Council for Tobacco Research
Chronic Smoke Inhalation Experiments [Long Term Experiments Involving Cigarettes and Smoke Inhalation on Larger Animals, Rather Then the More Feasible Mice, Rats, and Hamsters.]
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- CTRMN014662-4664 US District Court for the District of New Jersey Honorable H. Lee Sarokin - Docket No. 83-2864sa Civil Action - Notice to Take Oral Deposition of Sheldon C. Sommers, M.D. Antonio Cipollone, Individually and As Executor of the Estate of Rose D. Cipollone, Plaintiff, Vs. Ligget Group Inc., A Delaware Corporation; Philip Morris Incorporated, A Virginia Corporation; and Lowe's Theatres Inc., A New York Corporation, Defendants [Notice to Produce Documents Regarding Contracts with the Tobacco Institute and Dr. Oscar Auerbach]
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- CTRMN014667-4667 Cipollone V. Liggett [Request to Take Deposition Disagreement with Tone or Content of Statements]
- CTRMN014668-4704 Thomas Hoyt Council Tobacco Resesarch 110-E-59st [Regarding Invitation to Review Experimental Material and Permit Expert to See Slides and Protocols]
- CTRMN014705-4715 Hearings Before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce United States Senate Ninety-Second Congress Second Session on S. 1454 - to Amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to Require the Federal Trade Commission to Establish Acceptable Levels of Tar and Nicotine Content of Cigarettes February 1, 3, and 10, 1972 Serial No. 92-82 [Regarding Public Access to Information About Tar and Nicotine]
- CTRMN014716-4725 Hearings Before the Consumer Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce United States Senate Ninety-Second Congress Second Session on S. 1454 - to Amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to Require the Federal Trade Commission to Establish Acceptable Levels of Tar and Nicotine Content of Cigarettes February 1, 3, and 10, 1972 Serial No. 92-82 [Money Funded by Tobacco Companies Expended for Research Grants and Contracts to Study Relevance of Proposals Received to Smoking and Health Problems]
- CTRMN014726-4762 Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives Ninety-First Congress First Session on H.R. 643 - A Bill to Amend the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act with Respect to the Labeling of Packages of Cigarettes and for Other Purposes (and Similar Bills) H.R. 1237 - A Bill to Direct the Federal Communications Commission to Establish Regulations Prohibiting Certain Broadcasting of Advertising of Cigarettes (and Similar Bills) H.R. 3055 - A Bill to Strengthen the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (and Similar Bills) H.R. 6543 - A Bill to Extend Public Health Protection with Respect to Cigarette Smoking and for Other Purposes (and Similar Bills) April 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, and May 1 Serial No. 91-12 [Hearings Regarding A Program to Sharpen the Objectives of Supported Research of Tobacco and Health]
- CTRMN014763-4763 [Correspondence Containing Information on A Booklet Explaining Insurance and Retirement Plans for Employees of the Council for Tobacco Research]
- CTRMN014764-4778 Employment Agreement Between the Council for Tobacco Research - U.S.A., Inc. And Sheldon C. Sommers, M.D. [Mutual Covenants on Employment, Job Position, Terms, and Duties]
- CTRMN014779-4826 Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare United States Senate Niety-Fourth Congress Second Session on S. 2902 - to Amend Title V of the Public Health Services Act to Establish A National Health Research and Development Advisory Commission, and for Other Purposes February 19, March 24, and May 27, 1976 [Hearings Regarding Most Recent Scientific Data on the Higher Rate of Death of Smokers Compared to Nonsmokers]
- CTRMN014827-4893 Deposition of Dr. Sheldon Sommers [Deposition of Sommers in the Matter of Rogers]
- CTRMN014894-4917 [St]
- CTRMN014918-4921 Statement of Dr. Sheldon C. Sommers [St]
- CTRMN014922-4922 Cigaret Blame for Cancer Is Questioned [Three Doctors Question Whether Smoking Causes Lung Cancer. Investigators Validity Challenged.]
- CTRMN014923-4926 [Insufficient Scientific Evidence to Prove Smoking Causes Diseases]
- CTRMN014927-4930 Statement of Sheldon C. Sommers, M.D. Before the Consumer Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Interstate Commerce Committee [Regarding Research on Possibility of Tobacco Causing Cancer]
- CTRMN014931-4931 Scientific Advisory Board Members 1954-1978 [Listing of Accepted and Resigned Individuals of Scientific Advisory Board]
- CTRMN014932-4932 [New Scientific Director Assists Advice in Research Planning in the Pulmonary Disease Field]
- CTRMN014933-4934 [Successor for Scientific Director and Other Staff Positions in Short Supply]
- CTRMN014935-4935 [List of Names]
- CTRMN014936-4938 [Confidential Run-Down of What Occurred with Homburger at Federation Meeting in Atlantic City. Paper on Censorship]
- CTRMN014939-4941 [Memo Regarding the Enclosure of A Letter to Editor]
- CTRMN014942-4943 [Correspondence Regarding J.A.M.A. Not Publishing Study About Squamous Lung Carcinoma]
- CTRMN014944-4945 [Correspondence Regarding Wk's Letter. William Kleepfer Letter to the Editor.]
- CTRMN014946-4947 ["Follow-Up to Publication in Archives of the "Smoking Dog" Reports. Summary of Recommendations Arising From the Meeting."]
- CTRMN014948-4950 [Observations Concerning Articles by Drs. Hammond, Auerbach, Messrs. Kirman and Garfinkel, Published in Arch. Environ. Health]
- CTRMN014951-4952 [Article Regarding Experimental Design, Mortality, and Lung Parenchyma]
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- CTRMN014958-4960 Why the Proposed Study Cannot Produce Meaningful Results [Tests of Smoke Intake of the Lungs and Overall Pulmonary System Are Inaccurate with the Normal Consumption of Smoke in Humans]
- CTRMN014961-4961 No. 826 - Dawber [Framingham Material Occupies A Key Position in Reference to Factors Related to Coronary Disease]
- CTRMN014962-4963 ["Memo Regarding Enclosed Article]
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- CTRMN014965-4965 [""Highly Critical" Letters to Appear in American Druggist in Defense of Cigarette Smoking"]
- CTRMN014966-4966 [American Druggist Magazine Has Received A Number of Highly Critical Letters Regarding A Dr. Sommers Article]
- CTRMN014967-4969 in Defense of Cigarettes [Research Regarding the Smoking of Tobacco May Not Be A Serious Cause of Disease As Previously Thought]
- CTRMN014970-4979 Joint Committee on Tobacco and Health [St]
- CTRMN014980-4990 Tobacco and Health Research Some Proposed Studies [Study for Cancers, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Lung Disease, and Other Related Physical Ailments.]
- CTRMN014991-5129 Deposition of Sheldon C. Sommers [Deposition of Sommers in the Matter of Cipollone]
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sUJECr: Chrooic B.oke Inbalation rsperistsata
In respeet to 1aeK t.rm esperissata ia.olvLg si9srrtt- or
other astoke inbalati.on, for y.ars ssioe, rsts sad latar, bs.stars baYe
been esployed. These soa].1 .ni.ali w a.silLable in large smbals ax
.odartte oost, their o.lateaaace sad eapoaura s~n tadLaiaalu feasible,
and tney have the aCvaatav of relative s.natia Da.ogsnsit,T is rep
strains, A11 these ani.al axparia.ats sattar ft.aia the aafaat of trtiej
to iniduce Qiseaaes a.turally oaaurring in old bsaaa beings ia relativslw
7oung aaSaals. Lif.lar4 s.oice syostiras orarao.. !ai
It aeala b. D.ZDfnl to employ larger aniastiis~ sveh as deis,
priast.s, Pi6s, aattla, ata, 8.olca exposu" sboule as alosa3y as possibLa
resmble that of hua.rss, Buab t.cbaiaal sbartants as lbe4lng nosa ts '
imder presRU'a, .tr.c.beotaq, tmunal saaka asposure aroles sM plug" aosa
vitb wc to itsree aoptb br.athias vitista the biologiosl s of
the axparissats, and reduce thes larplp to lsbaratory trielu. ho&
wcposure.* bsrt also mt heretofore peodno.d aepr ritelp saept,ad psitiva
endpoints in respect to chronic lung disaasas, iaaledl.eK e.aow. 0s
this ba.is lLrtber sveo.ssl41 eapsriasats along tba abwra 11"s aaamt
be anticipated w prediated,
To wA.rtaka ehronia satota sYposw-as of awimls smb as priaatas
and 6ess, suitasbla llata .aska bsve ser be.o dsvelop.d, masa sppaaa to
be prasentlj the mst saitabla mrtboQ of r.oto aspoaara, ma a.laaL
sbonld be sufficiently mseroas to s11ov ststLtiasl .a.pariaani, m.ac
posed aad sbea s.oiciai aostsols ara desirabl., beascu.e the latter aro
ao+r kao+ws to sbar ssaaar6bla stress re.etiaw, aenrtisallp pare traias
of pristas sad iota w sot svalLbla, asd tbeir virolep is art wll
attidied, ToM...r, at lwt karla"ing of l.dcoaItes and tibroblasts,
sed praser.atioa of tlresaa s.rs lhm at istarraL !w latst virelegismi
o.alrsis ora dsirobh.
w.stais osibw ot sisitiea.l r.gair.rts !be aav.ria.atal
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Camns:ra:Ie in ns.v !nslancee by groes and sLicz~osc~pic pst.hologic stndies
al.ooc. Reca:: t?,e 14o5e: Prize given PibiErer for indueing lua; c&ncer isi
rat e vith a parasite, vbicb evantual.l,y proved to be only aquamoas
se.aplaria secoaCa.-y to vitanin A deficiency.
Tac:lities to undertate trsnsplanta:ion, tissue culture, bio-
cbericel ana2~rses an3 electron aicroecogv are needed if nalignant neaplata<s
a: e kidel,jr >letastatic cancers in part oa.ke some speci.al
stuC:e_ le;s c-ucia]., but there is no present intormation that setastasis
i.cc cancers rria be found in prisates and dogs, for exaar,~le.
It seall, or aicroseopie, or borderline lung lesions oocur,
since th2re is a notorious variation in the diagnoses of various
pa.bolo`:cls, sae- torm of peer review, or panel, or eonsultation is
necessa.ry. Probt31;. at lA.aat 50 oaapetent diagnostic pathologists are
svaila.:l! il t."! V. .^., ar.e Ca,rtiar~_a *.o e,re in active practice, interested
tn canc,!r d-::' cr*i'.d be aaked t.o review the saterial. Pathologists from
other cou.^.:r:es would be belp_1.1. It ia desirable not to include eseritus
psthologir:-, no satter bow vell known, because the diagnostic eye needa
da:`v practice and uae on the organ in question.
7be type~ of sec:ions me.ie to seara`h for all but the aost videspreaG cancerz di:'tar ^r. the
approved vt.ale lurK sectio:u now videly
asoplo.veA to er.alyze for aar_.hwsa-s. Excellent sec=ior.r for possible oancer
&n" fo- po:.sib:e a-,~ not porcible trac .h^ aer.^ lung or aataal.
To try bo :~- is to ach;eve nai!`:cr Coal. Wl:ole lwg sections praperly
~ preparer of co.:rsr. .rtll re: ear obviour cance.-s, and if only one me4fiod is
to be used, tL:s is the better.
In erph,;!mn, since there are so sany ditferencea of expert
opinion, peer review or a panel to axazire the sa!erial is neoessary,
Probsbl,v 20 aueh experts eould be found in the U. 3, and Canada. Various
physiologic testa of lung function, blood 6a.es, etc., aaterially laprove
the e+ccuracy of the final we?uatioa. Controls ssust of oourse be handled
with equal care in oas:parably large msbers.
The e=sination of the various t?pes of dateriala should be
earried out by persons tilto do not Imov the exposure Qotp or history.
After the various aRramsos.l, asroloQio, patboLoQic and bioobesiosl
studies hane beesl roearded, els.elud nitb the r.rievers or alesrsd by the
paAel, then all eonoerAed aaW afterrards be told the es;periseatat p
involved. Sis is soareelr woidable wAer other aireaatane.s, ssud
eontroia tend to be Qegleotedc
finaLly, the resalts should be reported before a r.gatar
soientitiC sseting iselndiess persoos eXperieneed is tbe lmt field, trita
fora.l and inlbraal disonsliomf subsequent y&lioatioa La a Journal taat
requires refereeing of amwesiyta !s dNis7ble*
mis .arT eapeasive and l+ong ters study of ea!'lioieat aaiaals,
if esrefol]y asigmed, sqerria.d, sad tbe aateriai oorsitill,y oollaated,
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prxeseerr, revieved by ccapetent oonaultants an st.atistics, exper!&mr.a1
design, pethologic d:aZftosis, tissue culture, electron iicro.oapy,
traasplanntior, and pa:hapkrsiology sbovld advsace our 1mo+rledge
cerainb the possible relation of moke inhalation either to rmptLyseaa or
to lur.,; caac-2r. /larvers coaceraiag bo.h reQuire two sepa.rate eacperiae.n:s.
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