Blair, S.K.
Thanks to Professor Simon Chapman of Sydney, Australia, for bringing this document to attention.
This letter from the British tobacco company Carreras Rothmans Limited was sent to Jules Hartogh of Philip Morris Europe Corporate Affairs. It discusses potential mandates in Middle Eastern countries to print health warnings on cigarette packs and limit tar and nicotine content of cigarettes. The writer relates a comment made by a member of the tobacco industry's "Middle East Working Group":
"One view expressed to me recently...by a member of our Working Group was that, even if the 'cancer' warning was insisted upon, we could live with it and continue selling cigarettes, particularly as 90% of Arabs wouldn't be able to read it... "
(From Bates Page No. 2024974433)