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TOBACCO ADVISORY COUNCIL
Glen House, St'ag Place, London, SWIE SAG
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.Dr. L.C.F. Blackmanr B.A.T.
W. C. Owen, Esq., Z.T.L.
Dr. M. Bourlas, P.M.
Dr. R. R. Boxall, Gallaher Lt4°
Dr. R.W.J. Williams, C.R. Ltd. J~
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From: 5. B. Grice
World Health Organ/sat ion
Z sugges~ t.hat Peter Lee should decline his '/nvi~auion
the following principal reasons=- F -
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I. He is not c-~pert on the subject chosen for him.
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He would be associated with the conclusions of the meeting,
despite his efforts to achieve a "balanced scientific viewpoint."
There should be other means of finding out "what is going on"
e.g. Infotab, who should see these papers.
4. Over-exposure.
Please le~ me know if you ~hink otherwise.
Copies:
Sir James Wilson
Dr. J. D. Backhurs~
A.W.M. St. Aubyn
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PETER N. LEE
M.A. (Oxon),
Consultant in Statistics and Adviser in Epidem~oiogy and
Toxicology
Honorae~ Rmm~ Fellow, Imtitum of Cancer Refamrch,
Division of Eoiclemlology
VAT Reg. No. 317 ?929 28
OffT,~e:
25 Cadar Road,
Sutton, SM2 50G.
Tel: 01-642 8265 {2 lines)
Home:
25 Park Road,
C~eam, Sutton, SM3 SPY.
Tel: 01-661 2668
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9 February 1984
H.B.Grice Esq.,
Tobacco Advisory Council,
Glen House,
Stag Place,
LOICDON ~ SAG.
DeLr Hugh.,
I received the enclosed lette~ from the International Agency for
Eesea.t'eh on Cancer, inviting me to be on thei= Working Group propa~tng a
monogr=ph on tobacco s~oking and tocLra~˘ pact of a chapte~r entitled
"Use of tobacco worldwide: Methods of manufacture".
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My reactions to it are:
(i) it wouid involve quite a lot of time - 9-da7 meeting plus
drafting time plus further ~ime no doubt - which I may find
difficult to fit in,
the chapter selected for me issue which Z know little about,
˘o be present at the meeting would certainly be of interest
$o me in assessing current views on smoking and cancer,
it could be beneficial to the industz7 to have me there~ not
only to report wha~ is going on, but also to make sure a
balanced scientific viewpoint is reached,
(v) although the letter talks abou~ the monograph as usetlal for
preventive pro~ra~s developmen~ and is therefore anti-smoking,
the IARCmonographs do have a good scientific reputation and
scientific a~gumen˘ should therefore have effect.
Taking all the points together, iS the industry do not want me to go,
would decline the invitation. I~ they do want me ˘o go, Z would need
very considerable assistance f~om the industr7 in preparing my chapter,
perhaps by someone trom BAT preps.ring an outline draft. X would also
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•eel tha~ special consideration ~o~ the tlme involved needs ~o be
~aken ln~o a~counl: wlCh regard to my ˘onsul~ancy arrangement.
I wouId be grz~e~ul t~ you could let me know ~he reactions of
TAC and ~he ReseazchCoz~nlt~ee.
Bes~ v'lshos.
Yours s/ncerely,
Peter N. Lee
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