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package warnings, 193

pancreatic cancer, Surgeon General's report, 19

panic, of industry with regard to 1964 Surgeon General's report, 441

paper, cigarette

fortified with nicotine, 124

sidestream smoke, effect on, 405 -406

passive smoking

airlines, 248

Brown and Williamson response to JAMA articles, 444

Civil Aeronautics Board, 248

commercial aspects, 401 -402

considered relatively unimportant (1974), 395

constitutionality of smoking restrictions, 263

damages to lung cancer victim, 251

defensive research on, 405

early recognition of importance by industry, 393 -394

Hirayama research criticized by Theodor Sterling, 299

liability for, 251

new products to respond to, 151

nitrosamines, 398

smokers' rights organizations, 252

Surgeon General's 1979 report, 384

threat to industry, 248 , 257 -258

tobacco industry model ordinance, 251


529

workplace smoking regulation, 250 -251

zealots, 393

See also Environmental tobacco smoke; Sidestream smoke

patent, Ariel, 75 -76

Paul, Weis, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, discovery of BAT results in US cases, 267

PCL. See Processed cigarette leaves

Peabody Museum, 293

Pearson, B. G., keeping track of scientists, 197 -198

PEG. See Polyethylene glycol

PEI (polyethyleneimine)

additive to boost extractable nicotine, 81 , 83

Avalon filter, 125

biological activity, effect on, 152 -153

filter treatment to reduce toxicity, 124

Kronberg Research Conference, 132

Life cigarette filter, 153

Penar

carcinogenicity, 205 , 208

chromosome aberrations in plants, 203 -204

dimethylnitrosamine produced, 206

Imperial Tobacco (UK), 207

Less Hazardous Cigarette Committee, 205

personal reassurance, of low-delivery cigarettes, 245

pessimism, in anticipation of Surgeon General's 1964 report, 51

pesticides

annual residue meeting, 209

DDT, 209

pyrolysis effects, 204

regulatory issues in West Germany, 209

residues

—in tobacco, 202

—in various cigarette brands, 209 -210

view on safety contrasted with safety of tobacco use, 207

pH

extractable nicotine, 79 , 80

nicotine

—absorption, 67 , 79 , 80

—delivery, 93 , 96

pharmacology, nicotine. See Nicotine, pharmacology

phenols

crisis, 119 -123, 126 -127

filter, 111 , 216

Philip Morris

Addiction Research Foundation, 304

additives, disclosure of, 229

annual pesticide residue meeting, 209

Apocalypse Now , Marlboro placement in, 372 -373

central nervous system research, 286

Chemosol, 213

cocoa, 220

consistent products, 137

diethylene glycol, humectant, 223

Environmental Protection Agency, attacks on, 181

G-13 process to expand tobacco, not using, 217

Marlboro product placement in films, 367 , 372 -373

nicotine analogues, 97

nicotine delivery devices compared to Ariel, 76 -77

nitrosamines, 143

product placement in films, 365 , 368 , 372 -373

Proposition 5, 419 , 420

restrictions on smoking, protest of, 188

smoke from cigarettes, 154

Superman II , Marlboro placement in, 367

Tobacco Industry Research Committee, 33

tobacco substitutes, 164

Tobacco Working Group, 155

Washington University site visit, 311

workplace smoking, restrictions on, 251

phosgene, byproduct of burning freon, 217

physicians

eminent, 187

low-tar cigarettes, promotion of, 90 -91

Scientific Perspective on the Cigarette Controversy, 358

smoking-and-disease controversy, 359

use in cigarette advertisements, 28

Pichlarn Research Conference (1981)

additives, 211

sidestream smoke, 401

smoker compensation, 91 , 141 -142

pipe tobacco, cocoa as additive, 220 -221

pistol, smoking, 45

pituitary gland, effect of nicotine on, 62

Planet cigarettes, tobacco substitutes, 163

Plitz Cinema ads, termination agreement, 373

politics

additives, 230 -231

brand advertising used to support political position, 191

carbon monoxide, 141

Council for Tobacco Research, 44 , 317 -318

nicotine addiction, 249

nonsmokers' rights initiatives, 352

preemption strategy, 253

product placement in films, 372

Proposition 5, 417 -428

Proposition P, 431

Proposition 10 , 352 , 428 -431

smokers' rights groups, 408

taxation of tobacco based on tar and nicotine content, 259

tobacco, as unpopular with politicians, 257

Tobacco Institute support, 385 -386

tobacco superfund legislation, 276

See also Proposition 5; Tobacco Institute

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

additives, effects of, 144

carbon monoxide, effect of reducing, 136

carcinogenicity, used in tests of, 153 -154

carcinogens, 127

removal from cigarette smoke, 131

polyethylene glycol

Avalon filter, 125

filter additive to reduce carcinogenicity of cigarette smoke, 124

polyethyleneimine. See PEI

Post-Keyes-Gardner, Project Truth, 184

potassium carbonate, additive to reduce benzo(a)pyrene delivery, 125 , 127 , 145

powder keg, MH-30, 205

preemption

federal fire-safe cigarette legislation, 252 -253

general industry political strategy, 253 , 255 -256, 259

pregnancy, Surgeon General's report, 19

Premier

Ariel, compared to, 77

Eclipse, compared to, 440

nicotine delivery device, 30 , 219

tobacco extract used in, 219


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preventable deaths, tobacco compared to other factors, 437

Private School , product placement in, 390

processed cigarette leaf (PCL), biological activity of, 130 , 145

product development. See Cigarette design

product placement in films

All the Marbles , 390

Alta Marea Productions, 367

Blue Skies Again , 387 , 390

Body & Soul , 390

Body Heat , 371 , 390

brands in specific films, 371

Cheaper to Keep Her , 390

Entity , 390

First Blood , 390

government safety program, 367

Harry & Son , 387

Honky Tonk Freeway , 390

Jinxed , 390

Kill & Kill Again , 390

Killing Ground , 387

Kool cigarettes, 369

legislation to outlaw for cigarettes, 368

loss of enthusiasm by Brown and Williamson for, 372 -374

Love Child , 390

Making Love , 390

Never Say Never Again , 387

Night People (All Night Long) , 390

Nine to Five , 390

Only When I Laugh , 390

Philip Morris, 365

Private School , 390

producers, active solicitation by, 367

Savannah Smiles , 390

secondary placement on video and television, 368

Shaker Run , 387

Sharkey's Machine , 390

Smokey & Bandit III , 387

specific theaters, 387

Star Chamber , 390

Summertime , 390

Supergirl , 367

Superman II , 367

Superman III , 367

Sylvester Stallone, 365 -367, 387

Tank , 387

television, 364 -365

Tempest , 387

Two for the Price of One , 390

Wacko , 390

Where the Boys Are , 387

See also Associated Film Promotion (AFP)

products liability

additives, 226 -227, 230 -231, 232 , 233

attribution of statements made by non-US BAT subsidiaries, 274

conference on, 275

definition, 264

freon to expand tobacco, 217

history, 235 , 264 -265

in-house versus contract research, 275

industry-sponsored research linking smoking with cancer, problems created by, 302

maintaining legal distance between B&W and BAT, 277

nicotine pharmacology, knowledge of as dangerous, 245

profits, adverse effect of loss of products liability case, 276

scientific research, problems created by, 6

scientists, avoiding damaging statements by, 275 -276

strategy of no settlements, 276

tobacco superfund legislation, 276

warning labels, benefits of, 54 , 255 -256

profits, adverse effect of loss of products liability case, 276

Project A, 193 -197

Project Ariel. See Ariel

Project B, 195 -197

Project Hilton. See Hilton, Project

Project Hippo I. See Hippo I, Project

Project Hippo II. See Hippo II, Project

Project Janus. See Janus, Project

Project Rio. See Rio, Project

Project Truth

countering health messages through cigarette advertising, 188

description, 184 -187

Frank Statement, 185

Tobacco Institute Communications Committee, 194

Project Wheat, 92

Proposition 5

American Cancer Society, 423 , 424

California Action Plan, 421

Californians for Common Sense, formation to shield industry involvement, 420

chairmen, nominal, 421

description of, 417

Economic Research Associates, production of economic cost report favorable to industry, 422

industry control of campaign, 421

industry veto of attacks on legislature suggested by Woodward & McDowell, 424 -425

lawyer involvement in, 420

Ligget & Meyers, 420

Lorillard, 419 , 420

Philip Morris, 419 , 420

polling results, 419 , 421 , 422 -423

potential financial impact on industry, 426 -427

public support of smoking restrictions, 425

rock concerts versus jazz concerts, 424

strategies for defeating, 417 -418, 421

tobacco industry's low profile, 418

Woodward & McDowell, management of No-on-5 campaign, 420 -421

potential financial impact on industry, 417

Proposition P, 431

Proposition 10 , 352 , 428 -431

propylene glycol

Additives Guidance Panel, 224

humectant, 218

Public Affairs Council, Tobacco Institute support of, 386

public opinion, and tobacco industry, 262

public policy. See Politics

public relations

addiction, 353

additives, 137 , 225 , 228 , 230 -231, 233

Barron's editorial, 175 -177

BAT, 339 -342

benefits of smoking, 344

birth control pills and smoking, 353

caffeine as additive, 137

cancer, countering evidence that smoking causes, 188 -189


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carbon monoxide, 353

Chemosol, 215

contrasted with internal research, 104 -105, 133

Council for Tobacco Research, 17 , 32 -33, 44 , 254 -255, 322 -323

creating controversy, 169 , 171 , 288 , 353

Dontenwill study showing that inhalation produces cancer, 248 -249

Environmental Protection Agency, attacks on, 181

environmental tobacco smoke, 23 , 342 , 352 , 352 , 353 , 415

filter cigarettes, promotion of, 28

fire-safe cigarette, 352

Food and Drug Administration, jurisdiction of, 353

Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers, 33 -35

health-image cigarette, 129

Hill and Knowlton, 33

hoax, 240

Huber, Gary, 353

inhalation studies, 134

lawyers, 194 , 352 -354

legal implications, 4 -5

less toxic cigarette, 118

liability, 339

low profile for industry in political campaign, 418

low-tar cigarettes, promotion of, 28

lung cancer

—alternative explanations for, 352

—and environmental tobacco smoke, 353

—public versus private statements of industry, 18

media, high-level meetings with, 356 -358

medical community, initial responses directed at, 358

misrepresentation of Lawrence Garfinkel and American Cancer Society position on passive smoking and lung cancer, 351

mouse skin painting, 21 , 127 -128, 133 , 134 , 187

nicotine addiction, 101 , 102 -103, 249

pitfalls of trying to influence media, 356 -358

Project Truth, 184 -187

Reader's Digest, problems created by, 122

Rothschild, Henry, 292 -293

"safe" cigarette research, 125

scientific evidence, approach to, 341

selling doubt, 190 -191

Seltzer, Carl, 295

special projects, 317

Superdome, 353

Surgeon General's 1964 report, attacks on, 162

Surgeon General's 1983 report, attacks on, 356

Tobacco Industry Research Committee, 32 -33, 39 -40

See also Frank statement; Physicians, influencing

public smoking

CTR special projects and consultancies, 329 , 330 , 331 , 333 , 335 , 336

See also Environmental tobacco smoke; Nonsmokers' rights; Passive smoking; Sidestream smoke

public support of smoking restrictions, 425

Public Smoking Advisory Group, 394

publication

carcinogenicity, 128

Chemosol, 215

Council for Tobacco Research credit, 317

industry control of, 126

influence on, by industry, 321 -323

lawyers' suggestions regarding scientific publication, 292 -293

manipulation of, by industry, 288

puff volume, effect on biological activity, 145 -146, 152 -153

pyridine, additives, effects on, 227

pyrolysis

additives, effects on, 201 , 211

agricultural chemicals, effects on, 204

carbon monoxide, 210

carcinogenicity, 229

hydrogen cyanide, 210

pesticides, effects on, 210

phosgene from freon, 217


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