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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I FAO; DAVID WHITBOURNI~ AT: MEDIALTN~ ACCT: 606g P~OG; TODAY DURATTON: 00:04:$0 DATE: o9,~319~ TIME: 06:30 A.9~0~07~9 RADIO 4 ORDER: RUSH 8Y FAX .C ~:IID_/I~PORT O~ PA~IVK S~4OKIN~ - FIRST DRAI,'i". J.AM 'E25 NAUGIITIE; ThQ ~obacco iadu.~tt/~ scizinz quite happily OB a World H~al',~. Otganisatinn have bean ov¢~on¢. Now it may aot ~ == damaging as anti-smoking ~m~ign~ chim~ - ~sivc ~ing. NOW ~c ~ ~ ~cn published, only a summ~'S ~ r=~e~, bm othur ~h~ngg a~ org~i~ing No Smoking D~y on Wcdncs~. Well C~is ~octur is h~ad of ~len~ at ~AT l~~ - a big ~0 ~ith ~; gn~ Prufe~nr O~ M=Vco, dk~or ~ral oft~e C~nc~- ~ch Campaign lina Chri~ Pru~t~r, you ~vc scc~ or ar l~gI BAT Ind~s~e.~ have ~a you claim fl~at it d~es ~o~k a gre~t M[¢ ~ ~o c[s~ms ~at had ~n ~mokit~g by anti-sm,~king ~mpaignar=? C H R iS_PROCTOR: Well it certainly kn~ck~ a ¢!~im, I r.ltinlg in public ~rccption. What this r¢~ shn~ couldn't ~nd a st~isti~lly valid ingr~ ~a risk for living, ~tkig or a=tu;,ll~ ~row;~ up with a smoker, 0 ~0 0

I I I ! I I I I I I I I ! I I I I I I From your $~olnt of v/cw, how does th{s charge the pubtic argurnont aboul smoking? sci~rlce is cle~u'ly d.c,qnit[ve4 ~ d~tt'l thir~k i'~ is - I ~ink, ce:tairdy if~opl~ |'~vis~t ~xa~y But of cour~ it doc.sWt chall~g~ ths science on the qucntion ot",~h~ther srnakin$ is bad your health - smoking is bad for you.r health - nt~Raiag th(a V,,"HO says ¢~tnl~ lhar. Smoking ia publi~ plaGos is quite a cL~l'eren! debate. I mc,'m what it's talking ~out is ~ouid G~vcrnmcnt ~gul~¢ on smogs in ~llc pla~s? ~h~ ~s ~p~ ~y~, well maybe need to ~-look at ~t ~gatn. Pto~sor McVoe, is this b~d news i'or an~-smoking campalgn=~s? ¢£Rg.E_GORDO N II'l ao news at all. It',~ a paper w~ch ha.~n't even b~ ~av~c~d, ~d 1 ~Iy got it bcczt~ie I'm the editor of ~jo~l to ~ich {t's b~ ~bmit~. I think: it's a smoke scz~n crcatcd by (he ~obarco indus{ry m t:,m'noufla~c No Smoking D~y. I! t'bllows two w~ks from a pr~,vious ~xclu.~ivc to ~ Sunny ncws~r~" by C,l~ds Pzoct~r, r.t~t nicoH~ ~'~ ad~icUw. H~ wan~ sd~cc In ~s ~um~ ~d yet his own i~t~ have compani~ h)ew thai ~ti~ ~ ~ddicfiv¢ ~iencc is vu~ mu~ m it ~d scic~c ~ys the~% a small risk as~ciatM w~ p~i~ ~moki~g.

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I lobac¢o jndust~'y study, if~ ~rnrn ~he World ~e.allh O~ani.s-~tion. CaP. w~ all see the study7 ~nrernational fndu~y ~,~,rch on Ca~'~¢~'i biannual r~l'~n, a~d it come a8 a half~, page in a 200 b~¢ r~i~ Hopcfi~lly ti~e whole ~tudy will be published s,on. W~|I i,.,n'l it ~ Iha~ i~ qu~c ~dy ~ix- you - it's rhc ~eek o['No Smokin~ Day, i: come.~ rny~er/,us[y and h's quite, l~c~d ncws for the imlu~n'y7 WHO ~or tun~ ~.n,'.er h~s ~w=ys been weak. ~ is ~ ~i~tioa ~ a ~ sm~]l ds~ ] think the

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l TELLEX ~IONITORS LTD - ~'~e mo~a~,,t ,~,~o~i,~ So you're saying lhat ~ct~plc, #uuldn't r=~,lly ov¢~.~tatc ~¢ ea~, oth~r,~L~ they're in danger o~'5¢ing disproved by ~cicnee~ ]ar~c ~dy, which Pm ~d~y no~ a~le tn r~l you I~o~ ~ecsuse it's ~n~d~ti~ m~ editor ~nd th= ~lhof~ but ~ can tc~ yu= ~t it didfft ~r~=c mc in the ~li~htcst ~nd [ them the ~o~Jem ~itX~.the unalysI~ ~at ~ve h~rd ~c~ ~lk~ng about on tab~,xo ~ndustry ~ ~at ~cy'~ [~ok{ng ~ the ~ey a~ the heighta of a tubby t~, ~d instead of ~ing ~c average ~i~t of ~c ~by t~m, ~]t~m ~ying th~ ~ ~prc=en~ivo helgh~ Well, lhe de~tc I:tn~ on C1'u'is Pnmtor. YeM,, the deb~e I~e$ on, bu~ certainly, hopmFully we'tl get back into sterne c.~rnrnnn 0 01 ~0 .~ob ~umb~t : Agg-0307.S9 - Page • 4,