AUGUST 20, 1985 PROJECT EMN P H A S E I A. CONCEPT - NOT MARKETING ORIENTED - NO FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS B. THEIR DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEMS SURGEON GENERAL ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS C. DEFINITION TO INCLUDE RELATIVE VALUES OF SPECIFIC TOXIC COMPONENTS IN DIFFERENT SOURCES I.E. SOIL, AIR, WATER AND FOOD P.J. DUNN L.P4 BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -2- D. TOXIC AGENTS - GAS PHASE AND P.ARTICULATE MATTER IDENTIFICATION BY CATEGORY AND IDENTIFICATION OF SOURiE S.R. HASSEY E. EVOLUTION OF THE SMOKING AND HEALTH ISSUE MECHANISM OF MEDICAL METHODOLOGY MECHANISM OF THE AMES TEST BENCH MARKS OF EVOLUTION M. BILIMORIA F. EVOLUTION OF THE PRODUCT GROSS REDUCTION SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF SPECIFIC SMOKE COMPONENTS G. WHAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE AS A SAFER CIGARETTE LITERATURE REVIEW C. WARREN BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 R E V I E W 1 9 6 2 REPRESENTATION OF AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CHEST PHYSICIANS AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AMERICAN 14EDICAL ASSOCIATION TOBACCO INSTITUTE INC. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION PRESIDENTS OFFICE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MET WITH THE SURGEON GENERAL TO ESTA.BLISH THE WORK OF AN EXPERT COMMITTEE AND TO AGR.EE ON A LIST OF SOME 150 SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS QUALIFIED TO EVALUATE DATA ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOBACCO USE AND HEALTH. THE SURGEON GENERAL SELECTED 10 FROM THE LIST AND, THUS, THE SURGEON GENERAL'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON S140KING AND HEALTH WAS LAUNCHED AT ITS FIRST MEETING OF NOVEMBER 9, 1962. THE JUDGMENTS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE LED TO A SERIES OF CONCLUSIONS RELEASED IN 1964 IN THE 'REPORT OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ON SMOKING AND HEALTH.' THE COMMITTEE CONCLUDED: .CIGARETTE SMOKING IS A HEALTH HAZARD OF SUFFICIENT IMPORTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES TO WARRANT APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL ACTION.' -,j 4 h. U-4 --j 110 BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -2- 1 9 7 9 F I FTEE-N YEARS AFTER THE INITIAL 'SURGEON GENERAL'S EPORT' THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE : UBLISHED . SMOKING AND HEALTH A REPORT OF 'THE' SURGEON GENERAL' THIS REPORT IS A COMPENDIUM OF NEW DATA FROM MANY SOURCES INCLUDING THE OFFICE ON SMOKING Z HEALTH AND THEIR REPORT ON THE EXPERT PANEL CLASSIFICATION OF COMPOUNDS IN CIGARETTE SMOKE. Toxic and Carcinogenic Agents Compounds in cigarette smoke have been classified by an expert panel into: 1. Those judged most likely to contribute to the health hazards of smoking. (a) Carbon monoxide (gas phase). (b) Nicotine and "tar" (particulate phase). Z Those judged as probable contributors to the health hazards of smoking. (a) Gas phase: acrolein, hydrocyanic acid, nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide. (b) Particulate phase: cresols and phenol. 3. Those judged W suspected contributors to the health hazards of smoking. (a) Gas phase: acetaldehyde, acetone, acetonitrile, acrylonitrile, ammonia, benzene, 2-3 butadione. carbon dioxide, crotononitrile, ethylamine, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, methacrulein, meth- yl alcohol, and methylamine. (b) Particulate phase: butylamine, dimethylamine, DDT, endrin, furfural. hydroquinone, nickel compounds, pyridine. These compounds have been so designated not only because of their harmful actions but also because of their concentrations in tob smoke- Although other constituents are considered toxic, they are not present in concentrations deemed a health hazard A number of tumr initiators, cD-c=inogen3, and organ-specific carcinogens have been isolated and identified. The majority of co- carcinogens remain to be identified. The increased risk cigarette smokers have for cancer of the esophagus, kidney, and urinary bladder suggests the possibility that cigarette smoke contains unidentified organ-specific carcinogens besides the known trace amunt3 of carcinogenic aromatic and N-nitrosamines. SMOKING & HEALTH A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL INTRODUCTION & SUMMARY OFFICE ON SMOKING I HEALTH 1-30 BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -3- IN THE PREFACE TO THE 1979 'SURGEON GENERAL'S' REPORT, THE SURGEON GENERAL REFERS TO A 1966 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE REPORT THAT STATED: THE PREPONDERANCE OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT THE LOWER THE ,TAR' AND NICOTINE CONTENT OF CIGARETTE SMOKE, THE LESS HARMFUL WOULD BE THE EFFECT' PREFACE XII THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE DECISION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION TO BEGIN MEASURING THE 'TAR' AND NICOTINE YIELDS OF CIGARETTES AND TO PERMIT MANUFACTURERS TO BEGIN USING THIS INFORMATION IN THEIR ADVERTISING. THIS IN TURN TRIGGERED: CHANGES IN CIGARETTE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO REFINEMENT OF CIGARETTE FILTERS AND PAPER NEW TOBACCO STRAINS TO MENTION A FEW- THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO REDUCE THE 'TAR' AND NICOTINE OF CIGARETTE SMOKE. TH E IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES IS NOTED IN THE FOREWORD OF THE 1982 REPORT. 'THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING' A REPORT OF tHE SURGEON GENERAL Lower Tar Cigarettes This report also notes that smokers who use filtered or lower tar cigarettes have statistically lower death rates rrorn lung Cancer than do cigarette smokers who use nonfiltered or higher tar brands- This reduced risk was also noted for laryngeal cancer. However, cancer death rates ror smokers of lower tar cigarettes were still significantly higher than those noted ror nonsmokers. --J t--4 Edward N. Brandt. Jr-, M.D. Assistant Secretary for Health 1`4 110 --j BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 IN THE 1979 'SMOKING AND HEALTH A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL', JULIUS B. RICHMOND, M.D. STATES Adhering to this spirit of inquiry and re-cog-nizing the atagnitude of the public health problem, we must ask: What is 'our ctirrent knowledge about "appropriate remedial action?" What scientific, economic, and behavioral facts are important for the design of public policy toward cigarette smoking? What have we learned so far, and where do we go from here? To answer these questions, we must confront three central facts: Individuals vary in their health risks associated with cigai-eLte smoking. Individuals vary in their cigaretti- smoking behavior. The cigarette product itself is changing. vii PREFACE VII THE LAST SENTENCE 'THE CIGARETTE PRODUCT ITSELF IS CHANGING' LEADS TO THE THEME OF THIS PROJECT I.E. NOW DO WE DESIGN AND MANAGE FUTURE PRODUCT CHANGES? THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE PORTION OF THE "SMOKING AND HEALTH A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL' CONTAINS THEIR THOUGHTS RELATIVE TO PRODUCT CHAkGE. In this chapter we will consider the tobacco as a raw material, how it is made into cigarettes, the cigarette smoke generation process, the composition of cigarette smoke, physiological responses to ciga4tte :Moke, the pharmacology of nicotine as a component of cigarette moke, and efforts to define less hazardous cigarettes through cigarette smoke modification. Also, consideration will be given to the effects of smoke characteristics on smoking behavior and, therefore, on the dose inhaled by man and experimental animals. 14-9 THESE THOUGHTS WILL BE AMPLIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF THIS REORT. C7--) --4 co BATCo document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 28 October 1999 -5- A PARALLEL ACTIVITY IN THE FIELD OF SMOKING AND HEALTH WAS TAKING PLACE IN GREAT BRITAIN. 1 9 5 9 THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON SET UP A COMMITTEE TO: pREPORT ON THE QUESTION OF SMOKING AND ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION IN RELATION To CARCINOMA OF THE LUNG AND OTHER ILLNESSES' AND HAD DIFFICULTY IN WORKING WITH TWO VARIABLES SO THAT IN: 1 9 6 2 THE FIRST REPORT 'SMOKJNG AND HEALTH' WAS PUBLISHED. 9 7 1 THE SECOND REPORT BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON 'SMOKING AND HEALTH NOW' WAS PUBLISHED. CHAPTER 3 OF THAT REPORT 'THE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY OF TOBACCO SMOKE' IDENTIFIES THE SUBSTANCES OF MEDICAL IMPORTANCE AND GROUPS THEM INTO FOUR MAIN GROUPS. BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -6- a Known canctr-producing jubstances. Tlese are of two kinds: carcinogens or cancer initiators, which have been 3hbwa by themselves to induce cancer in experimental animals, and co-carcinogem or cancer promoters, which do not themselves produce cancer but accelerate its productioa by cancer iaitiator3. b Irritant Mttances. 'nese may stimulate secretion of mucus in the bronchial tubes and inhibit the action of the cilia" Uning them. Some of these irritants arc also co-carcinogens. c N-tcotine. This has a wide range of pharmacological actions oa tissues throughout the body, especially on the nervous system. d Carbon'manoxide and atlurgases. Carbon monoxide interferes with the blood's capacity to carry oxygen or with the use of oxygen in the tissues. T'here are other chemically active: gases, including oxides of nitrogen and hydrogen cyanide, the effects of which in the low concentrations occurring in tobacco smoke are uncextain. 36 SOWkins wd Health Now 1 9 7 7 THE THIRD REPORT BY. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON 'SMOKING OR HEALTH WAS PUBLISHED. BATCo document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 28 October 1999 -7- PAGES 25 AND 26 OF THIS REPORT CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING: uss Harmful Smoking Habits The tobacco manufacturers have been steadily reducing the tar and nicotine delivery of their cigarettes in recent years by changing the tobacco Je2f used, and by increasing the efficiency of filters. Forty years ago. one of the most pular cigarettes had tar and nicotine yields of 36 and 3 -3 mg respectiveFyo (3 0). If them figures were typical for that period, average yields were &1ready considered lower in 1965 when mgular analyses were started (Table 11). Since then. owing especially to the large r*itch from plain to rUter-tipped brands of cigarettes, there his been a further striking fill in the average amount of tar and nicotine to which British smokers expose themselves (Table 12). Table IJ Sal-weight.d A-rage Ta and Nicodne Y;cldj o( CiP-tt.3 Sold in the UX 196S to 1975 Yew Mi.. Tar Mean Nicotine YL-ld (m4) YzeLd (,,W) 1965 31.4 2.08 1967 26.0 1.92 1969 23.9 1.67 1971 21.3 1-51 1973 19.7 1.44 1975 17.9 1.33 Change 196S-7S -13.5 -0.73 % Change -43 - 3S Figuits suppLied by the TRC PACE 121, UNDER THE HEADING OF 'LESS HARMFUL SMOKING,' CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING: Reducing the harmfu.1 constituents of cigarette smoke. Since we do not know precisely which of the many hundreds of chernical compounds in the smoke, of cigarettes are responsible for cancers, bronchitis. emphysema. or damage to the heart and blood vessels, we cannot specify exactly what constituents in the smoke should be reduced to lessen the risk. But most smoldrig-related cancers are probably caused by carcinogenic substances in the Iar' fraction of the smoke, and it has been shown that A;nerican smokers who for at least ten years have smoked ordy filter-tipped cigar- ettes (which have a lower tar delivery than plain cigarettes) have their risk of getting lung cancer almost halved (46). A more recent, larger study indicates that the risk is reduced by only sorne 20 per cent (I 5a). U4 00 BATCo document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 28 October 1999 1 9 8 3 ar HEALTH OR SMOKING.- OF PHYSICIANS FOLLOW-UP REPORT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE CHAPTER THREE PAGE 23 TABLE 3.1. Ch-ps in EngLand and Wales male lung cancer death rates in early middk age wince tar deliveries have been reduced Ap at time Death rates per million men from c,ancers of of observation the respiratory tract, excluding ILrynx Men bom in about Men bom in about 1910. and observed 1930-1930. and Ratio in 1940-1960 observed in 1980 30-34 39- 13 0.3 35-39 98.. 45 0.5 40-" 253- 134 0-5 45-49 5971* 378* 0.6 High mean tw intake only in rust decade at so of smokLng history High mean tar intake throughout smoking history CHAPTER NINE PACE 87 L= dangerous fonm of smoking 7 97 Ownses in national lung cancer deaths As pointed out earlier (Figure 3.1) there has been an imporunt do~,. ward trend in lung cancer mortality in men or all ages in the United Kingdom. In women this trend has been men only in the youngest age groups. In seeking an explanation for them trends the influence of smoking habits 20-30 years earlier his been shown to be of paramount importance (the 'generaLion effect'). There is no obvious explanation for these falls in national lung cancer death rates other than the changes in the tar delivery of cigarettes. Cigarette consumption per head did not begin to fall in men until very recently (see Figure 11.2). If the fall in lung =ccr deaths is due to smoking lower taF/nicotine cigarettes. complete compensation for the lower nicotine by increasing total smoke intake cannot have been wide- spread. Declining air pollution is unlikely to have contributed much to this effect since air pollution appears to have little if any effect on lung cancer incidence 1131, and moreover similar decreases have been observed in unpolluted Finland (13 1. L14 CID (:D BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -9- CHAPTER FIVE OF 'HEALTH OR SMOKING' IS ENTITLED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SMOKING HAZARD' AND SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ARE BROUGHT INTO THE PICTURE. GENETIC PREDISPOSITION GENETIC FACTORS THAT MIGHT INFLUENCE SUSCEPTIBI.LITY TO SMOKING. D I E T FOR CANCER OF THE LUNG, THE EVIDENCE SO FAR AVAILABLE SUGGESTS THAT LOW INTAKE OF VITAMIN A INCREASES THE CHANCE THAT SMOKING WILL CAUSE THIS CANCER.. STUDIES TO SEE WHETHER INCREASING THE DIETARY INTAKE OF VITAMIN A CAN DECREASE THE CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ARE NOW UNDER WAY.' THESE TWO POINTS ARE INDICATIVE OF THE INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF LIFESTYLE, DIET, ENVIRONMENT, AND HEALTH. CIGARETTE SMOKING IS ONE FACTOR AND MUCH HAS BEEN DONE TO IDENTIFY TOXIC SMOKE COMPONENTS. INDUSTRY HAS REDUCED THE QUANTITY PER CIGARETTE THROUGH A 'TAR! REDUCTION PROGRAM. THE VALUE OF THIS CHANGE WAS IDENTIFIED EARLIER. CONTINUED GROSS REDUCTION OF 'TAR' TO &RING ABOUT REDUCTION OF TOXIC COMPONENTS MAY LEAD TO AN APPRECIABLE ALTERATION OF THE ORGANOLEPTIC PROFILE AND CONSEQUENTLY TO CONSUMER REJECTION. WHAT APPEARS TO BE A REASONABLE COURSE OF ACTION IS THE SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF SPECIFIC SMOKE COMPONENTS TO REDUCE THE SPECIFIC TOXICITY OF CIGARETTE SMOKE. LA C. WARREN SEPTEMBER 9, 1985 00 CD L.-4 BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 THERE HAVE BEEN EXPRESSIONS OF CONCERN BY LAWYERS THAT IF WE OVERTLY STATE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE TOXIC AGE4TS IN THE GAS PHASE AND PARTICULATE MATTER OF CIGARETTE SMOKE THAT WE ARE ADMITTING GUILT IN THE.SMOKING AND HEALTH CONTROVERSY. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY SO. THE PROGRESSION FROM TOXIC AGENT TO BIOLOGIC ACTIVITY IS DONE BY THE SURGEON GENERAL, WITH VARYING DEGREES OF CERTAINTY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE 1981 PUBLICATION 'THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING THE CHANGING CIGARETTE A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL' ON PAGE 24, "RESEARCH NEEDS ON LOW-YIELD CIGARETTES,' THERE IS A LIST OF RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS AMONG WHICH IS 0 Another research need is routine, frequent surveillance of current and future lower "tar" and nicotine cigarettes, for specific chemical constituents and biological activity. In addition to "tar," nicotine, and carbon monoxide yield. new types of cigarettes should be monitored regularly for delivery of other potentially harmful constituents, such as benzo(a]pyrene, phe- nols, catechols, nitrosamines, nitrogen oxides, volatile aldehydes, and radionuclides. More frequently updated ratings of "tar," nicotine, and carbon monoxide content would permit more accurate studies on the potential impact of cigarette oomponent3 on health. co BATCo document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 28 October 1999 -2- 1 T WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR US TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT JEBATE THE BIOLOGICAL AND HENCE MEDICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS, BUT TMAT --,WE ARE WORKING TOWARD REDUCING OR REMOVING THE TOXIC AGENTS, AND LET THE SURGEON GENERAL OR THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS DETERMINE WHATj IF ANY, ARE THE MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS. THIS, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE, E.G. WHEN THEY LINK REDUCED 'TAR' CONTENT OF CIGARETTE SMOKE AND DECLINING INCIDENCE OF LUNG CANCER. THE APPROACH THAT WE REMOVE THE TOXIC AGENTS IDENTIFIED BY OTHERS IS COMMON PRACTICE E.G. WHEN THE F.D.A. MAKES A JUDGMENT IN THE AREAS OF FOOD PHARMACEUTICAL BEVERAGE I.E. REMOVES SOME COMPONENT FROM THE G.R.A.S. LISTj THE RESPONSE IN INDUSTRY IS AUTOMATIC. WE COULD ASSUME THE SAME IMPLIED DIRECTIVE BY TAKING TABLE I AND TABLE 11 FROM THE 1981 SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT 'THE CHANGING CIGARETTE.' C::> Nj co BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 TABLE L-btajur tuxic sigenLa In the gas phaw of cigurette anoke (unaged)" Ag-L wtmtr US C-Vo D.WATI-Al- C I-Ma .1 Is C MTi.KbJ1.iU_ C 0.1-10 g 1.3 IkC Dwdyt.Liu--- C O~10 g LS g hr-pyrMidi- C Z-42 g 11 othw C a.-M C 2" C 22 C Vi.71 &W.,k C 1-16 .4 12 C T1 WS g ID C Cr. C.C 2D-20 pg 3D pg 816-g q-id. Cr, T ID-MQ pg 110 PC Aa.i_ Cr 25-140 pg 70 pg AM-W-h* Cr W1.4w og ODD pC )r-.C- ..id- (No.), T 10-M pq 350 PC A- T?- IDA50 pg 00 PC pp,&_ V- $45 pC 10 PC C.A.. Ki-k T 2-M at 17 ag ~~9~ ~Y Lim - wEb mum"= ft - WCkW awbanyL &W F=NNY v46Mk ddwUmLsd Wfm L.d -idl- 'C T1. -- iu--. C.C. .; CT. a. n. ft-,; d T. -.g-L -b", fft. b.ab, Is SEwh- fd bk"W US dg- b~ pH M -1 T1 ? DDAm(LJwAw T1 3-10 ag 8 g DQ...K.A*rwi_ T1 ? Dib .. T1 al 0.7 g py- C.C 50-w0 L '9 g Fla.-th- C.C SD-za ag 170 g 5--U.hJ1P-7k- c4c 10-0 g 30 Mg oLh. p.10.6- -1. 17~b_ -b- Wo Now-low C.C T 4.0th.k" GIC 1-10 PC G.C 0343 g OA .6 C.C Q005412 41 mg Othw ambw _p=0& C.C ? ? Ousebol C.C 40-M PC 3- A 4-Kthy~ C.C jig 32 PC 00- -&-b*6 (>4 wmp-UWO C.C ? U.k.- Ud i6 C.C 7 7 C 100.-250 g 250 C Oth. -6t5. U-- C ? ? ".phthyl-im DC " g a Ag ot- -,;. -i- 9C T ? UA__ it'. DC ? pw0ai-no C 0.03-13 pa Nidw W.PDU=6 C 13-aw ag I C.d.i.. C 9-10 .6 1 A-.k C 1-26 pg ? Ni.d. T 0.1-2.0 ot LA ag vi- Lb.0 T 0.0142 mg U me ph-W Cr M-we pg as pg -P--&) CT 10- L50 10 c d_... W.~ T1. U.- _t1._. C.C. ft - %_U w T. Uzk.g-L 'S - de..U. ta. dp b-CM Q. p_ MM souwa Wyd. .4 sdh- ('a^ C) __J c0 CZ) (ON BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -3- IN THIS CASE, WE WOULD USE ONLY THE 'AGENT' COLUMN SINCE THE 'BIOLOGIC ACTIVITY' BELOAGS TO THE SURGEON GENERAL. THE STATED OBJECTIVE COULD BE: CIGARETTE AND SMOKE, CHEMISTRY MODIFICATION C. WARREN SEPTEMBER 12, 1985 C=) --`j (-P4 -r-lz- - U-4 BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999