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t ~-..~....,,, 14. ), e J LICTiON ~~PJ90KING&L~ LJEAITFJ 2000 H St., N.W. Washington D.C. 20006 (202) 659-4310 CERTIFIED MAIL - RECEIPT REQUESTED September 20, 1977 Mr. Mark Gordon, Esq. Federal Trade Commission 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 7714-A Washington, DC 20580 Dear Mr. Gordon: In accordance with my telephone conversation with you and my earlier.conversations with Mr. Russell Hatchl, I am happy to confirm that Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) will be able to testify at your forthcoming hearings regarding the problem of cigarette advertising. Please consider this letter as a formal request and confirmation. As you probably know, Action on Smoking and Health is a national, non-profit tax-exempt organization. It is the only national non-profit organization devoted solely to the problem of smoking. It is also the only natioaal charitable organization which regularly participatos in administrative proceedings relating to smoking. Indeed, as I am sure you are aware, Action on Smoking and Health has had considerable dealings with the Commission concerning the problems of smoking. For these reasons I trust that you will wish to receive the benefit of ASH's experience and viewpoints on this important matter. In our t=astimony I plan to discuss our opinion and evaluation of the report prepa ed by Martin Fishbein, Ph.D., which was attached to the FTC's 1976 repo_t concerning cigarettes. In this testimony I will point out those areas where we agree, those areas where we have some disagreement, and those areas where we think additional research might be appropriate. Re:;ponding to this report and upon other information available to us, we will also indicate what action we think the Commis- sion should approprLately take at this point with regard to the problems of cigarette advertLsing and promotion.. Yours truly, /:Tphn F. Banzhaf III j yxecutive Director yS :~'~~ t uy. t ~- ~ (3 lS~jj ~!li'• Il r e.~ \ f.. :_~'. ®tll 1~1[7.~ 29 TIMN 0240224 -- JFB:pw

ASH ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH 2000 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Executive Director John F. Banzhaf III, Esq. TRUSTEES' Bob Griese Maurine B. NeubergerCr Donald T. Fredrickson M.D.* Quarterback Former U.S. Senator , Miami Dolphins State of Ore on Proi. Dir., Inter-Society Coinm. for Heart Disease Resources, N.Y.C. Dwight Emary Harken, M.D.7~, g Afton Ochsner, M.D.: Clinical Professor of Surgery The Ochsner Clinic Founder Martin Adam Jacobs Dist. Mgr. Customer Eupport Harvard Medical School , New Orleans University Computing Co. N.Y.C. Franz J. Ingetfinger, ?,A.D. Richard Overholt, M.O.-• , Editor, New England Overholt Thoracic Clinic Charles F. Tate, Jr., M.D.* Journal of Medicine Boston Prof. of Med., U. of Miami School of Medicine Miami =lorida Hollis S. Ingraham, M.D.* Joseph Ross M.D. , , Commissioner of Health , Professor of California U SPON-iORS' New York State , . Los Angeles Sch. of Medicine Louis L. Jaffe Esq.--, Theodore L. Badger, M.D. , Byrne Prof of Admin. Law Mr. Arthur T. Roth Professor of Medicine, Erieritus . Harvard Law School Ret. Chairman of the Board Harvard Medical -3chool George James, M.D.~: Franklin National Bank, N.Y.C. Charles R. Baker Dean, Mt. Sinai Sch. of Medicine David D. Rutstein, M.D. Executive Director City University of New York Ridley Watts Prof. of Prev. Institute for American DemDcracy Edward t. Koch* Med., Harvard Med. School Leona Baumgartner, M.D.?` • United States Congressman Howard R. Sachs, Esq. Visiting Prnfessor New Yo.rk Dean Harvard Medical 3chool Ann Landers U, of Conn. Law School " Edward L. Be •nays'-r Columnist William A. Shurcliff, Ph.D. Counsel on Public Relations Publishers-Hall Syndicate Director Cambridge, Massachusetts Charles W. Lantz Citizens League Against Sonic Boom Anthony C. Beilenson President, Citizens Nat'l Bank Dunbar W. Smith, M.D. State Senator Hollywood, Florida Medical Director, T.A.D. . California Louis Lasagna, M.D. G.C. of Seventh-day Adventists Professor s Str n M Nelli Harold N. Beveridge Vice Pr.zident U. of Rochester Sch. of Medicine . g r e o Writer and Civic Leader General Research Corp. Mrs. Thomas Witt Leach Springfield, Ohio Leach Enterprises President Mrs. Herbert E. (Betty) r;arnes , Bismarck North Dakota Katharine B. Sturgis, M.D. Conservationist & Ornithologist , President, American College of Mr..Robert Ludwig i ti P M di Scottsdale, Prizona Secretary-Treasurer ve reven c ne e Bernard D. Davi-;, M.D. Non-Smokers' Assn. of Canada Robert Switzer, M.D. Pn_fessor Walsh McDermott M.D.v'c Director, Children's Division Harvard Medical =ichool , Livinoston Farrand Prof. of Menninger Clinic A. R. T. Denues, Ph.D. Pub. Health, Cornell Med. Sch. Silvan S. Tomkins, Ph.D. Pr::sident Joseph L. Melnick, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology CANCIRCO Inc.. Dept. of Virof. & Epid. Rutgers University Frederick H• Epsteirt, M.D.. Baylor College of Medicine Abigail Van Buren School of Public Health Francis D. Moore, t4i.D:=r Columnist University of Mi•:higan Moseley Professor of Surgery Phillips-Van Buren Harvard Medical School Charles A Evans M D D Ph Austin G. Van Hove, J.D. . , . . . . Ch i D f M -i t ! Stuart Mudd Cent r f Direct r r Stud a rman, ept. o icro o ogy - U. of Wash. Sch. of M:=dicine Chief, Microbiologic Res. Program USVA Hospital, Philadelphia , y o e o of World Peace Emmanuel Farbe,, M.D. Emily N. Mudd, Ph.D. Paul Dudley White, M.D.': Chairman. Dept. of Patiiology Prof. Emerifus of Family Psychiatry Clinical Professor of Medicine, U. of Pittsburgh MedL Sch. Sch. of Med., Univ. of Pennsylvania Emeritus, Harvard University Louis F. Fieser Ph.D. Miss Bess Myerson Roger Williams Chemical Lab, iratory Commissioner, N.Y.C. Pianist and Recording Artist Harvard Uni iersity Dept. of Consumer Affairs Encino, California THE LEGAL ACTION ARM OF THE ANTI-SMOKING COMMUNiTY A National Non-Profit Charitable Organization Contributions are Tax Deductible Registered und 3r the District of Columbia's Charitable Registration Act, Certificate No. 6-07-665 * Trustees and Spoi isors serve as individuals. Affiliations are shown for purposes of identification only. *Founding Trustee-s *Founding Sponso,-s ' 30 TIMN 0240225