Council for Tobacco Research
Deposition of Sheldon C. Sommers [Deposition of Sommers in the Matter of Cipollone]
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- CTRMN014501-4661 Deposition of Sheldon C. Sommers [Deposition of Sommers in the Matter of Cipollone]
- 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]
- CTRMN014665-4666 Cipollone V. Ligget, Et Al. Our File No. 03356-113151 [Request to Present at Interview by Counsel]
- 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]
- CTRMN014953-4955 Chronic Smoke Inhalation Experiments [Long Term Experiments Involving Cigarettes and Smoke Inhalation on Larger Animals, Rather Then the More Feasible Mice, Rats, and Hamsters.]
- CTRMN014956-4957 Auerbach-Hammond Why the Present Proposal Is Not Worth Carrying Out [Procedures in Conducting Tests of Smoke on Lungs]
- 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]
- CTRMN014964-4964 [Correspondence Containing Four Short Essays on the Present Status of Various Fields in Smoking and Health]
- 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.]
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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
2 CIVIL ACTION NO. 83-2864 SA
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4 ANTONIO CIPOLLONE, individually :
and as Executor of the Estate of
5 ROSE D. CIPPOLLONE, .
(Continued)
6 Plaintiff, : Deposition of:
7 vs. . SHELDON C.
SOMMERS
8 LIGGETT GROUP, INC., a .
Delaware corporation; PHILIP
9 MORRIS INCORPORATED, a Virginia .
corporation; LOEW'S THEATRES,
10 INC., a New York corporation, .
11 Defendants. .
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13 TRANSCRIPT of testimon y as taken by and
14 before MARGARET J. TEILHABER , a Certified
15 Shorthand Reporter and Notar y Public of the State
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A P P E A R A N C E S:
BUDD, LARNER, GROSS, PICIL LO, ROSENBAUM,
GREENBERG & SADE
150 John F. Kennedy Parkwa y
Short Hills, New Jersey 0 7078
BY: MARC Z. EDELL, ESQ.
For the Plaintiff
WEBSTER & SHEFFIELD
1 Rockefelle r Plaza
New York, Ne w York 10020
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S H E L D 0 N C. S 0 M M E R S,
previously sworn.
CONTINUED DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. EDELL:
Q. Dr. Sommers, you realize you are
still under oath?
A. Yes.
Q. Did you discuss yesterday's
deposition with your attorney or anyone else?
A. No.
Q. Did you review any materials last
evening?
A . No..
Q. Or yesterday afternoon?
A. No.
Q. What are the responsibilities of the
research director of the Council for Tobacco
Research?
A. The research director has a duty to respond
to inquiries by letter or telephone from
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or formal application for grant funding, potential
grantees whose applications have not been acted on
for one of various reasons, grantees who have
budgetary needs such as additional funds because
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of university policy, et cetera, to talk with any
grantee who has any kind of a problem with
carrying on the research and to respond to
inquiries from potential grantees whose
applications have not been funded. In addition,
the research director, being a member of the
scientific staff, like all the rest of the staff
makes site visits to individual grantees, attends
meetings of the Scientific Advisory Board and
assists as scientific director.
Q. ~ Have those been the responsibilities
of the research director since you've been
associated with the Council for Tobacco Research?
A. Yes.
Q. What are the responsibilities of the
scientific director?
A. The scientific director is to be responsive
to the decisions of the Scientific Advisory Board
with regard to disapproval or approval of formal
applications. It is the responsibility of the
scientific director to try to find investigators
in new fields or fields where it is felt that more
research money might be expended. It is the
responsibility of the scientific director to
confer with and inform the chairman of the
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Sommers - direct
Scientific Advisory Board about any problems with
board members being unable because of other
commitments to attend some or all days of the
grant funding meetings and to report also to the
president and chairman in general how the program
is going. I believe that would summarize the
responsibilities.
Q. Were those the responsibilities of
the scientific director of the Council for Tobacco
Research since you've been associated with it?
A. That's my understanding.
Q. You indicated that one of the
responsibilities of the scientific director of the
Council for Tobacco Research is to find
investigators who would submit grant applications.
Correct?
A. No. Who might be interested.
Q. Who might be interested in submitting
grant applications?
A. Correct.
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How does the scientific director go
about finding investigators who might be
interested in submitting grant applications to the
Council for Tobacco Research?
A. As part of my general activities, not just
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