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Following the TSRT meeting in September 1991 it
was decided that B&W
and BATCF should jointly establish R&D programmes
in response to a brief
to develop blended products with superior Smoking
Quality. Subsequent
meetings between these companies concluded that
all programs should be
commercially oriented with priority on the near
term(two years) but some
programmes could generate building blocks for the
2-4 year future.
B&W/BATCF have now identified projects, several of
which were formerly.
undertaken by the FRC but which they now wish to
undertake as part of their
response to create superior smoking quality
blended products. These call for
additional effort in B&W and in BATCF.
In order to determine the consequence for the FRC,
account must be taken of
two important considerations.
BATCo has quite separately been given the
challenge of
developing a superior Virginia style product and
several of the
former FRC projects have a direct relevance to
this goal
(although some adaptation to purely Virginia
target will be
needed)
2. The brief for both blended and Virginia
products addresses
simply smoking quality and overlooks the need to
pursue the
longer term regulatory -related work that BAT
Industries
needs to ensure that it both discharges its duty
of care and
can continue to remain commercially competitive.
There is a
real danger that the research (for which R&D
Southampton is
the 'Centre of Excellence' ) for example to know
how to
modify smoke composition (nitrosamines,aidehydes,
HCN,carbon monoxide) or to know how to reduce or
otherwise
manipulate sidestream smoke is not only
subordinated to short
term commercial goals, but is abandoned. In
recognising the
importance of such issues the apparent
similarities, hitherto
assumed between B&W and BATCF business
environments,
break down. Europe and indeed Canada or Brazil see
regulatory issues as of relatively high priority.
The following table shows the additional resource
requirements
for B&W, BATCF and BATCo to undertake their new
Smoke
Quality projects and the resources required to
undertake the
regulatory projects at FRC.
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FRC Subject Current Blended Blended Virginia
Regulatory
ref. no. FRC BATCF B&W BATCo All CACs
913.07 Spacial. Analytical
100.0 Smoking superiority 1.5 2.0 1.0
200.0 Labelled studies 0.5 0.5
300.0 Sulphur/PPG 0.5 1.0
400.0 Chem Analysis Support 2.0 1.0 1.5
500.0 Specialised analyses 1.0 0.5 1.5
911.08 Smoke formation/Transfer
100.0 Compound release/transfer 0.7 1.0 0.7
200.0 SIS formation mechanisms 1.2 1.2
300.0 Compound migration 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5
911.09 Tobacco rod Physical properties 1.7 2.0 1.7
911.10 ETS
100.0 Chem.changes on ageing 2.0
200.0 Personal exposure 0.6
911.11 Ignition Propensity
100.0 Direct method 0.7 0.5
200.0 Indirect method 0.4 0.5 0.5
911.12
911.13 Bioassays-
Additives/Materials guide 3.4
3.6 3.4
3.6
7
911.14 Technical support to CAC 0.3 0.3
911.15 International Standards 0.2 0.21,
911.16 Sevices/admin 11.8 3.3 6?7
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Total man-yrs. 57.1 7.0 14.0 18 32. 1 - LJ
In summary B&W gains 14 man years, B&TCF gains 7
ma n years, BATCo takes 18.1 man years f rbm rRC
and the re gulatory takes projects 32 man years
from FRC. As suming the BATCo work is under taken
in FRC,
FRC reduce s by 7 man years, although B&W and
BATCF expect to absorb these staff in filling
their vacancies.
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The following notes summarise the support for
those projects which are
regu latory-d riven rather than smoke
quality-driven.
911.01 Tobacco Modification
Whilst those elements which relate to smoking
quality will
naturally be pursued by the Blended Centres, the
original
concept of this work area was to know how to
reduce "other
noxa" and this remains a valid Group goal.
911.03 Ultra-Light weight structures
This is seen as an attractive option for reducing
all smoke
components which make no positive contribution to
smoking.
Even B&W in their assessment of FRC projects
identify this as
of potential long term interest.
911.04 Filter Materials
Both Canada and Brazil support work on cellulose
acetate
degradation which i~ being pursued by FRC and it
would need
to be checked whether their interests are covered
in the
emerging BATCF programme.
911.05 Tar Modification
This is an important general area for regulatory
concern and has
particular relevance to the BAT thrust for ultra
low tar/nic
products.
911.07 Special Analytical
There is a resource requirement from this area to
support
Additives issues.
911.08 Smoke Formation
Although compound release and transfer will
apparently be
pursued by the Blended Centres, the work on
mechanisms of
sidestream formation and the modus operandi of the
low
sidestream papers is sound, basic work unparaUeled
by any
other work in the Group.
911. 10 Environmental Tobacco Smoke
The effort in this area has been significanfly
reduced over
recent years but it is imperative that the Group
retains expertise
in this key area. The successful presentation of
BAT's research
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at the Select Committee of UK Government on Indoor
Air
Quality, is a testimony to its value.
911.11 Ignition Propensity (indirect method
development)
Although the US feels that this is a priority item
for them, a
considerable portion of the Group's expertise
resides in FRC-
In their assessment of FRC projects B&W request
that BAT
remains involved on the Coresta task force. This
will only be
meaningf4l if FRC is engaged on some practical
work
911.12 Monitoring Bioassays
This topic is uniquely handled by FRC and even B&W
in their
analysis of FRC projects suggest that this is of
long term
importance and should be handled by Southampton.
911.13 Additives and Maten*als advice
Comments as for 911.12
911.14 Technical Support to CACs
Every year FRC is required to give specialist
advice or send
'fire fighting' personnel to deal with various CAC
Company
problems.
911,15 International Standards, Coresta etc
Comments as flor 911.12
911.16 Library, Information service
This facility is likely to grow in importance as a
firm document
retention policy is established in the Group R&D
centres. A
significant part of this facility should therefore
be viewed as
central in nature.
It is imperative that B&W and BATCF and indeed the
other interests (ITL
and Souza Cruz) reaffirm their needs for this type
of research. There
remains, a sound case for continuing to centralise
these generic activities in
FRC.
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