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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