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THE ].~.rrF.I~NATIONAL COMM!qTEE ON SMOKING ISSUES I. ORIGIN.c OF Ices[ In June 1977, on the initiative of Imperial Tobacco, an Industry meeting took place at Shockerwick House outside Bath. It comprised the Chief Executive Officers, together with se.nior officers, of the following Companies:- (i) B.A .T. (ii) Philip Morris (iii) R.J. Reynolds {iv) Imperial Tobacco (v) Rothmans International (vi) Reemtsma (vii) Gallaher The meeting was co~vened to determine whether the Industry, in the face of increasing pressures from anti-smoking bodies around the world, could reach a common identity of purpose and therefrom determine a united approach to possible future action. I)espite initial scepticism concerning the likelihood of agreement, the principals of the Companies attending re- ¢:ognised the urgent need for concerted Industry action. A Position Papers a draft of which had been prepared by BAT and Philip Morris prior to tile meetings was adopted with minor amendments and it was agreed that Companies, having advised tlleir own affiliates, should promote its acceptance through national associations. t The meet/ng also agreed to set up three Working Groups to cover the following areas:- • . @ • (i) Smoking Behaviour ~d~aired by BAT) (ii) .Medical Research (ch-~ired by Imperial) (iii) Social Acceptability of Smoking ~.~haired by R.J. Reynolds) t i I i l l f i ! ! i f L I ! i ! o ! I f ,! Y | I l i ; f } i ! ! ! i i r b -i or "/" 0 : C-~ BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

- 2 - At this initial meeting it was agreed that Jn future the group of seven Companies~ when meeting in this context, would be known as the International Committee on Smoking Issues. Agreement was also reached to hold a further meeting in Lausanne in November 1977 when the three Working Groups would be expected to report their findings. 2. LAUSANNE MEETING : NOVEMBER il/12~ 1977 At this November meeting minor revisions were made to the Position Paper (see Appendix I) but, more importantly, it was agreed that this paper should be tabled as each Company's ow__._nn position with trade associations. No indication was to be given that it was the result of mutual agreement within the Industry. It was further agreed that the Working Group on Smoking Behaviour should be disbanded; the other two Working Groups were charged with looking further intocertain of the Behavioral Group' s recommendations. However, the key decision taken in respect of ICOSI' s future was that the main thrust of ICOSI action should be in the area of public smoking. The Social Acceptability Working Group made a number of recommendations and were charged with exploring these further~ both in terms of feasibility and cost. In addition to the tasks reassigned to the two Working Groups, the meeting formed three Task Forces to determine the Industry's attitude towards the following :- (i) Product Liability (ii) The forthcoming Swiss Referendum proposing the banning of tobacco products' advertising (iii) The Consumer Consultative Council of the EEC and. its proposals to limit cigarette promotion and advertising. A further meeting was set for Hamburg in March 1978. ./. t. O", BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

- 3 - 3. HAMBURG MEETING : MARCH 9/~0~ 1978 At this meeting agreement was reached on a number of critical issues. The meeting determined:- (vii) (viii) (i) that ICOSI had a significant and therefore consequently long-term role to play in the future of the Industry. (ii) That a permanent Secretariat should be established as soon as possible so as to foster and progress the policies and pro- grammes agreed by ICOSI. (iii) That ICOSI should be given a legal entity with its own Charter and Articles of Association. (iv) That ICOSI would consider enlarging its original membership by elecUng Associate Members if other free enterprise companies made application to join (the Articles of Association would preclude the memberskip of Monopolies and those Companies in which principal companies held more than a 25% interest). (v) That ICOSI would formalise its activities through a Board of Governors (up to three members per company with each company having the right to one vote) and through an Executive Committee, to whom decision making powers would be delegated~ provid- ing unanimous agreement was reached. (Representation would be one member per company. Mr. C.H. Stewart Lockhart was elected Chairman of the Executive Committee). (vi) That all costs incurred by ICOSI would initially be borne on a one-seventh basis by" the original members~ pending a decision regarding the terms under which Associate memberskip . would be determined. That ICOSIts main activities should be con- centrated in the social___/.po_litical arenas_____~. That ICOSI itself should not become involved in medical/scientific research. (Whilst ./. ! r: I" J. ;'! ~D BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

- 4 - the Medical Research group was maintained in being its main role in future would be to provide a discussion forum for Industry scientists) • Under Mr. Stewart Lockhart's chairmanship the Executive Committee was asked to agree by June 1st next the ICOSI Charter, its Terms of Association and to make a recommend- ation in respect of where the Secretariat should be located. The Executive Committee was further charged with selecting and appointing the Secretary-General with a view to his taking up his appointment by September 1st next. It was proposed that the Board of Governors would set and agree ICOSI policy and would ratify recommendations made to it from the Working Groups and Task Forces~ which it will establish to look into specific areas of concern. The Secretariat would progress on a day-to-day basis ICOSI' s activities and would provide an administrative and back-up resource. Tlu'ough the Secretariat ICOSI would initiate a programme of activities that would be implemented through the national associations. t ! i I f t t t- t !. l ! I ! i 1 f i !. 4- CURRENT ISSUES Pending the establishment of the ICOSI Secretariat the follow- ing activities are currently being progressed through the Working Groups and Task Forces:- (iv) (i) Drafting an Industry Position Paper on Public Smoking. (ii) Investigation of the possibility of spon- soring an International Conference on Public Smoking. (iii) Planning for a meeting of the National Trade Associations - athis to be held once ICOSI has a formal and legal entity and the Secretariat has been appointed. Conducting an international standardised information survey (in 11 countries) into the social acceptability of smoking. &) Determining the methodology for the I ./. i CUD ,(-y,, ",-O C~~- CO BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

- 5 - t (vi) (vii) (viii) measurement of levels of NJtrosamines~ carbon monoxide~ nicotine and other constituents in ambient air. Determining action in respect of the Industry' s response to the EEC Comm- ission' s proposed anti-smoking activ~Ues. Agreeing what action the Industry should take with regard to the Third WHO Confer- ence on Smoking and Health to be. held in Stockholm in the Spring of 1979. Study the feasibility of: (a) An international advertising campaign; (b) Researching smoker/non-smoker attitudes; (c) Researching smoker/non-smoker attitudes towards "risks and nuisances". APPENDIX I : APPENDIX II : APPENDIX Ill : Revised ICOSI Position Paper - November 1977 • • List of ICOSI Principals and Members of the Executive Committee Company Responsibilities 31st March~ 1978 e ICr~ ' ,.L:) ,,.0 BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

¢ APPENDIX I POSITION PAPFR 1. h'edical Controve.r~: 2b Wc act-uouled~:.: thac there is controversy over many aspects of the gt:n~>.ral prob:em of smoking and health. "There is dlsngrcem~nt alr.ong ,~c,l!.,:al cxpe~ts as to whether the reported associations' between smoking told various diseases are enus=,l or not. Aecordiugly, there It~ a cont:.nuh~, nued for further research into the causes of such all<cases and it: re,n.'xins our policy to support such research. To be efh:etlve It ~.- d,-'.~..Irable th.~t the tobacco industry as a vhole is ~een [~o be rc%vons:1.bl.~: and, within its .".tea of co-,petence, authori- ~tlv,z. I-:oreo,.,er, we believe it is be~ter to speak as an industry • with one vo[c,~ on such matters and that this can often best be acco--plish',d by n:tloual associations of ~anufacturers. In this connection ~;-_ belie.re it important that the Industry assure that all ;.pproF: [~e members are kept advised of perPinent scientific, pollrlcal, ~ocial and other developments. SozJs! Awareness, Responsibility and the Scr.ial Acceptability of Smoki~1 Because there i= general sensitivlty in resoect of our products per so, wr~ should at all Limes be particularly vigi:.ant in ensuring that we remain beyond rcFroazh concernlng the ordin3ry duties and obllga~ions we owe both our consumers and our .workers. WhllsL the opponents of smokin~ use emotional arguments rather than scientific faurs in their attempts to make smoking soclallyunacceptable, we must ensure the'. we never knowingly ,,,~.~lead our consumers who must believe thnt af. ~.,anufacturers at all times t;e are acting responsibly and lun~,~ eonccrr for "their interests, W~ should state quite properly and respo.nsibly that view of the smoking and health controversy that ' recognizes :hat the causation issue re,~ai.nq controversial and unresolved. ~'e t-',k'-, tbr: vlcw that to date ther.e is no rersuasfve scientific evidence to support ~.hz conLctttlon that tl,e non-smoker is harmed by the tobacco .~m~kc of othe-s, llo:Jev.~r, i~ :Is our position tha~ both smokers and 1,.on-s,.ack~.rs shcala be considerate of each ocher. 3, Diseloshre of In,or,nation We should infi.e~c~ as far as proper medical a~,~ official opinion against incautious i~o~z~ion of constraints and eny unnecessary restrictions on smoking. To do this it may be necessary £o talk to med~alauthorities and Government ugeacles. l out legitimate ~|.~cctives mus~ include ~-otcctlon of" the interests of our consumers, • ,, .. • •" ° .......... .. ~o~'. ....... 0 0 0 0 BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

Page 2. ~l~ere the Indu=try is sponsorluB health research it should, as appropriate, keep others, ine]udiug mc::~burs of the industry in o~!,cr eeuutrics~ informed. ~Q , 'j , ~ An industry in one country eight, when approprint~-, =al:e kv.ova the res~.arch in other countries, The Role of Government ~n ~ Free Society. The Indu:~try helleves, that smokers are well ~.~ar,_, .'>E th'-* clzimed h¢.'zlth effects o~ smoking. In~or~atiett is available, to t;,~ public from a variety of" sources. The tre.d~_ticn~l role c.~ r, overncent ~L a "fz,.e society with referm~ce =o legal products is ~o ir~orm people, ~.o g~"e tht:-~ the facts or to see the= they are giver the. facts, and ,'o leave the exet'else of free ~holce to the individual. 5. Warnin~ C!a~ses If Co~ez~ents propos~ wordln~ Smplylng or statlng smoking =~uses certain ~Iseases, Ccmpanles must strenuously reslsc with all ~aan~ z= their dis- posal. 6. LeaBuc Tables 7~ . I So far there is no val~d scientific basis for cor/~'.[n~n~ mear.',ramen."s of different cLemical compounds in the smoke o£ an indivld,.,al c~Earette brand in~:~ a single i.nd~x number as to represeet a men, sure of impli.~.d hazard retative to other ]~rands. Such aggregation Imp!its uvjustIflablR _~udgme'~s o~. the s£rcng~.h of association between chcz$cal c-:~.~.-P.d~ an.J diseases. Such arbltr~-y ~ndlces of hazard and thalr tntroduue.~on should be resisted wherever po.~sible. • . • . . . Maximum "T-.r" au~ .h~ic~t~n~ Tulmlts +. " 'Ehe imposition of ma-~/Imum "'tar~ and nleot~oe yiel~s, :s %'eli a., attempts by Govnrnments to tax high "'tar" products dlfferentlaliy to Lhoso wi=h lower de!Iv~ries, should be ~.esisted. Adver ti~; i.-P~ It ~s th,'. %ndu~tzy ~,~aw '~hat ~here is no valid =vldcnce to- support th= eontenrlo,, uh~t edv~rr~ising ~nsreases total consumption of cigar~=te,~. Adverti:,t,,~ ma.~ a~fcct ~he .sales d~str~butlon a,~.ong ±,t:lividual compa-les " or Sp~cifi.'. hran~s. I.~ ~em.ptlmg tO obtain the bes~ pesslble shares of the ,-.,rket cigaretae manufacturers have us,-d &om~etitive advertislt:~. to ~nP.or.,~ the consumer o£ [product availability, modifications and ~uo%'a.- t.~ons, .. In v~e-.." of ~he existence ~"E ~he ~.ed!cal controversy', in any advertlslrg, claims, express or impl/ed, .~hat one elgare~.te is healthier or loss harmfu] than another should be avoided. ". .. I L I C:9 C= BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

L g %. P-~e 3. We should rc~.:ist ~cstcict~ous on r.:~dia ad,'crtising; ho~'r.vec, in the area of vo]unLary ogrecments ~'JLh Covcc,~;n~,uts ue sho,,Jd recognize that there is a limit beyond which ~he l.dustry cannot Jnake furthc~ c.oncessions. • 9. Research |Research plays a k~y r~,le ~n ouz reactlo,~ to the attack.~; on smoking. ~It is incunbent o::.a ~t:spousitl~ to understand the ~ I nllegatlc,-= ag~J.:,.et: ~.~r:klng proflu=ts, and to acquire on a coutlmling basis as much !-~c~iedg= as po~sib!e of hl~ products. It is our polioI, to fur=her support work on the scientific smoking and health con~rove-'sy. The results of &uch n~lentific investigations must: be made available to th"- public by appro.pria~e means. i0, Product LiabiJlty We should keep aware of, exam!n~ carefully at,9 take mppropriat'e a.'_t~.-n when -.dvisable with respect to &he laws and proposed changes i~. tb~ laws conce=ning produc~ •liability. I ii. Cigarette Manufacturers' Assorlations We accept the need o~ ::~tiona] cigsret~e man-,f~.2turers~ associa¢ions and 8i%'e them full support. We believe that "the Industq~'s activities '~n the smoklng and health field should be cnrrled out by oz threuBh the Associations, whenever thJ..~ "{& appropriate. • . ." • . , l~ovember 1977 .. 0 0 C" ..D 0 "r-~ BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999

APPENDIX II GOVERNING BODY OF I.C.O.S.I. (ORIGINAL MEMBERSHIP) Mr. P. Sheehy (Chairman) Mr. C.H. Stewart Lockhart (Deputy Chairman) ) ) ) ) ) 7 ) ) British-American Tobacco Co.Ltd., P. O. Box 482, Westminster House, 7 MiUbank, London SWlP 3JE. Telephone: 01-222 1222 Telex: 27384/5 Mr. R.A. Garrett (Chairman Tobacco Division, Chakman & Managing Director Imperial Tobacco Limited) Mr. A.M. Reid (Assistant Managing Director) Imperial Tobacco Limited, Lombard Street, Bristol BS99 7JR. Telephone: (02727 666961 Telex: 44791 Mr. A. Orlow (Chairman of Tobacco Executive Committee) Mr. Th. M. van Gorkom (Chief Executive of Turmac Tobacco Company, B.V., Director of Board of Rothmans International) Mr. A.W.H. Stewart-Moore (Chairman) Mr. M.E.H. Mulholland (?) (General Manager - Public A Hairs) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Rothmans International Limited, P. O. Box 7400, Drentestraat 21, Amsterdam Holland. Telephone: (3120) 429011 Telex: 12295 Gallaher Limited, 65 Kingsway, London WC2B 6TG. Telephone: Telex: 01-242 1290 25505 C-_9 C" ,,O -..3 O BATCo document for PFSFC 1 March 1999