Tobacco Products Liability Project
[Comment on Letter Dated Dec. 6 from Mr. Heimann to Mr Yeaman]
Abstract
Objects to program of directed contract work CTR has planned. Recommends CTR be a granting organization only. Discusses work regarding testing cigarette smoke condensate for biological activity. Expresses concern that such 'red light research' might be harmful in the hands of legislators. Mentions possible meeting with lawyers concerning this matter.
User-Contributed Notes
- Health Claim Smoking and Health Funding Research Activity Tar Government Agency Litigation Product Liability
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- Notes
Related to documents 282002035, and 282002035 by the same author commenting on research proposal by Dr. Gardner.
- Recipient
- Edens, Joseph E. (CTR Director)Joseph E. Edens was an employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and served as Director and on the Executive Committee for the Council for Tobacco Research
- *McCarty, C.I. (use McCarty, Charles I.)
Defense - *McCarty, C.I. (use McCarty, Charles I.)
- Type
- Interoffice Memo
- Author
- Pepples, Ernest, J.D. (BW General Counsel and Sr. VP)
- Named Organization
- Brown & Williamson Industries (Cigarette manufacturer)Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation became Brown & Brown & Williamson Industries in 1974 (L. White, Merchants 1988). B&W brands include: Cool, Viceroy, Raleigh, Barclay, Belaire, Copre, Fact, Richland and GPC, 1976.
- *Council for Tobacco Research-- U.S.A. Inc. CTR (Formerly Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC))
Created and funded by the tobacco industry to award grants to study of the link between smoking and disease. Part of a four decade effort to cast doubt on the links between smoking and disease.- United States Food and Drug Administration
- USDA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Contract research lab; does gov't work and also takes private contracts.- Microbiological Associates (Research lab in Bethesda, MD)
Research lab in Bethesda, MD. CTR contracted with this lab to do the world's largest inhalation study, involving more than 10,000 mice in 1973-1982.- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Cigarette manufacturer (Camel, Winston, Doral))
Cigarette manufacturer (Camel, Winston, Doral)- Philip Morris & Co. Ltd. (Cigarette manufacturer, incorporated in U.S. in 1902)
Philip Morris & Co. Ltd.., was incorporated in New York in April of 1902; half the shares were held by the parent company in London, and the balance by its U.S. distributor and his American associate. Its overall sales in 1903, its first full year of U.S. operation, were a modest seven million cigarettes. Among the brand offered, besides Philip Morris, were Blues, Cambridge, Derby, and a ladies favorite name for the London street where the home companies factory was located - Marlborough.- American Tobacco Co.(?)
- *Council for Tobacco Research-- U.S.A. Inc. CTR (Formerly Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC))
- Named Person
- @heimann_robert_k(?)
- Yeaman, Addison (B&W Vice President)
General counsel for B&W. CTR Chairman/President 1975-1981- Edens, Joseph E. (CTR Director)
Joseph E. Edens was an employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and served as Director and on the Executive Committee for the Council for Tobacco Research- Gardner
- Roemer, Henry C. (Jack) (RJR VP; CTR Director)
RJR in 1958. He served as Vice President & General Counsel of RJR Legal Dept. in 1970, Senior Vice President & General Counsel of their Legal Dept. 1972-1983, and retired in 1986. Board of Directors 1972-1983; as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary from 1982 to the present, as RJR Tobacco Secretary & Director 1958-1970; and as Vice President and General Counsel in 1970.- Ahrensfeld, Thomas F. (PM General Counsel & Sr. VP, TI Executive Committee)
TI Executive committee- Stevens, Arthur Joseph (LOR Sr. VP '89-95 and TI Communications)
Served on Lorillard Board of Directors 1985-92, was Senior Vice President from 1989 to 1995, served as General Counsel for Lorillard '93-95. Served on Tobacco Institute Communications Committee.- @jacob_edwin_j (?)
- Shinn, William W. (TI Communications; Shook, Hardy, CTR Attorney)
TI Communications Committee and was also a lawyer for CTR. William W. Shinn worked for Shook, Hardy & Bacon.- Kennedy, Senator Ted (U.S. Senator from MA)
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, has advocated against tobacco and for public health.- Senator Hart
- Yeaman, Addison (B&W Vice President)
- Date Loaded
- 08 Jan 2003
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282002087
Subject to Claims of Privilege and Confidentiality:
Produced Pursuant to Court Orders in State of Minnesota, et al. v. Philip Morris, et al.
R~yn~lds and Philip Morris expressed considerable shrprlse "
Upon learntnK that CTR had beeu lnvolved in testtnK ~r-sotlon8
and ~ack Roe:er asked me to ~a~ ~o Add abou~ it, which I
and subsequently ~a~, ~= A~ens~eld, ~h~ S~ovens, Ed
- were not a~re t~t ~ the last t~ee or fo~ years the tests
l~ted above had been ~de~F p~s~nt to contracts be~een
~ ~d ~1~obtolo~1~1 Associates. We mentioned Dr. ~ocke~t's
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t~e ~d the ~on~ ~terlal. ~. He~ refers to ~e
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Add to ~d ~ ,~e ~ ot the te~tm on smoke fractions.
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'~'~ It seems c~ous to ~ quickie toe~s whlch can onl~ show a "'
:.'. pro~b11*~ o~ s~e role ~ how dlaeaaes occur while a more ~" .
*~latlon p:o~ should ~ pe~Xt~ed to ~rk 1as ~F to ..... " ..... "
": completion ~d then be eval~tod ~o~ ~sslble tndlc:~ions of.~ ...:r~;~
= ~ ~'" " ~ho role that a~e ~nent8 ~ smoke ~F plat in diseases. :, .'.
..~ ~r~ps a~er the ~halatlon p~o~ ~s been completed ~ ,...:
'-.- - . '~uld ~hen be appropriate to ~exzmlne Dr. Gardner's request -~,':~-
:. .. "to ~ the t~ee sho:~ te~ testa wt~h aubfra~ton8 of clKsre~to,:~.;".
~:~ ~. He would "not post~ne the de~ia~on a~u~ ~ln~ the
" , " " :": 'l d~ not know ~hethe= ~he ~e~ lette~ has escalated" th~
" " session ~th Add ~d the la~ers who have a concern in thls ;',",~;~c
a~e:. l~ yo~ do thl~ this ~s a ~e~l step~ please let me know ~.~.-~?
ud I'~ill dtsc~a ~t ~ith ~he othe~ =ompany counsel.
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282002088
Subject to Claims of Privilege and .Confidentiality:
Produced Pursuant to Court Orders in State of Minnesota, et al. v. Philip Morris, et al.
