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June 2, 1981 EXHIBIT 6 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEATING, REFRIGERATING AND AIR-CONDITIONING ENGINEERS, INC. L E H. E. "Barney" Burroughs Director & Regional Chairman IV Purafil, Inc. ` P.O. Box 80434 Chamblee, GA 30366 404/451-7146 Mr. John Gallagher LORILLARD 2525 East Market Street Greensboro, N.C. 27401 Dear John; management. C V .:.i kta-M... 1- ~ n .....u~ij' UNITED ENGINEERING CENTER, 345 EAST 47th STREET New York, N. Y. 10017 . (212) 644-7953 € ~y, f- - ~ ~ ;.. 19 ~ ~ ~ _:..•.~ JUf1' (i 4 1981 C~=~`'TRAL ENGINEERING Forgive me for writing you rather than calling, but I am on vacation and can handle this with dictation which will also give you hard copy to distribute to tsther members of your I understand your concerns and interest in the Ventilation Standard. I did not personally sit on the 62-81 Revision of the Ventilation Standard, but I am cognizant of the exacting process that any standard goes through. My company was represented on the committee and I know personally or profes- sionally most of the committee members who sat in the revision process. members of industry, government, and various research and univer- sity foundations. The committee was chaired by Dr. Jim Woods, a capable researcher at the University of Iowa at Ames. 03735427 In all, the review task took over three years to accomplish, requiring a number of meetings including a six month public review period'during which all public comment had to be responded to or resolved by the task force. There were a number of revisions in the Standard as a reflection of the increased technology and awareness of indoor air quality, There are different recommended ventilation rates in the Revised Standard reflecting a variety of air quality problems including cigarette smoke. As a consensus be a consensus among the committee members. This is a long and tedious process since the committee is made up of many disciplines and industry segments. This particular standard~ revision was overseenby T'.C. 4.3 which is charged with the area of Ventilation Technology. The responsibility was shared by several interdisciplinary T.C.'s including 2.3 (Gaseous Filt- ration) and 2.4 (Particulate Filtration). Several members of these T.C.'s sat on the Standard Revision Committee representing Before any standard is released for public review, there must An International Organization • MEMBER, Engineers Council for Professional Development ~.1

June 2, 1981 Mr. John Gallagher Standard, each of the ventilation rates for various space and occupancy usage was voted upon by the committee. In turn, these values were critiqued by appropriate and related T.C.'s, interested members and~the public at large. To the recollection of an executive of my firm who served on the committee, there was no public comment refuting the need for higher ventilation rates in the space serving smokers. I have reviewed as a matter of interest a cross-section of the committee and found it a thorough representation of industry, technology, and of engineering. To my knowledge there was no member on the committee from the tobacco industry, although a member of this industry sits on 2.3 and was an officer of that T.C. during the revision period. A.S.H.R.A.E. is a volunteer organization that depends on the donated talents and time of its members and the funds of those same members, as well as industry, to fund'an extensive research . program..The research activity is the world's largest such indepen- dent activity funded by a Technical Society. A significant quantity of the Research activity currently is being devoted to issues of air quality. With the dual concern with ventilation reduction for energy conservation motives and~ a concurrent concern for healthful, comfortable air quality tTe support for the current research has developed~. I feel this activity is important to you and I as individuals and to our firms, that it deserves financial support from your company and support from individuals such as yourself in participation in T.C. and various Task Forces. It is in this fashion that you can be kept informed about important breakthroughs in tech- nology and air comfort engineering. Please feel free to contact me after my return (June 8) if I can be of any help or can answer any further question. Sincexely, H.E. "Barney" Burroughs Director & Regional Chairman IV HEB:kss cc: David Bell ' p Art Bendelius W a tj CA ~ N ao