B
B, Project, 195 -197
"Bandwagons of Medicine," Henry Rothschild, 292 -293
BAP (BaP). See Benzo(a)pyrene
Barclay cigarettes
coumarin substitutes, 223
Federal Trade Commission smoking machines, 89
First Blood, product placement in, 371
Jinxed, product placement in, 371
product placement in movies, 368 -369
Tempest, dissatisfaction of Brown and Williamson with product placement in, 371
Barron's editorial, use of in Tobacco Institute advertisement, 175 -179
BAT
Allied Dunbar (UK), 5
Brown and Williamson, relationship to, 2 , 5 , 5 -6
cigarette brands, 2
Eagle Star (UK), 5
Farmers Group, 5
Imperial Tobacco (Canada), 5
insurance subsidiaries, 5
Batflake
biological activity, 165
carbon monoxide, 165
flue-cured tobacco, comparison with, 165
inhalation toxicology, 165
tobacco substitute, 164 -165
Battelle Memorial Institute
Ariel cigarette patents, 74 -77
Fate of Nicotine in the Body,15 , 65 -68
Hilton, Project, 153
Hippo I, Project, 62 -63
Hippo II, Project, 63 -65
Janus, Project, 125 , 143 -144
special account 4 research project at Columbus laboratory, 328
Surgeon General's Advisory Committee, withholding research from, 70 -73
"Tentative Hypothesis on Nicotine Addiction," 68 -70
Tobacco Industry Research Committee, 70
Tobacco Research Council, 70
workplace smoking study, 251
See also Fate of Nicotine in the Body ; Hippo I, Project; Hippo II, Project; Janus, Project
Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborne, backup advertisements for industry Proposition 5 campaign, 423
Belair cigarettes, use of advertising to communicate health and political information, 191
benefits
nicotine, 73
smoking, claims of benefits as legally dangerous, 344
Benson and Hedges
advertising to counter smoking restrictions, 188
Tobacco Industry Research Committee, 33
benzo(a)pyrene
Chemosol, to reduce levels of, 212 , 213 -216
Microbiological Associates study of, 303
potassium carbonate, effect on, 126 -127
purer carcinogen, 215
"safe" cigarette research, 110 , 118
sidestream smoke, 402
benzyl acetate, additive, 227
benzyl alcohol, additive, 227
Beverly Hills Cop , Lucky Strike product placement in, 368
BIBRA (British Industry Biological Research Association), study of coumarin, 221 -222
biological activity
additives
—effect on, 152 -153
—use of to reduce, 144
Batflake, effect on, 165
blend, effect on, 152 -153
carcinogenicity, 21
design parameter for cigarettes, 131 , 138 , 139 -140, 154
environmental tobacco smoke, 152 -153
health-oriented cigarettes, 129 -130
legal issues, 269
low-delivery products, 142
sidestream smoke, 401 , 402 , 406
smoking behavior, effect on, 150
smoking machines versus human smoking, 150
substantially reduced, 139 -140
See also Carcinogenicity
biological effects, burning pesticides and additives, 204
biological research, dangerous, 167
biological tests
danger of demonstrating smoking causes cancer, 55
Hunter Commission, 164
sidestream smoke, avoiding, 245
sucker control agents, 204
Biological Research Meeting, glycoproteins, 396
Biological Testing Committee
B&W scientist attended, 133 , 278 , 281
sidestream smoke, 395
birth control pill warning, negative public relations development for industry, 353
Blackman report, rewriting of, 346 -352
bladder cancer
lawyers, as avoiding studies of, 303
Surgeon General's report, 18 , 19
Blue Skies Again , product placement in, 390
BOCA, presentation by Theodor Sterling, 300
body weight, effects of smoking on, 62 -63
Body & Soul , product placement in, 390
Body Heat , product placement in, 371 , 390
Borstal, arsenic, 110
boycotts, discouraging other companies from taking anti-tobacco positions as possible violation of laws, 355
brain
nicotine effects on, 92 , 95 -96, 315 -316
See also Central nervous system; Electroen-cephlogram
brands of cigarettes. See Cigarette brands; and by specific brand name
British American Tobacco. See BAT
British Industry Biological Research Association (BIBRA), study of coumarin, 221 -222
broadcast ad ban
benefits to industry, 262
circumvention by product placement on A-Team , 374
circumvention by R. J. Reynolds' use of Winchester little cigars, 259
consumption of cigarettes, effect on, 258
bronchitis
noninhalable cigarette, 130
smoking as cause of, 112 , 132
Brown and Williamson
document review project, 15 -16
relationship with BAT, 2 , 5 -6
sued University of California, 10 -11
Brown and Williamson documents
CD-ROM version of, 3 , 11 , 447
document review project, 7 , 15 -16, 249
litigation, discovery of documents for use in, 235 -236
source. See Butts, Mr. (Name Index)
World Wide Web, documents placed on, 3 , 11 , 447
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation v Regents of the University of California , 10
burning. See Pyrolysis
business of selling nicotine, 74