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COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS SEPTEMBER 1988 Media Tours by Consultants o "Social Cost" media tours by George Mason University economists Robert Tollison and Richard Wagner were launched in September in Richmond, VA and Tulsa, OK. These tours discuss the Tollison/Wagner.book, Smokin and the State, and the issues surrounding the misuse of "~socia costs. Enclosed you will find the press kit used with the media and reports on the press generated by the tour. o The industry's joint program with the National Association of State Boards of Education, "Helping Youth Say'No" is promoted in part by media tours conductd by TI consultant Jo]:ly Ann Davidson.o. Last month's media visits in San Diego, CA are outlined in the enclosed document. o "Truth Squad" media tours, presenting the industry's perspective in environmental tobacco smoke and indoor air quality continue the travels of Drs. Jack Peterson and David Weeks. September's tours in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN and Nashville/Knoxville, TN are more fully described in the enclosed materials. o While ventilation expert Gray Robertson did not have a media tour this month due to scheduling changes, he did appear in a previously taped segment on the McNeil/Lehrer Newshour (transcript enclosed). Robertson was also the keynote speaker at the Northwest Center for Professional Education's conference on "Asbestos & Indoor Air Pollution." Legal Briefings o Management labor attorney John Fox conducted briefings of minority bars and corporate officials on the issue of workplace smoking in September. Fox discussed such issues during a star-studded employment law symposium at the Hispanic National Bar Association's annual convention. A seminar in the San Francisco Bay area was given for lawyers and human resource managers representing 175 firms from across the country. o Fox conducted the first of his privately sponsored workplace smoking seminars for lawyers and human resource officials in Raleigh, NC. As he will continue to do, Fox visited with the local media after his seminar (materials enclosed). CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION TIMN 339276

September Report page 2 Third Party and Allied Activities o Protesting government workers rallied at the United States Information Agency in Washington, D.C. to demand that health hazards in the air and drinking water be eliminated from their building. Union officials noted that despite assurances from the General Services Administration that it would undertake a comprehensive indoor air quality survey when it announced smoking restricitions, no action has been taken. Press materials from the rally are enclosed. o Citizens for Tax Justice held a highly reported press conference to release their Annual Survey of Corporate Taxpayers and Corporate Freeloaders. Among the findings making headlines, sixteen companies reported paying no federal taxes. Enclosed you will find a complete press kit as well as clippings. o The National Energy Management Institute (NEMI) newsletter was printed and distributed to 8,000 sheet metal contractors in the United States. The newsletter highlights causes and effects of indoor air pollution and outlines contracting opportunities for NEMI members to inspect and retrofit "sick buildings." A copy of the newsletter is enclosed. o Labor Management Committee representatives briefed members of the Executive Council of the Oregon State AFL-CIO on the ramifications of the Clean Indoor Air initiative. The presentation, which was made at the request of the president of the State Federation, immediately preceded a council vote to oppose the initiative. Materials that were distributed to the council are enclosed. A similar package is distributed at all labor presentations. Hospitality Program 0 TI staff contacted state and local hospitality organizations around the country in September, promoting not only the hospitality program, but The Great American Welcome. TI staff, met with numerous organizations, and mailings of the Great American Welcome were arranged with some thirty-five different organizations. CONFIDENTIAL: MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION TIMN 339277

September Report page 3 Hospitality Program (continued) o The state executives of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors are each mailing Welcome materials to their membership. o A targeted.mailing introducing "Open Door to Hospitality" (copy of brochure enclosed) was made to state directors of the National Restaurant Association. Other Activities o Institute staff made presentations to the public safety committee of the International Association of Fire•Chiefs, and to more than 40 representatives attending a workshop at the International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters annual convention. Both presentations were on the TI fire safety education program. o Also enclosed for your information, are some recent news clips. These range from the coverage of Dr. Larry Holcomb's statements on ETS, an article in response to a TI media blitz in Albuquerque at the request of State Activites just prior to the City Council's meeting, coverage of one of our speakers, to a.story•on how Northwest's smoking ban has not gained new customers. CONFIDENTIAL: - MINNESOTA TOBACCO LITIGATION ' TIMN 339278