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NOTE FOR TH~ CHAIRMAN cc : From: Date: Ref: I ;i. 20FEB1986 i I Mr G K Richardso~ ./~. .i ..... ~: .... Mr R G Baker " ~.....~4~'"~ • i ' l ...... ........... . Dr H W Klein ! .... .. ~. ~:./..~. ~C'ba,.,,,,- Heather Honour ,1.1,,; .:;:'::'::'~::'j,..~ l__l ;, 7- --.. i EEC ACTION PROGRAMME ON CANCER The EEC Action Programme on Cancer has been gaining momentum over the last few months and I thought you should be aware of developments. At the Milan Summit the French suggested a European programme against cancer and the issue was referred to the Foreign Affairs Council for swift action. A working party of experts was set up and a proposal drafted which urged co-operation with international and national organisations working in this field. One section is devoted to tobacco, "cigarette smoking is the principal single factor causing lung cancer etc" and the Commission will assess the impact of measures already taken by member states with a view to proposing harmonisation of regulatory provisions and co-ordinating support action as well as working with the World Health Organisation and the International Agency for Research into Cancer. At the press conference following the meeting of the experts, tobacco was identified as the cause of more than one-third of known cancers and anti-smoking activity in the UK and Scandinavia was suggested as a model for wider action. BATCo are monitoring developments through their EEC Consultant; BATIG are likewise keeping the issue under scrutiny and refer to the enhanced activity of the WHO this year. The significance of these recent developments is that there have been attempts for some time to set up a Community Programme on Public Health which have always foundered; this current move has the backing of the Council of Ministers, specifically targets cigarettes and is moving very quickly. "Do you think that we should do more than monitor these developments? 0 BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

FOREWORD "lhi.-~ l'c.tx,rt, i.~ tin..-~('Colld ,,,t .-~L;tt.i.~l iu~, ()r .-~m,ki,jK in 1.1,,~ ~',d)('r <t~i~:.(;.~ ,,f t.h,, l'i.-Ol~.an Cc~,~,~nit.y. 111,: t'ir.%t wan pllbli.~h(;d [r~ 1(}.~.2 {Dat.:n I,ld FakL,~':i ZlJr" FJlt.wick]',lg de.s Rauch(:ns .in ,~lit.xi i(,d.~l~'~rllle.l'n d(-r Europ~'ii.~chen G(,~ein.-,chaft - ELIR 7907 DE). "line doc.L~a,:nt con.~i..~t..~ mainJy of a ..~e.t oE tab]e.~ which pre.~;nt tobacco cx)Iz~umption in .~.~er StatP.s by age, sex, type of tobacco consLu~ed, type of smoking and comrx~ition of tobacco .~oke. Other rel.evan~ data .~uch a.~ ..%nx,k~ng Ln child-t~.aring abe' and a[.,~ at which adult.~ fir.~t .~tart(,d to .~ok~: art: al.~o included. • .~uch .~tati~tic.% ar~. important fur they d('..~crLbe a p~le.m m~d n~iy i.nElu(;nce attitud(--.~ towarcL~ thi,~. '11~(~ n.'.port is intendc~.d f~.v pol icy makers, hearth edllc~ttor~, opE(~nlEologE.~t,~ and all L| I¢ ).SI' i I I {.I, I'( '.'~i., :( 1 J I I n~)l i i hi)l* i I IL~" {.(}I.)LIC(:I) Cl )! i..-;um|)l~ i ( )11. by ¢he Europ,an Parliament and to ;~xi.~l. in t.h(; d~;v(;l(~pment of (li.~¢,~t~.~ic,n.~ and (,iwqx,r;i{.i~,i :d. (~w~,u,~il.y I~.~(.I. Dr. E. BENNETT DLrector Ik,a I tl~ and .'~af(,ty Di ~.ctorate, C BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

i" II I|1 l,~: i'io iii m • | ill i II I ii,~- II i ~il~tll lovmll if eli liulllltln C~lmnlunillel COMMISSION Pl~lpmll fir I C~n¢ll li~tlllil~ i~ n ll~l~ of action It eke Illnipiim ~ludtttl in cuc- cOM(#1) #lijiw.# f$11niiiltl£ I,V ~ CoimiIiion hi ibl Council in 11 ~i~twllljlr till) (Is/c ~+6/01) 8 THE COUNCIl. OF THE EUROiT.AN COMMUNITIT.S l'lavln| relied w ~ lriitltl elu~l~hln! die £urop#in ~muniun, ~u~llvinl nlllinl In ~ drab lubmimd by II~ Corn. minion, HavinG llllrd to the opinion of tht Europeln Pidll. Illllt~ntl l'll,~nll rell=rd m she opinion of tee l~conornic Ind Social Commiutt, qlqurrrul, under Article 2 of tee Treaty esulbllshinlt die P-uropean Economic CommunE).', the Communi/y shill ha~-e in particular is its uisk, by ttiablilh/nll • common market •rid prollrcuivcly apllrezimacinll the economic policies of Member Scltes, to promour throughoul die Community • hlumioniouli dt~.eklpinl of econOmiC Ic~vitiel, a eonlinuoul and bellnced explnilCm and an Ic'~rkrrated ralslnI ot the u•ndard of living; ~'hereu she ieuropcin Council in Mllin on 11-29 June ~mc9115 cmphasilid die value of launching I European • ~on proilrammc aliainlt cancer; IEherels thil llUcoFian Council Ipp~.ed the lilOptllili of lhe i~ ~ C.ommlnce on a Penplil' £ul~ cillinI for Ippropl~alir ~llo~'.up to the Commilsion'i com- munication on cooperation ai Community icvd on health problems; l~llil various Community actions in prc~,.mt clnceri irliinl ~ e~qxtlure m ionllinll nldluion or nlXliure I ch/m~fal urclnolent am dresdy beil cir~ed out under the Eurilom Tmliy mid ~ Treaty lliabllshinll she I!uropelm ~'onomic Community; ~lq~reu aedonl In reduce tee ~sk o# ameer from exposure, to carcinogenic lubs~'s lice included in I number of exllllnli Communlly piollrimmes on she enviconmcm, worker protection, COiuunier prmcclk~. nuU1uon, a|Hculture ~ die ~l~ra•] lnMtlil; ~llltielu tke plillnt pm611mme Ihould llulliiilt knoll- idle about the eaulel I~l the cancer and the poni'ble melnl of p~on~nl and ulldnl it; V~e~ru by tniuHnl I t'idtt dluiminliimi of kn~ledle • bout the c•usel, prrremlon and ulilmem of cancer, ind in improvement !n tee compillllillly of information lllClUi ~hose mlnen, in pIrllcular eo~minll she nnum lind dellree of risk of clnclr lirllinl from npmull lo liven suhnanees or proceuel, ~ prollrlmme w/ll contrib~tu~ to lee Ichie~'emem nf Communily obic¢ilves, in panlcuhir die rirr~'lil on non-iariff blr6erl to Irlidt, while ¢oninl~uling In die ovtrlll lldueilon of risk d ¢ZnCer; ~irllerc•l reieirch into ciincer and the circinolenlc effects of ph)'llcll and chemical siena is und/riaken in I oumbir of Communlty releirch proirammel: Whttiai lh¢ ¢lmrdinalion of nadoell ll.~=l~h lletl, ltlel lill~nI to the eidy deteclion and ~llment O( lancer will form pin of the plopoil] lot II Council Decision adopfinll the |ourdl medicii and public hclkh rlseirch prollramm/ of the European Economic Community (19117-1919) to bt lubmimd in e~,y 1916, 1Fllereil coopericlon wlds inl:rnalional and nitionil / orlinililionl cirryinI out woA in this field I-ill ensure J I i~er diiscmi~ltJon of kaowk, dle about tinier and ui|n in avoldhtll dupllcitlon of ¢tton; i) m hilt ~ increase of cancer in tee Community kldlni tO I downwud u~nd m bosh i~i~ Ind axl.-tili~ from t~ dls¢~u~. 0 ',,,0 0 BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

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F~ ~ ................... iC..,y ! NOTE TO: Kcs Heather Honour WINDSOR HOUSE FROM: Mr. W.9. Hill DATE: 3rd February 1986 It is quite cle~- from the attached that the campaign against cancer at Community level - and the anti-smoking aspect of it - is gathering momen%'um. I hope that the list of experts will prove useful information for you by giving the names of the originators of proposals, for the future. It might prove difficult for Member States to be arguing agains: almost anything proposed at meetings in furtherance of objectives which appear on the face of it to be in the interests of all. I stress again, however, that what is happening cannot be described as just another anti- smoking campaign. It is both more and less than that. ..I W.S. HILL enc• • ..:..~ :~ ..- ..: ,.-- - 0 "-4 ~4D BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

.°e | DOUGLAS HERBISON Consultant European Affai~ Brussels, 28th January 1986 MEMORANDUM TO : -4~:. W. S. Hill, E~ Affairs Adv--, BAT bsr,:km O:py tO : Mr. Emm. d'Ydewalle, Director, BAT Benelux Subject : EEC ~-TIO~ PROGRAM~ ON CANCER ~ON File No : 1.064 ............. 1. You will recall that the Commision has declared that it wishes to see implemented a programme intended to pre~_nt cancer. o AS part of its programme aimed at preventing career, the Commission has ~ an ad boc ommittee of experts ~ task is to imm~tigate areas where Commun/ty action might be possible in tenus of assisting prevention ~nd research. The Wonk.Lng Grcup is also ~esidering an information campaign and campaigns a~ainst smok/ng and other alleged causes of cancer. ~ Working Group is also considering research into ~w methods of detection and treatment, cc~:~ration between research centres in Europe, Impels in the training of cancer specialists, and means of obtaining better infon~ation for research and planning purposes. B - 10~0 Brusselt, Avenue Livingstone 26, Bet. 3, TeL 021231.1!99 C~ "-U XO BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

-2- 3. I enclose for your information: a) a list of ~-~-- experts ~o are m~nbers of this ad hoc cure.tree, ~.° b) an internal note wh/ch I ha~ obtained from t_he Commission which outlines the stains of the ad hoc committee. The nora w~s int~ed to assist m~-rs 5f the Working ~ in dealing with me~_rs' ~-tions at the end of their meeting which took place on 24th January 1986. Douglas Barbison O C~ BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

. ° LIST OF EXPERTS • ! Prof. Norman R. BLEEHEN Director Medical Research Council CLinical OntoLogy and Radiotherapeutics Unit CAMBRIDGE I: :1 Prof. Dr. Jos( CONOE Directeur de L'%nstltut National d'OncoLogie ; LZSBONNE Prof. Oh. de DUVE substituted by Prof. Th. BOON I.C.P./ U.C.L. " ~nternat~onal Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology BRUXELLES Prof. Carl G. $CHMIDT Direktor, Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum I~re Klinik ~ PoLikLin~k der Ruhr Universit~t ESSEN Prof. Maurice TUBIANA Pirecteur • Inst|tut Gustave Roussy VZLLEJUZF Dr. 0anieLLt:H~NSEN-KOENZ$ substt~-ate#'b~Prof. DZCATO Directeur adjo~nt Direction de La Sant~ LUXENSOURG Dr. Stamatis VASSZLAROS Canc~roLogue ConseitLer au RinistEre de La Sant~ et de La Privoyance ATHENES 'Dr;R. KROESt'D~rectoP~ ..................... substituted by Prof. Dr. F. DE WAARD R~jksJnstJtuut voor VoLksgezondheid Dept. ToxicoLogJe en Far~cologie BILTHOVEN Dr. Ote ROELLER JENSEN Director Danish Cancer.Re;istry COPENHAGEN • Prof. Umberto VERONESI Direttore Generale Istttuto Naz4onaLe per Lo Studio • La Cura deJ Tumori MILANO Dr. Micha3L iqORIARTY St. Luc HospttaLt Oakland DUBLIN ! Prof. Jordi ESTAPE RODR%GUEZ Chef du d~pt. Oncotogie de La FacuLt~ de R~decJne L'UnJversit~ Autonome de BARCELONE a BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

I 4 Brussels, 24 3anuery 1966 NOTE BIO(B6)2A TO NATIONAL OFFICES Press Conference "Euro~ ag~nst Cancer" (P. Vinth.-r) In the context of a meeting of cancer exnerta in Brussels today (see TP(86)31) • joint areas conference was given by Prof. TUBLJ, NA (F), P~or. VEP, ONESI (I), Director General DEGIHB[ (DG V), and Director Genera], FASEtLA (DG XIZ). Prof. VERONESI who chaired today's meeting gave a brief overview of the present situation in Europe as far as cancer is concerned ~Ich is ceractecised by increasing morbidity and aortallty, but also by me jar imorovementa in cancer trestsent. However, complete ~ientific demonstration of some tumors Is needed to bring about an increase in the curability rats for car tJJJ~ callcer s. The pu¢pose of the meeting today was to look for new horizonm In ord6r to solve the cemcer problem. A n~ber of public efforts wLll be'requLred Jn the areas of Information as well as education and tzalning. Tremendous gLos:snd differences exist between Hember states In this last aces. It must be realized that cancer is not one dl~ase but a group of different diseases albeit wlth the Nee connotation. Detection possibilities vary greatly between the different types of cancer. At present the overall curability rate Is about 45:, golng from almost 0~ For some forms of c~ce~ to close tO 100~ for others. With our present knowledge, approximately 40Z of all carets ere beyond poasibte control, but major research efforts should be launched to overcome also these 40~,. Prof. TLBIANA addressed himself to ~#~y m concerted European action to combat cancer is .r~eesaary. Tobacco is the cause of more than one thlzd of knom cancer cases end actions In this area could aim at legislation on tobacco commercials and the designation or =no rooking zones" in ~eaa accessible to the public. Here the CommunLty dimencton is needed For legLslation on e.g. approval md m~zketlng of d~ugs, Fo~ pooling certain aspects of nation~l research progresses as research in Europe is too fragmented. The ~etttng up of (~here they do not yet extst) and cooperation between ranter registers could help tremendously in obtaining mote in,erection on cancers and the~ possible catrsea. Recommendations should be worked out telling the publle how -"to avoid developing cancers:"Everybody's he=lth is 1Jr his o~ handsl" CoB=unity action is a must if we want to attaln the not unrealistic objective of reducing the number of" Fated cancer casss by lID; In the next ten years. o, I~'f • .o c~ c~ BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999