L+
S-,ote!-.cz.-,! 1974
Questicn;5 and at
---neral
n:7 S
Cn Of th-, :'-nnual. Czn-~~r--j Mecting,
Sir st- I:-
"We a-.,,are th-a-- c:?r~'a-.in arganzations
or-e:'a c-:~ ::~e the inte-res-1, have
acq_;1fZC C~:Ie C,- two of c--,=)-~: wncc~a
activities are
I-
in th-~ a view to rais: . n,7 cruest'cn-3 on
e ;-1
-i:
-I c t a t tl-
: r );I r z U r
G
th e
As lon
as t
s Is
,
-
;
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.
.
g
d0 r.,,~ '7! an; E.-Idireholclofz do not find
the-'--- ;--inual
t-- rn~ qlltl bc-_ acc-otable.
ever. tn,:~-="i z'-., ~v- cf
is to prcpo---n.:-
a pol4C..-.,
and %-::.r% t:,,
.7 f-,~C! thiz cl-~Z--~ at an 7-7-1.~al C-naral
M-.-~tinq
a 5-1a _,~r -5 a 0.1 sn C;-
an
:::y.
A2.c.-
j'irZ - ~j' . 7 1.
vo.-, ra;Z-771 2.:~
11111CL--,C:-~7, zn~- Vou ".-S--
z a ~i.~ :w:. T', a n, - U C !71,-. C,
!Z. an, :.,a reafm~
ou,
Sir D t-:: he -..:E.3
ans, --z
is to into t`.~ ha=Zul effcc--z
cc
It is dif--icul- to c7a- of the research
-;z; dzvozad to :-.,-.d :-alat.~-: -s
V-~37-,' subs t _--.i ial. I r-,ad 12tt2r
yesterday,
an~: r tC~ Ch.C.C.Z il~-Z t:-.2.3 t--2 t-4.7-) in
We aro,
of a-L:7n C-~unc-,*-'
P.1d. C
Al I
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thcz,~ carry cn .,-cry 7,he asSociatiors
indapendn-it r;_~Soarch -4-- at a rat-e e:zcins cf
E2m par
ann,-,-i - publiz`od in z-_icntific Pecently %..,e
have
announc~_d par-_4-::i=aticn by our U._'~.
s-_:bsid'ary an6. two
other ccmnanie- in a r,iant Z2-~--. rc~search
nc-caramma into
the tobacco as Cvtr~__!. -Ihis'r2saarch
is being carried out in 1`~meric:, according to
the guidelines
prczz!oad by PZC~eSSC:: '7,:nte~
and his c:::=nitze-a.
Q. 'Wh a t of f c r t 15 . z` 3 c n an to emnsua:e
lower tar
and nicotine yields its C_4gz._--ztteS7
The tz)'--acco in-_~-,:ztry thrcughcut the world,
and esozcially
in th-a U. haz ror ys ars pasz: '_-zen na a
gre'ant deal
of effc~rt: an~: into sr,--cieliS-~-- r-nsearch
into
the effects 0.7 Zmo,kin- &,.nd and co.-apan- has
piono~:!rnd t,z dzv-?lcz,-7_-nt of cicn~.ette For
man, -z
years have f-1.1o-aod a ool-icy c~f (,-r
-ad--2-Ily red-.;cing tar
and nic~~tin !;clds of cur produ=s %,n4le
maintaining
e
c0 ns1.:1,.3r
Tar an," tabloz ar2 and ',".e ratI~s, as
you CL%r_,:~2a into _-Ive dec~naing on
tar co:~~:znz, ai7d t--e has ad7usted its
rarl-.2 0.: Lc the aho
OfCfCr Et. =:!t2nt C. ir-,
rd --::tza, a t-~a r;~.,ccntly-
c~ '-z!alt'- t-ln7, w41' t-
p
of c=7a-..-s 'Z--n.-.f~ 1-1 z t op
half c~-
and c:,:,c uc:--s ~.3 all th,c
j
Q. C -,C7.,rerz:4:Dir1g
.=a:_ re r;
it
My L-o--rd, -2 C4-.-
7 7
.2
but
by
fc,-- tha '_-Icnfit
of M"
Q. Will -/cu--- the n,.-lic -,rit1- f..:11er
information
on car-on rnonc;:ide, as az; t-ar/nic y-4-21d in
cigarettes?
A few ri=nths a:~o a articl-2 pu*_-liZ'-ad in the
"Lancat"
stated:- "-.*-e Govern:7snz: would' sitreiv '_-.2
un,...rize to zublish
fUrth~_r fig,2--_2Z in ad-_~_iticn to tai/nric
figures unless
tharc is sc7na con3ens-_,s of oz)_,n.Lc:-. as to
%..-h_~ah of these
smo:;:-;ng c=-:cn2n-_z t__2 h-eZt 7aic!-~ to
sz,fety". In these
circ=stanc.~s do ~.nel shoul:! ta'.,- the
-in a;z.L::-_Lnc7 t*ia -,--:cs c--- Fmall aurnount
of
carbon in smno':inz.
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Q. in view of the evidence of the d---naan caused
b,.- cigarette
smoking, will the ccm-anv consider esta'--Iishina
a
comoensation fund to benefit those viro have
suffered as
a result?
No.
As you will 'k.-now the assccia--ion bet,.-;een
cigarezi-a smto%ing
and certain dizeas:?:: is bazed c-i
eoidQm-4ologicall survevs
and the funda:mental f2aScn-e for the statintic of
causazion
are not ye-: 'zro%,,n and fu.!~'y understood. This
cz7,-aan,/ with
others in the induszr- -i d::as not exDress any
opinion on
this sublect, as we tslieve it is the
res:,-onsibility of the
De,oartments of Hea-"-:.-i in t-e va-rious
countries -'n %.jh-;ch we
onerate to ardvis--2 tho cuzLic c-i -natterS of
heal::h, and
tiit~ir views, we have be-2n. aidaly oublishad. I
feel
that we can say t'hat ours-~Ives many induz-r-'22s
ca.-I
be said to be manu~ac- -'ez hing ~.-hich ca-es
risk to
1-ifa, for instance t'.!,! industrv, .,;h--*.'-
can. be
very lethal, shot gins, the licraor industr"r,
oz-:-ous"
V
to excess is t"a 1-icuor indu:,-zr-.i dlsc~uracas
manv induSzr-4a3 disccu:'a-e e%cesSes, including
food
in d,-:.B t r, /. ':-- c----nn3:: forci~Dl, to
r~---zrict ind--vid-ual's
r a e'c (i t L-~ -I t'- s -'.: I -z~ n z, r d 3 s
--':: a-'- L o f Z'.". 0 1, C 2
s wrona f-)r a cantr~-'- :io z::-, to do this. is
c:--;-:n W"S'- to
and it is therafora nD-- zZaC71"Cal tc-fDllow
t,--4-= su~gcs~ion.
The ou'--lic a~ ~-rs 0:: z .--4 0' t'-e
medical auz`critics an~~ -2-D i'~ cf
t'-e-4: free ev:~---- a 1-C-3
a ciga---tz-a h-2 naZ a a v!arn--.,!q pranz.~--~
on n-nc.-~aq=
- no qc-?z tj
I
Q. Can t*-s c-"ze an a-=z---rance that _i::
ma"--3s -z) use o~
tob-7cco 9:--:;-~~ad fr=
7 can d--- t.--a--.
is a rez--cnaible trad;ng s=e 1~0
dif-'crenz cz--,ntries, 5 the canct-'CnS
laid ciz),m '-.azicnz In of w-4--*.-.
Rhodcsia. :--:.s ---ar 2.t 1.1as the cr-cZ:;
that one cZ our associate--; ccmnanies in
~-'ollan,4 ...-az us-in,.T
4
Rhodesian tobacco. cc.-d--c-ned an - igatcn as a
result
of this - carried out inda-::zn--'entlY by tile
Dut-c-- Goverrmnnt -
and our zo~all- 'I s:=:2rated Lnd all
c.-Ilegations
were found to be c=r.-j12tel-! -.-.,ithout
su'--z:~ance.
I.-rhich were the charities which your c!--mzany
contributed
E22,932?
In th--~ nina -onth per4- -eview, 80
charities =-zL=7 zrcm your czmpany. f'-p3p. in
c T-. Z i n a a c c n c r n 2 n ri r e c -a:: i o
r , i n -: 1,.: d i n a
training. as wzl- a~ sc---oncizic anc! :7---'-;cal
rn--s-~arch.
Thorc iS a -,:'11 3`0-.: You Y
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Q. can the ccm":,anv provide er.-Iderce that its
tobacco ad,,ertisira
1 ~rnn t::; ~-oke or
and promotions d~as not encourage c-,-
otherwise increase the size of tha tcz:al marka7:?
T suggest t'na-z Y=ur ccmpany'o advertising
Mere is no evidence to
eith3r encourag:2s childrcn or non-c:-.io~ers to
start smok-,ng,
or e-xisting smokors to s:7c;,:e moze. Our
a,4-:art4sing iz
directed solcly at e---~isting s7nz--,nr3 the
ob4.ect of
enccuraging them, q-uJt3 opani, -,to. our urz~nlz~
instead
of others. I,-7e n,,aver adverti-~e s-mo:cinc --'n
childran'S
magazines, and 11-e~?p out of ch-,.Ldr~~n's and
juven--'Ie orogra.-mes
wherever possible.
Can tlia conipany give an assura.7.ce t--=-: -its
advartising in
the U.K. will in fut-ure ::--2 n:--ovisions of the
voluntary codas of tobacco advertisin=?
We at ore--3nt as a :nLtt2r c f f -- c t . Pcrhacs
we can
discuzs thiz in (L~tail later. and zzn me
advertinenenz.s vou ta'.-,.a e~-C'2--S n to. e f I
we hav-z alwa-s o'--served codac- in all c
::-.~71--r-;eS in
we manufaczi;r-:~ our cigar3tzes. A n, e-- I' on 3
t o t'-
contrarv ar-a raa-'-Iy based on t-2 ccd~ and fcr
suc- d~ficicnci,~,z *aa ate no~:: co ncL
thin.-', Is anv ground fcr ncc,-,Z--n7 c-'" n::--
cc:n-jivinz.
it Ma., t--at 3?a .,:;u *..,-? can
- a
some ground and ccm-~ ~
-
W-hat crc=osals dces the com-,7ar.-.- so tha--
CZ2 "--Icuz cz=-2rciaI hErrz-',---
to ID--~D'2-c2a furt:12r let'a-
I hava s-7c':,~:n at othe-= Annual !7a7i-3ra- 7
t',--n,.
divcrzifyinj. ';e
on i. s
--h.2 mcmcnZ, rI--i:::.C*_~--~'-- -'.-' of tne
anc: fInanc-a-I .-:D ha,.-c
no pIanL -fcr th-iZ
snr-nmd of tn.-~
--ut an pr:~z---:n3 37:!n -7~-7 in any on-3
coi-nzrv.
Or C'-:r q::Cu~~ ~_r2
--raca
in an' Z~a'Ln-;, ~~r
-L - - - -.. _,U-: :n~;Z;7: or 0,1
:- - _ :-
2 oard -4T 2 zt i s no nn
our capa'Lilit-'ec. 7f A-- arelns
thams3lv--2s, %-:3 of cz~ur-z-~ ::-c:7,.
p-2rhI-,)3 vcu
cculd bring any you feel %-.-ouI-d ---a r-4g- ~ to
my azzention.
Q. Co-is t:ie ccninnny hav-n any plans to re--zain
emolov,-es in the
even= of a reducmion in :.- -
the d~Lmand for --c'--acco?
As far az retraining iz concerned, if tha
situation arises,
Yes, ObViOusly V.%n '.-/ill tz-'- e thiS very
S~-rlo-,:-=Iv- A-- nres-ant
loCk4~g a~- 4t in t-3 liCr*rt of Overall -.,--zld
trend3, this
does no-- loo'-- to ha::;pcn.
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Raving an-n.:-sred all t'-e qu-n-stions S-J::
D,!2relc then tha.:,-',ed
f:::: =:ninj and putzing al! tl-,-ze fair
=,estir-,ns.
and invitad h-':r to ma:za an-.r co=entz.
..r. Dau::,z:
"I regr2t 7 ca=ct find t',e an-,...,crs virially
sat-
of irffornmaz4cri rc~la::.Lnq
particularl, izzion to th-- p=
to /cur On aaverti.3ing, ez:c. .-ihera -i::
-;na,-,-
Vour zu'ro ~-n a-:?searc'- and t'.-e -armful
effects of TMO:t--n--.7 or 01-1 t'-Ic, voluntarv
coclas -:*.--a tobacco
manufac~:ur=:; have undarta:zsn to obsc::v%~. I
a-m 'noolng, however,
that as a cf thase c--.23tions and our discuss-4=3
vou
m i g a t. f -i n d i..;o r: ~ -. i I e t c) :-.,
o d -- r a t c s;-- rn o o f --'. i ~a c c; = -a -
-.!, , s,
anc! tD nrovidp t`ie oublic vj;.th ra~--a
inf=ation
on t-e involv---~d in smc--ing cigaretts-s.
a t t a n
a
h~2 -a-z
tn
and 's
L
c-,-:
,:"o
7 -.-. s at - -
7
G-- fz!~7 t`-7: t--.*-- z:
-7.
of).
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