists t hat as .sch :act•ral backgrou: ,! ~ material as can be raye ava__- able should be made avai L•ble by companies which have already dcne work c:: this s~ab4 ect. It is their feelinr, that an overall co--prehensive study of the problem can thus be s::ortcut by assemblinc as =ach info:..8tioa as possible quickly. Dr. L-tt_e pointed o•at that the scientific world is faced with a problem where, if this infcraat:on cannot be obtained from com;an:es in tbe tobacco 1.^.d::stry, i t xill be cb tained in some other way and made publ=c by some other means. Dr. Little explained that, certai:'_Y, no one expected corspasies to d.:v+alge compete t:ve information or other ds :a vhich might be considered eonfidential for co=ercial g.u-poses, but that be hoped all otner inforr.ation could be made available. 8. The suggestion vas made trat a brief pe.--pblet be prepared and made available to those reople who make their livelihood through selling cigarettes as it was felt that they should be better apprised of the research work which :s being done through the :ronsorship of the :LqC. It was deci ded t`.at s•.~cY~ a dcc~,:r ent should be pre~.ared, cledred vi th t::e Law Cocaittee and a niethod worked out for its distribution. CTR 6303 CONFIDENTIAL: PdINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION C ! R HN 003898

THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. 20. 1985 NON•DISSEMINATION ORDER IN R,-y2E~S .4',D DUr.E V, :.. Q. Dr. Eockett reported briefly on the status of current grants and of those yhich have been concluded. - -k- 10. Mr. Aartnett explainea that because of the nature of the orga,niza- tion of the TIRC, it vas the thinking of the Executive Cocaittee that Dr. Robert C. Hockett should be provided vith a deferred co=pensation plan. In this vay a greater incentive and provIsion for a larger degree of security vould be his. A contract has been dravn.up an,aA negotiated v:t} him vhich provides for supplenentary deferred co--pensation in the ar.ou:t of $3,000.00 per annun to be paid at the tiae of his death, the dSssolut:ca of the Codittee, or in the event his services are no longer required. 7h:s vas moved and approved ur.anisously on a retroactive basis to the date o" D:-. Hockett's ez-ploynent with TLRC. encl. CTR 6304 CONFI'JE NTIAL: 1L(NNESOTA TOBACCO LiTI(1AT10N C TR HN 0031699

HILL Ara KNOWLTO.N, Ivc. THIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT T0 AUG. 20, 1985 NON•DISSEMINATION ORDER IN ROGERS AND DUKE CASES. C0XFIDt,r1rLkL ATTAm-aaiT ,'jl PSTSLIC RIIATIONS REPORT to the '- TOBACCO INDUSTR7 RES£ARCH C0!-TIITI'EE~' Tbirsday, May 9, 1957 Introduction The Tobacco Industry Research Co=ittee has been,'and indeed still is, faced with a series of tiaely probleas that have influenced cu:ent operations a.nd will have a bearing on future activities. These can be dealt with, however, within the basic public relations ;.rog*ar and policy reviewed at the October, 19506, TLRC aeeting. The first part of each yea.r seems to bring new outbursts against tobacco. Some of these flourish in numerous scienti!ic meetings acheduled for the early r_on•..hs of the yesr. Others appear to be related to certain fund-raising activities. The rest seem to pop up spontaneously. Major influences that can lead to public relations probleaa during the next few months are: An increased effort by those co=-itted to the cigarette theory of lung cancer causation to gain scientific and public support for their position. The apparent desire of some scientists to seek public credit for finding "the answer." There have been at least three examples of this since the first of the year. The of't-times ve]l -ir.tentione3 tendency of the press to treat public claims for "making cigarettes safe" as if these were of help to the industry's problem. An increasing n=ber of research projects initiated after the first major attac'tcs, taat are now reaching the stage of public reporting. C T R 6305 E©N#'!AliN71AL: MINNESOTA fif#RACCO LITIGATION CTR t 1 f `[ 003S_400

Jn1J UULUrdLhJ JUD1L0 1u hUU. LU, L485 NON•DISSEMINATION ORDER At{y GERS AND UKE CASL',,. ]POR...SEr-kBTr.t. 7ROUBL.r.. S-F0:5 At this tine, there can be foreseen three icpertant public relationa pr obles.a in the iaediate future. 1. The report of the Study Croup on S_oki:.r e..^.d Aeelth. Acceptance of this report a.r.d its recc=endatior.s by the sponsoring agencies could pose serious new problem . The contents of the report were made public late in March, after an unauthorized story appea.red in the Atlanta Co::st:tution. At the tire of publication, none of the four sponsoring agencies had revieved or passed upon the report. These agencies are the Arerice_z Cancer Society, the American Hea_•t Aseociation, the Aational Cancer Institute, and the Hational Hee.z•t Institute. It is knovn that these agencies are under sor..e pressure to accept and act upon the report. This pressure coaes not only fro= certain te_bers of the Study Group but also from others interested in the point of viev expressed. A Cc=:ittee of the Arerican Cancer Society has already accepted the report. Should the other agencies act sirilarly, a joitt aanounce.:.ent could be fort.hcocing. IXpected publicat:on of the repor t:n a scier.tif ic nn.gazine sometime in June, 1957, should not, in itself, create unusual nevs attention, since the substance has s.L^ead,y been fu'_ly reported in the p±ess. 2. The final reoorr of the Ee~.~^•~nd-Ecrn stu2'y. At the a:.^ual neeti:g of t:e ;tier icen !!edical Aesoclaticn, in the Nev York Coliseum during the first veek cf June, statist:ciaas xe- or.d aw Ecrn of the American Cancer Society vill, at noon on :Vesday, June k, 1957, present their final report cn t~ie statistical study on erakine ar.d death rates covering about 1E8,000 a.en over a pericd of l+j+ months. Despite the fact that this study has received vide publicity over the past th-ee years, this final sL~-~--.ation can be expected to receive proninent notice in the press. Tros present knovledge, the report vi11 offer final fi6ures that vill in general conform vith previous statistical findings and that vill again be used as substantiation for the authors' conclusions of a cause ar.d effect relationahip betveen cigarette sr_oking habits ar.d death rates from lur.g cancer. , 16'hether ka.-ond a.zd Horn viL present further statistics ar•d conclusions relating to heart disease, as ther did in June, 1954, is not known u,of this date. CTR 630C CONFIDLNf1AL: tb1,;NN6S0TA `TOBACCO LITIGATION CTR HN 00r-,901

1HIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT TO AUG. $ Att. il 1985 NON-DISSEAUNAT?pR ORDER lN ROGERS AJ1 D Qf!_KE CASES 3. A new article in T-Irr R£ADM'S DIGEST. This publication has been conducting consiaerable editorial research into various aspects of the tobacco industry, including problens of gr overs, aanufacturing in.•or=stion, and certain tobacco and health relearch. Close liaison is being maintained with the editor in charge of this work. Present inforaation is that a story has been Yritten and scheduled for the July issue. Fbccept to say that this publication has not yet run any article concerning tobacco use that has not been adverse to the industry, nothing more definite can be reported at this ti=e. In addition to these known items, a number of papers relating to tobacco use are being given at scientific meetings or printed in scientific publications. Sone say spark additional publicity. The aonitoring of the meetings and scientific publications for such possibilities is a continuing activity. FROJFxTS HFZP?LTL TO TL?C The next several months also will bring forth several pro,i,ects that will be of value in zsainta:ni:s both public and scienti'ic perspective on the problea of the industry. 1. "S.ience Looks at Snoking" by 7--ic North_•^sp, with an intr oduction by Dr. Fiar:ry S. N. Greene of Yale University Medical School. This book is being published by Covard-McCann, Inc., and is currently in production. The exact publication date has not been set, but it is expected to be not later than early July. The book will examine analytically the basis of charges that have been rmde against smoking, and some of the facts and fictions involved in *.hen. The introduction by Dr. Greene rejects, in a scientific dSscussion, clain.- that present evidence proves a causal link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer.. Special reprints of Dr. Greene's introduction will be sent by the publisher to most practicing physicians in the country, along with promotional literature and a coupon for purchasing the book. The book will be made available to all major public, medical and college libraries throughout the country. C T R 6307 _- -- '©NAIDENTIAL: M(TINESOTA TOBACCO LITIOATION CTR HI t 0039f.,e 2

IHIS DOCUMENT SUBJECT T0 AUG. 20, 1985 NON•DISSEMINATION ORDER IN RD1H^- . : DUKE Reviev copies vill be sent not only to book reviewers, but to science writers and editorial writers of major lay and scientific publications. Advs.nce proofs of the book were sent to THE R£ADM'S DIGEST, for consideration by its editors, including the editor vorking on tobacco aspects. The pabl_'sher is negotiating for possible syndication of the book in newspapers, for paper-back reprints, and for rsgazine article material. 2. The 1957 Report of the Scientific Director. For the first time, Dr. Little s report this yeer will include abstracts of published papers describing research sponsored by the TLRC. Assistsnce in the publishing an3 distribution of this report is being given. A news release discussing the contents vili be issued at the tire of 1~ublication. Scientific and lay publications and writers will be included in the distribution. The 1956 report received favorable press and scientific attention and has been valuable as an infor--ation source for answering inquiries. The 1957 Report should be even rare useful. 3. Exhibit for Scientifi~_*'.eeti.^.gs. A modest exhibit for use at scientific meet:nes is now :L.der construction. A trial run of this exhibit will be at the 48ine Medical Association in June. Space has alr eady been requested f or the 1958 ar..^~.:r1 meeting of the Amezrican AcadeaW of General ?ractice, a g,oup representative of the nation's private practicing physiciars. This exhibit has met with the agproval of the Scient^fic Advisory Board and is intended primarily to infora scientific and rcdical men of the research policy and prog:-aa developed for the Tobacco Industry Research Cormittee by the Scientific Advisory Board. . k. Descriptive booklet of TIRC P: oEam, prizrarily for us e at exhibit. A new bookle t is in draf t to describe the bac'xgrou nd, philosophy and research prog:am of the TIRC and the SAB. This is intended especially for distribution at showings of the exhibit. It vill also serve as an up-to-date document for answering inquiries from the scientific and lay press, and others. 5. Statement of TIRC Status. 'A report from Mr. Ha.rtnett on the status of the Tobacco Iniustry Research Committee is in draft form. This vill review briefly pledges set forth at the formation of the Comnittee and show how these are being fulfilled. Discussion of the unresolved proble.:s concerning the smoking and health issues vill be included. CTR 6308 CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION 1- 1-1 !._. t R f ! f "4 003903

HIGHLIGHTS OF R'.•CFNT ACTIYI= THIS oocUMExT SUBJECT TO All6, 20, 1385 N0N-DISSE1dINAT10N ORDER IN ROGERS AND DUKE CASES Dr. Little's Statement for the SA3•on the Study Group Report. lolloving publication of the report of the Study Group on Sr.oking and Bealth, Dr. Little initiated a statement setting forth the position of the Scientific Advisory Board on the matter, to be released to the public. Final approval of all Board members vas obtained Friday, - April 26, and the statement vas issued for release Wednesday, Pay 1. The statement received good news attention. It vill also become part of the basic materials of TLTiC for future reference and distribution, and has already gone to major scientific publications as a matter of record. The Study Grouu R•cort. Premature publication of this report in the Atlanta CoLS:::izion resulted in the releasing of the full text on Friday, March 22, b;; the American Cancer Society. Partly because of the te^pering effect of the statements issued by the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Associa- tion, the first TIItC statement on the Study Group Report vas kept short and vas quite videly used. A second longer statement was issued on Saturday and, though not videly used, vas sent to editorial vriters throughout the country so that they would be informed as to the true nature of the Report and its significance. American Cancer Society Booklet, "Where We Stand Today on Cigarettes and L•.:.ag Cancer." Advance copies of this booklet were made available to Mr. Hartnett prior to its release date of November 26. Because of this, tr-. Ha_-tnett was able to send a factual letter to Mefford Runyon, executive vice president of ACS, pointing out irspo:-tant scientific vorks bearing on the subject that vere omitted from the book. On the basis of this letter, a press statement was prepared and released for use siaultaneously with release of the ACS booklet. This TIRC statement vas used in all ujor stories. Additionally, copies of the TIRC material vere sent to all major science and news and editorial vriters throughout the country. Trench Report on 3:k:9:10-Dibenzpyrene. Some mystery still surrounds the story behind the February 3 radio and news report that one Dr. Nguyen-Phoc Buu-Boi of Paris had, in effect, solved the vhole eignsette-lung cancer problem. Any fully detailed account of this episode would be too lengthy for this report, but a case history of some of the more important steps taken to deal vith this exaggerated story may illustrate the ramifications involved in such a story. CTR 6309 CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA ~ TODACCO LITIOATION CTR HN 003904

IJ AUG. 221, MD Nvii-DiS;iEMINATION ORDER A. On Sunday, February 3, the day the CBS IN R~OG~E~~iD DUKE CASFS. first related the story, a statement from Mr. HarLnett was issued, for use primarily with the Associated Press story from Paris, the only news service story to appear. 3. Steps were taken to obtain the original scientific paper, not yet available in this country. The French original vas obtained by Hill and Knowlton's Paris assoeiate, received here and traaslated in time to transmit to all veekl,jr periodical writers and Sunday news writers before the veek was out. Telephone calls were made to these media to advise them of the discrepancies between the news stories and the scientific paper, and there was little additional use of the original story. C. Heanvhile, scientists in this country faailisr with such chemical work were checked and confirmed the considezed opinion of TIRC scientific advisers that the reported claims were probably without sound scientific fouadation. D. Further docvmentation was necessary because of the reference in the Buu-Eoi paper to a Swiss research report comenting on the chemical substance. This report was obtained and translated. Since it was far more leng-:hy than the Buu-Eoi piece, it was excerpted to show the degree of uncer+.ainty expressed by the Swiss scientists as to the aWouat, if any, of 3:4:9:10-dibenzpyrene might have been detected in the scoke of 100 cigarettes of the kind that were being analyzed. E. This material was made available to officials of the ?iational Cancer Inst:tute, who were interested because support for the chenical work was coming from U.S. Public Eealth Service funds, but who had not yet seen the original report. F. When the 2`a11 story was documented, copies of the naterie-1 were sent to all science and other interested writers with a special background memorandum pointing out the facts in the case. G. One direct constructive and concrete result of this vork came shorrly after the news report, when Dr. John Be11er, director of the Rational Cancer Institute, appeared before a closed hearing of the Bouse of Repre- sentatives Appropriatiotis,Subco-ittee.. Dr. Heller was asked about the Buu-xoi report and was able to point out vhat he called the "Joker" in the story, because of havi.ng the full documentation at hand. C T R 6310 ,CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION CTR HN 0031~ 015