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S T ACTION REQUESTED WE REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS:I 1'. FOR THE NATION,AL,TANiDIRECTOR'T0 WRITE TO COMPANY TAN ENROLLEES (EXHIBIT B')' TO REQUEST THAT THEY WRITE LETTERS TO SELECTED MEMBER810F THE UNITED, STATES SENATE:WHO'ARE BILL,SPONSORS OR SERVE ONI COMMITTEES WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE LEGISLATION ('EXHIBIT C). IT IS SUGGESTED'THAT THESE LETT,ERS COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY. IS DEEMED ADVISABLE. . ANY'ADDIiTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS YOUR COMPANY CAN GENERATE TO THESE SENATORS THROUGH OTHER'CHANNELS'. AFTER REV'IEW OF THE,FEDERAL LOBBYING LAW., COVI'NGTON,&, BURLINGiHAS ADV'i'SEDiTHAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR REPORTING ON THE PART OF TiAN VOLUNTEERS. I IMMEDIATE CLEARANCE OF THIS LETTER-WRITING EFFORT IS REQUESTED. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTI'ONS RELATIIIE'T0'THIS REQUEST. PLEASE CONTACT ME. JK/A ATTACHMENTS' . W ~ Qa CC:I MR. MR. DR'. MR. J. MR. MR. HORACE R., KORNEGAY' SAMUEL D. CHILCOTE. 1.114. HUGHES! WILSON,WYATT., JR. KENDR'ICK WELLS, III, STEVE COHEN. HAL GRANT JR. ESQUIRE Ji. BERNARD ROBINSON, EBQUIRE JAMES T. BREEDLOVE, ESQUIRE MR. MIKE DEMITA MR. EDWARD A. HORRIGAN'n JR'. MR. WI.E. AINSWORTHI. JR. MR. LARRY' BEWLEY MR'. HUGH FOLEY I~i1 JAMtS! CHERRY'. ESQUIRE SCOTT GILBERT, ESQUIR'E MR. STAN SCOTT' MR. JACK MILLS (EXHI'BIT BJ 0 1NARCH 31, 1982 TO':' TAN VOLUNTEERS' FROM:I JOHN D. K'ELLY' NATIONAL TAN DIRECTOR RE: TANI ACTIDN REQUEST - S'. 119291 A'BILL PENDING IN THE U.S. SENATE WOULD REQUIRE AiWHOLE NEW. GROUP OF WARNINGS ON CIGARETTE PACK'AGES--WAY'OVERSTATIlNG REAL SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SMOK,ING AND HEALTHL YOUR HELP'IS N,EEDEDiTO STOP THIS LEGISLATION. WE'RE URGING A SIMPLE STEP':I IF YOUiAGREE THAT THIS LEGISLATION ISIUNNECESSARY, WRITE A LETTER OPPOSING THE BILL TOIYOUR SENATOR'CS) WHOSE NAME AND ADDRESS'ARE ON THE ENCLOSED LIST. 0 THE BILL NUMBER'ISIS. 1929. ITiS SAONSORS CALL IT THE,"COMPRE- HENSIVE SMOKING'PREVENTION EDUCATION ACT." PUTTING IT'SZMPLY. THEY'D LIKE'TO FORCE THE CIGARETTE INDUSTRY TOlUSE ITS',PACK'AGE LABELS AND ADVERTISING' TD'TELL SMOKERS THINGS'THAT THE I~NDUSTRY--AND MANYSCIENTI'STSr-JUST DON~'TTH:I'NK: ARE PROVEN ---- ---------- ea~iir rTr.cacTTiFR.

t E. , ?~~,~1- ~,:.31,&~ Tobacco Institute --TINMAN--, TOPS-20 Monitor 4(3577) @^C @LOGIN LORILLARD b 5 TTY1'1 31 Ma -82 iq:30' J :29 ~ o on r r : You have almessase End oFLOGIN.CMD.3, @RDMAIL Date and, time (/HELP for He1w), Date:l 31 Mar 1982 1018-EST From:l AWALKER-ge='~' To:' LORILLARD cc: TINMAN ~R G 3'.~31,• ~z- SubJeet: IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR'JAMESCHERRY, ESQUIRE, ARTHUR J. STEVENS. T0:' STATE ACTIVITIES POLICYCOMMITTEE MR'. K.V.R. DEY, JR. ARTHURJ. STEVENS, ESQUIRE ERNEST PEPPLES, ESQUIRE MR. CHARLES A. TUCKER' MR. SHEPARD P. POLLACK FROM:I JACK KELLY RE:' S. 1929 - HATCH/PACKWOOD BILL ------------------------------------------------------------ BACKGRGUND S. 11929,(EXHIBIT A), SPONSORED BYSENATORS DRR'I'N O. HATCH (R'-UTAHO. ROBERT PACKW00Dil(R-OREGON) AND 111 OTHER SENATORS, IS T~ tOUNTERPAR'T OF Hi_~: 5r5___z ONGRESSMAN WAXMAN'S COMPREHEN+- SIVE SMOKING PREVENTION EDUCATIONIACT. WERECENTLY INFORMED YOU OF THE STATUS OF THE WAXMAN BILL AND URGED1COMMUNICATION' WITHMEMBERS OF THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE HANDLING THIS BILL. ALTHOUGH THE SENATE BILL ISSOMEWHAT LESS SEVERE THANTHE HOUSE VERSION, IT IS'OPENiTO THE SAME BASIC OBJECTIONS. UNDER THE GUISE OFINFORMING THE PUBLIC'ABOUT THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING. IT, TOO, WOULD IMPOSE',SEVERE NEW CURBSONCIGARETTE LABELING AND ADVERTISING AND LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR A RENEWED CAMPAIGN OF HARASSMENT OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY. S. 1929 HASBEEN REFERRED TO TWO SENATE COMMITTEES -- LABORI AND HUMAN RESOURCES, CHAIREDBY SENATOR HATCH, AND COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION, CHAIRED BY SENATORPACKWOOD. THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES'HELD A HEARING ON THE BILL ON MARCH 1S, AND SENATOR PACKWOOD'S COMMITTEE HAS SCHEDULED A HEARING FOR MAY 10. THE T'IFEDERAL ACTIVITIES DIVIlSION HAS RECOMMENDED THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FORCONSTDTUENTS OF SELECTED SENATORS (CERTAINIMEMBERSOF BOTH COMMITTEES AND CO-SPONSORSYTOi EXPRESSOPPOSITION TO S. 11929 AT THIS TIME. ACTION REQUEST: S. 1929 - HATCH/PACKWOOD BILL MARCH 30, 1982 PAGETWOI