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Subject: Conversation with Bob Pages

Abstract

Recounts opinion of Bob Pages, in relation to the EPA revised environmental tobacco smoke risk assessment, OSHA activities, and future R&D programs. Notes projected release date of the EPA report and states, "we should watch for this and stay in touch with Pages to gain access to it." Reports Pages' belief that the report may influence activist movement in foreign markets, and that RJR has "capitulated to the antismoking activists." States that the industry is pushing for faster action by OSHA to avoid backlash from potential workplace smoking legislation. States that Pages "feels that rapid progress on odor and smoke visibility may be helpful. He expressed his opinion that whereas smoke visibility is a perception problem, odor is a real problem. Therefore, addressing odor issues would be of some value."

Fields

Notes

full text of EPA ETS risk assessment can be found at http://www.epa.gov/NCEA/ets/etsindex.htm

Type

Memorandum

Company

Philip Morris

Site

MN Depository

Author

Leyden, Don

Recipient

Cox, Kenneth A. (PM Product Research, Principal Scientist, c. 1997)

Reported to Robert Fenner, Dir. of Product Research & Technologies

Copied

*Lilly, Cliff (use Lilly, Arnys Clifton, Jr., Ph.D.) (Scientist, 1995 PM USA)

Named Person

Pages, Robert A. (Philip Morris scientist & researcher, c. 1980s)

Robert A. Pages gave a deposition that was 25 pgs with one exhibit in the Carlisle v. Philip Morris Inc., et al case on 10/30/86 and he gave another deposition that was 207 pgs on 9/23/88 for the Rothgeb v. ATC, et al case. He was a Scientist and he worked for Philip Morris, Inc. and was born on 10/10/41 and is in infirm health. (PMI's Revised Initial Disclosure, June 27, 1996) (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996) Robert Pages, who gave depositions in 1986 and 1988, is apparently in poor health. (Alexandra Wagner, Ness, Motley letter to Grant Kaiser, 1/10/97)

Named Organization

*EPA ( use United States Environmental Protection Agency)

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Held hearings in 1994 to ban smoking in workplaces)

OSHA opened hearings in September 1994 on a proposal that amounts to a virtual ban on smoking in every workplace in the nation

Congress

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Cigarette manufacturer (Camel, Winston, Doral))

Cigarette manufacturer (Camel, Winston, Doral)

Region

Europe

United States

Thesaurus Term

Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Government Agencies

Workplaces

Regulations

Anti-Tobacco Advocacy

Risk Assessment

Odor

Keyword

EPA ETS Risk Assessment