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4 x120 Million Commitment ; The Quest fo/Answers ernment It comes to many millions ' The Council for more than the combined support by fTobaCto Reseal'th }~ The cause or causes of ' 4 cancer,, heart _ dlsease and emphysema-chronic suchOC' groups as the American Cana : ~ v,, r > ~ ~ _ ,~n-the.interestaof~trict objectivi n A ~ A W pfj-2 independent~.aenUSt$,jn te,~ ~ ng rese~rth~~lications-anct~ ~electing tliose- researcli projectsat-0 funds::At scient~fic advisers to ~ these sdentasts~ reta ln tiiea~af~ii~a ~ons~nnth their respective univ~r5% iaboratories,,it operates: no research ~ facifiry butwork~, witn the x3uidanq r ~. ng ssoua, ~ claimed by kme to be cer iety, encan ,diseases the tobacco iridusUy~has supporte ~~aused by smoking=-~are not tion and American Heart Assoaa = pe ~:. nde ndent research efforts dv~tFi tton. In 1983, For.exampie~theA ; ~ ~ knowrf, miss lack of#knowiedge is ~ ompletery nonrestrictive~uridin~~ ar~ AHA`devoted ~ total of ~ reflected, in part; by the substantial ~, •~ main ihrtwgn the Co~nc,k#o~~ . S1,345,856 toKto6acco heai re ~ li s ~ ~pub c and private,fund spent each ~ ~i-~ , oacco Research - ' 3. ~arch while the tflbaccfl;industry~` y ~yearon basicresearchabout thesel: ` CTR:was est&ishe ,diseases Because of questions -. 41;-.contnbuted moreahan-3$30o,p00~ ,raised, pr(mariiy,by statisticai-assocr- aUor;va pordon ofkthat,money is ;~ ' SpenL'expiori ng j noking and health ~;~tlnk(own to many, the io '`. ~: ,- .~ ~ : baCromdtrstrya,hnarxiai commit. ~_ ment'~to thii "research area ~mor ihan~.12Qm (liign tt~ date-ras~s ' ond ``o;that of.tihe: federa't=a ;Since.zhe first: quescions were ,, raised 'abouC smoking bs a ` possibfe' health factor, the,,tobacco;industry; fias believed that'tfie American-peo ple deserye obJecUve~scienUfiG, in-t swers.,Tiie uidustiy fias commtteri~; ,9t_. , itseif t_this task ` ; , ~''i"~?#~7 ~ . ® tlustry m" 1954 to`prpVide.finandal 3upport for researchrtby indeper~~ dent ~aentists mto tobat~ot~s~t~ `healthk~," ~_,, ~Ithough funded by'the t bacco manufacturrrs QR remairir 9:ompieteiy autonomw$ in its proJ ~m ~~f~grants~~rrt-~aid and Gontrad r for,;iesearci~viet~h iristitutions and~ . .~ ..y bes and ~nstitutions ~,Each grantee ndecF b a ~ °cra i pubiist~t ~ stqmpiete~eedor-to arcri rewl9 tiwhateve~~hey rriay~ ~ date~research;cpmmiEnien~ #omti UR tobR more jhan xS92 rniN 1aor~As ofyi3ecembe~~31, 983; th! P ouncii;tr40award4neariy 90dig ongiriargrantsxb ~-9~~nenusis' ~~9~nedicaisc~ooi ospitais an ; a§ fie ~ ~+~Uq~r15 i1i 6 ~,G9 ntry~nQ; abrbad: BtSvE4cO

Pther Research Programs In }1964R the tobacca industry made ~a tommitment for tional indepen erient research_ that amounted, dunng, 10-year perod, to :,S 15 million. L: }These funds were provided to Education and Research FoundaUon an arm ofthe American Medical As ;s6ciarjon, CJnderthis program,.the jAMA-ERF;like the CTR; made grants t`orsaentific.researc~:with completea ® 5freedom and autonomy. During the 10 years of the, ~W~IA•ERF program,:.grants were rded to,844~cientists in 9$'; ital 8nd :research lnstitutions ~ Wh ite tliey p roj ectsc fun dedFby; e. andAMA-ERF~grants,ma stsVeLEo be considered restrictive in indivd- uaI scope,the industry.also has funded research.in broader areas '= ^ InM197a1~ Washington.,Universiry in St Louis'announced .a:tobacco in dustry grant ofS2 million,to stud' possible immunologicfactors fn can cer An extensioi of the grant ~througli:198r}bring~thetotal~ or~, ~mitment to 36 million E .ln_1972~ Harvard Medita ot~ announced a ;S2.8 mllionto"bab~ 11, pdustry=commitment for2 five:i~ ea a~ study of~ulmvnary~nd ,i r10% lar disea " exten . ~~ ~ rog~arr~ta 198b~n~ived~ tlonalundir'G ~- tomml;r~eri~; ^ fn'1974; t# Medicine announced a 51.7,million ~..-. mdustry•fihanced_fesearch~program, on lung defense mechanisms.~The~ study also;induded ea~ detedior~ rad t~'eatment of cancer~An teiitension;of the grant tiraug,° b98Z brought.totaC;fundmgi. 27S million ~ -~' ~~.~~1^ I982,.tfie tob d Wafded to=the Heart Resear _ ~oundab~Nev~ Yorl~Gty,~ ' hhree ear~530Q,000 grant f ..: ~ irncal~tu~of~e associatlo~b 3mokiri tt~r beh - industry~Nv esuited1lnpubllcatlo ~f._more~hiaji.354-scienpapec firt"the professional literature hrougtr this;utrorl~iaCuab~ ~ve beenfgat~i`er #abgutrthe- pre;ofjung caner fieasease ftrq~~resp~torailrnen~ a ; ~ therdise oweverthere, dlt~~~s c~~e leamed. "`~cientis~ believe; h qqUesUo~Fsmokingand ~altfr~rl~ntesohrect and piarrC, are~W go fonnwar ~o cc~'~~ndustry~~ bdatoAmake,nmw ~ei'~~fprad`ditional sclertd~ir sea~rcfi~~a~iiay shed I~ght or1 the ~or,~of~mok ng°~nd healti~

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