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Re: AMA-ERF Abstracts

Abstract

States that lthough the comments in the introductory parts of the ERF report are not supportable by the work done under the AMA-ERF grant, critiquing them, apart from being questionable if done by someone from the tobacco industry, requires much work, and is not worth the effort.

User-Contributed Notes

1. funding tobacco industry internal activity

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Date Loaded

08 Jan 2003

Type

Letter

Named Person

Hockett, Robert Casad, Ph.D. (CTR Scientific Director)

Gardner, William Ullman, Ph.D. (CTR Scientific Advisory Board grant reviewer)

Dr. Gardner worked for Counsel for Tobacco Research -- U.S.A., Inc. He was a member of CTR's committee which reviewed grant applications in 1974. (UCSF000134) Gardner served on the Scientific Advisory Board for CTR and was a CTR Scientific Director. (N.M.'s CTR Who's Who) (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996). See Gardiner, Bill, TTLA Almanac - Names.

Edens, Joseph E. (BW; 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

Named Organization

American Medical Association (physicians group)

Professional trade group representing American physicians.

Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service (U.S. Federal government public health advocate)

The U.S. Surgeon General's office has found since 1964 that tobacco use causes disease in humans.

Author (Organization)

Council for Tobacco Research - USA (CTR) (Formerly Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC))

Originally organized as the Tobacco Industry Research Committe(TIRC) in 1954, and renamed Council for Tobacco Research - USA, Inc. (CTR) in 1964.

Author

@yeaman_addison (?)

Recipient (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.

Recipient

Pepples, Ernest, J.D. (BW General Counsel and Sr. VP)