| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 29 The tobacco Industry |
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| The tobacco Industry: General |
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| "No clinical or biological evidence has been produced which demonstrates how |
| cigarettes relate to cancer or any other disease in human beings." |
| Statement from American Tobacco Co. at its 1967 annual meeting (Ashes to |
| Ashes, p. 325) |
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| "...today's scare tactics surrounding cigarettes. Because no one has been able to |
| produce conclusive proof that cigarette smoking causes cancer. Scientific, biological, |
| clinical, or any other kind. It's more than cigarettes being challenged here. It's |
| freedom." |
| 1970 (The Cigarette Papers, p. 186) |
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| "A widespread anti-tobacco industry is out to harass sixty million Americans who |
| smoke and to prohibit the manufacture and use of tobacco products....Outrageous |
| and medically unsubstantiated assertions made by well-financed and highly organized |
| groups opposed to smoking are disputed by many men and women of science." |
| Statement from William Dwyer, |
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| 1985 BAT (British American Tobacco) argument about the health effects of smoking: |
| "There is a lot of evidence which links smoking statistically with certain |
| diseases...Statistics alone cannot prove cause and effect...Research is needed to |
| clarify the situation." |
| The Cigarette Papers, p. 341 |
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