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What it doesn't [io... The Institute has no role in competitive activities of the tobacco industry such as purchasing, manufacturing, pricing, promoting or marketing tobacco or tobacco products. Also beyond the scope of The Institute's activity is the tobacco industry's support of independent scientific research on smoking and health, provided through the Council for Tobacco Research-USA and d',rect corporate grants. The Institute welcomes all inquir3es on topics relevant to tobacco and to The Institute's activities. A- ~ Angry Tobacco Man Speaks Up For Leaf Bfiffld en ~ _ ON Toa~co The Tobacco Institute 1875 1 Street, Northwest Washington, D. C. 20006 800/424-9876 202/457-4800 Scope and. Activities

What it does . . . The functions of The Institute are similar to those of many other industry or professional associations. The aim of The Institute is to foster public understanding of the smoking and health controversy and to increase awareness of the historic role of tobacco and its place in the national economy. It is a communicator of information and viewpoints on such matters to the public, news media and government at local, state and federal levels. Policy direction is given to The Institute by a board of directors consisting of executives of its member companies. Its activities are principally conducted in its Washington headquarters by a professional staff whose members have backgrounds in government, journalism, law, education, medicine, statistics, agriculture, business, economics and other fields. There are regional and/or state offices in major cities. Publications: The Institute has pamphlets, booklets and other literature available on subjects such as the contributions of tobacco to the national economy, the history and culture of the golden leaf in the 20 states in which it is grown and various aspects of the smoking controversy, including the public smoking issue. The Institute publishes, six 1., 1_..__ Li1 ue~ yecarly, if Ie I wuc.w vubervel , tue world+5 laicesi tobacco specialty paper, with a free circulation of more than 155,000. Speakers program: The Institute provides speakers on any tobacco-related subject for civic and service clubs, business and profes- sional groups, college postgraduate audiences and TV and radio appearances. They have represented the industry on "Today", "Good Morning America", public television and the network evening news shows. Generally, the age of the audience is the only restric- tion on where they will schedule appearances, in line with the industry's longstanding policy that smoking is not for the young but a custom of free choice for informed, mature persons. They do not, therefore, address young persons' groups. S08£I00 NNLL Films: Several Institute-produced films are available free to ch and organizations through The Institute and Modern Talking Picture Service. Among these are a 14-minute film on public smoking featuring Emmy award-winninc actor Michael Conrad, several documentaries on smok and health and a 15-minute film that is chiefly historic As is the case with institute publications, none is pro- moted to youth audiences. Information Center: The Information Center collects and distributes infor- mation on the smoking and health controversy, tobacc and tobacco use to Institute staff and member compan and by appointment to researchers and scholars. The Center's library collection consists of articles, governm, documents, news clippings, reprints, scientific papers ~.. more than 3,000 books and journals. THE TOBACCO INSTITUTE is a nonprofit, non- commercial organization founded in 1958. Its membel are twelve companies which manufacture cigarettes an other tobacco products in the United States.