| 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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| Dr. Little appeared on the Edward R. Murrow television show in the 1950's, where the |
| following dialogue took place: Question: Dr. Little, have any cancer-causing agents |
| been identified in cigarettes? CLARENCE LITTLE: No. None whatever, either in |
| cigarettes or in any product of smoking.... Question: Suppose the tremendous amount |
| of research going on, including that of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee, |
| were to reveal that there is a cancer-causing agent in cigarettes. What then? DR. |
| LITTLE: Well, if it was found by somebody working under a tobacco industry research |
| grant, it would be made public immediately and just as broadly as we could make it, |
| and then efforts would be taken to remove that substance or substances. The TIRC |
| funded a great deal of work, and public relations executives and lawyers would screen |
| the scientific reports before permitted them to be released. "All of this was done by |
| the TIRC. But there was more research being done quietly - without |
| Smokescreen, pp. 10-11 |
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