~a~ ~0 AUGUST 20, 1985 PROJECT EMN P H A S E I A. CONCEPT - NOT MARKETING ORJEN7ED - 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 BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -2- D. TOXIC AGENTS - 6AS PHASE AND PARTICULATE MATTER IDENTIFICATION By CATEGORY AND. IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE 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 6. 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 MEDICAL 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 S014E 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 SMOKING 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 SMOKI NG IS A HEALT"HAZARD OF SUFFICIENT IMPORTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES TO WARRANT APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL ACTION.' c::) BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -2- 9 7 9 FIFTEE-N YEARS AFTER THE INITIAL 'SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT' THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE PUBLISHED a 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 & 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). 2. 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. S. Those judged as suspected contributors to the health hazards of smoking. (a) Gas phase: acetaldehyde, acetone, acetenitrile. acrylonitrile, ammonia, benzene, 2-3 butadione, carbon dioxide, crotononitrile, ethylamine, formaldehyde, hydrogen sulfide, metbacrolein, meth- yl alcohol, and methylamine. (b) Particulate phase: butylamine, dimethylamine, DDT, endrin, furfural, hydroquinone, nickel compounds, pyridine. These cornpound3 have been so designated not only because of their harrrLful 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 tumor initiators, co-carcinogens, and organ-speaic carcinogens have been isolated and identified. The majority of Co.- carcinogens remain to be identified. The increased risk ci1rAmtte smokers have for cancer of the esophagus, kidney, and urinary bladder suggests the possibility that cigarette smoke contains unidentified organ-5pecific carcinogens besides the known trace arnounta of carcinogenic aromatic and N-nitrosamines. SMOKING Z HEALTH A REPORT OF THE SURGEON GENERAL INTRODUCTION 9 SUMMARY OFFICE ON SMOKING & 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 STATEDII 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 9 PREFACE XII THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY THE DECISION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE C014MISSION 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 MEN TOBACCO STRAINS TO MENTION A FEW. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO REDUCE THE 'TAR' AND NICOTINE OF CIGARETTE SMOKE. THE IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES IS NOTED IN THE FOREWORD OF THE 1982 REPORT. 'THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING' A REPORT OF, THF SURGEON GENERAL Lower Tar Cigarettes This report also notes that smokers who use filtered or lower tar cigarettes have statistically lower death rates from lung cancer than do cigarette smokers who use nonfiltered or higher tar brands. This reduced risk was also noted ror laryngeal cancer. However, cancer death rates for smokem or lower tar cigarettes were still significantly higher than those noted for nonsmokem. Edward N. Brandt. Jr.. M.D. Assistant Secretary for Health (-n CD ~_n BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -4- 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 rewg-nizing the magnitude of the public health problem, we must ask: What is our current 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 cigarette smoking. Individuals vary in their cigarette- smoking behavior. The cigarette product itself is changing. vii PREFACE VIJ T14E 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 sill consider the tobacco as a raw material, how it is made into cigarettes, the cigarette smoke generation proce-'s, the composition of cigarette smoke, physiological responses to cigarette smoke, the pharmacology of nicotine as a component of cigarette smoke, and efforts to define less hazardous cig-drettes 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 ex&rimental animals. 14-9 THESE THOUGHTS WILL BE AMPLIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF THIS REORT. C:D C-7:> tl-n c0 BATCO document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 28 October 1999 PAGES 25 AMP 26 OF THIS REPORT CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING: Less Harmful Smoking Habits The tobacco manufacturers have been steadily reducing the tat and nicotine delivery of their cigarettes in recent years by changing the tobacco leaf used. and by increasing the efficiency of filters. Forty years ago. one of the most popular cigarettes had far and nicotine yields of 36 and 3.3 rns respectively (30). If these figures were typical for that period. average yields were skeady considered lower in 1965 when regular analyses were started (Table 11). Since then, owing especially to the large rwitch from plain to r0ter-tipped brands of cigarettes, them has been a further striking fall in the average amount of tar and nicotine to which British smokers expose themselves (Table 12). Table 1.2 Saks-weigh ted Avenge Tar and Nicotine Yields of Cigan ties Sold in the UK I %S to 197S raw Mean Tar Afean Nicotine Yield (nW Yield (OW) 1965 31.4 2.08 1967 26.0 1.92 1969 23.9 1.67 1971 21.3 I.S1 1973 18.7 1.44 1975 17.9 1.3S Change 1965-75 -13.5 -0.73 % Change -43 -35 Figures supplied by the TRC PAGE 121, UNDER THE HEADING OF 'LESS HARMFUL SMOKING,' CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING; Iteducing the hamful constituents of cigarette smoke. Since we do not know precisely which of the many hundreds of chemical compounds in ithe smoke of cigirettes 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 smoking-Telated cancer% are probably caused by carcinogenic substances in the 'tar' fraction of the smoke, and it has been shown that American smokers who for at least ten years have smoked only filter-tipped cigar. ettes (which lave a lower tar delivery than plain cigarettes) have their dsk of getting lung cancer almost halved (46). A mote recent, larger study indicates that the tisk is reduced by only sortie 20 per cent (I 5s). BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 a HEALTH OR SMOKING.'a FOLLOW-UP REPORT OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS CHAPTER THREE PAGE 23 TABLE ).I. Changes in England and Wales male lunS cancer death rates in early middle age since tar deliveries have been reduced Age at time Death rates pet million men from cancers, of ofobservation the respiratory tract. excluding larynx Men born in about Men born in about 1910, and observed 1930-1950, and Ratio In 1940-1960 observed in 1980 30-34 39.. 13 0.3 33-39 98.. 45 0.3 40-44 253- 134 0.5 4"9 597** 379, 0.6 High mean tar intake ordy in first decade or so of smoking history High mean tar intake throughout smoking history CHAPTER NINE PAGE 87 Len dangerous lonns ofamoking? 87 0 urnzes in national lung cancer deaths As pointed out earlier (Figure 3.1) there has been an important down- ward trend in lung cancer mortality in men or all ages fin the United Kingdom. In women this trend has been seen only in the youngest age groups. In seeking an explanation for these trends the influence of smoking habits 20-30 years earlier has been shown to be of paramount importance (the 'generation effect'). There is no obvious explanation for these falls in national lung cancer death rates other than the changes in the tar delivery or cigarettes. Cigarette consumption per head did not begin to fall in men until very recently (see Figure 11.2). If the IaU in lung cancer deaths is due to smoking lower tar/nicotine cigarettes, complete compensation for the lower nicotine by increasing total smoke intake cannot have becn 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 simday decreases have been observed in unpolluted Finland 1131. C:) QYI c::) C~0 BATCO document for Province of BritiSh Columbia 28 October 1999 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 SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SMOKING. DIET 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 DONE TO IDENTIFY TOXIC SMOKE COMPONENTS. REDUCED THE QUANTITY PER CIGARETTE THROUGH A PROGRAM. THE VALUE OF THIS CHANGE WAS IDENT~IFIED MUCH HAS BEEN INDUSTRY HAS 'TAR' REDUCTION EARLIER. CONTINUED GROSS REDUCTION OF 'TAR' TO BRING 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. Cx) C. WARREN SEPTEMBER 9. 1985 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 AGENTS 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 C16ARETTE 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, ne%v 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 components on health. ~Jn BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 -2- IT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR US TO SAY THAT WE DO NOT DEBATE THE BIOLOGICAL AND HENCE MEDICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE SPECIFIC CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS, BUT THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD REDUCING OR REMOVING THE TOXIC AGENTSo AND LET THE SURGEON GENERAL OR THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS DETERMINE WHATo IF ANY, ARE THE MEDICAL IMPLICATIONS. THIS, THEY HAVE ALREADY DONEo 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. LIST, 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 OTHE CHANGING CIGARETTE.' C=) BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999 TABLE I.-b1mjePr toxic ajo-tits In the sas Phaw of elgarette smoke (unaged)* Biologic Coceotrabowcip"tte Agat wd,itr R-P Ua reported dg%?tVA9` Di-thyl.itr-ine C I-no 06 IS All Ll.byl-thyloil,rco.m. C 0.1-10 ag IJ aff Di,thyl.itm-usize C me IS as Nitroeopyrrolidime C It 11 g OLh.r Diu-.,!- C ag (4 coo,pubclo) Hydmd. C 24-0 og g Vie,Y1 chloride C 1-16 .8 12 g U,.U- TI 10-416 g 90 Ng Fw.W&by& CT, C40C 2D-90 pff 3D ps Bydroge. ey-We M. T WMD pg 210 Pff Acrolein CT 25-140 pg 70 pg A.LW&byde Cr 19- 1.400 PC Sao og Nitrogen oid" (NO.~ T 10-ft pg SW Pg Ammonis TV IOL-150 Pg OD Pg pl~ TV " PC 10 PC Carka amoxWc T " mg 17 mg -CW-u- q W_ _&_ .6 -6 i&W cerbo"L od pa"I hlori-wl .W Ww..kr- -C denow. TI. %.- Witiwr; C.C. Cr. clliwie moet: W T. t..k agost. -IS - dg-ne eith-t AJU, dp. b.At - the p.. ." 078-IM -MG. >06% NO; - NO. MK ..k 1. _.k. of hkodw Us dpretu. b- pH M -Puo&) TI I ? Dibc.goj).~ TI 3-10g I as Dibeos(~.b*ri&m TI I ? Dibee.o[c&)w~ TI 0.7W 0.146 c4 c 50-we cc 150 ag then* C.C W250 me 170 39 B.osoczAik-71.6. C.C so as Other polpocksr womode byd- cubow (>10 campov.&) c4c X.PhUSLI.Dow C-C 1-10 PC 9 Pff 1.11*07H.&IN coc 0.3-0.9 pg 03 Pg S-Mothlicubuoks C40C 0-0W" pg ILI Fg Other neubvi eompou.& C4cC ? I C.techol coac 40-~ pC PC 3- A "ethylexteebols coc "rg a F4 Other caleebols (>4 ampwn&) w T Uaknown phemb and m6& coc ? W-Nitronownicodw C 100450 eg 250 mg Othw wo,olatile C ? T 0-NaothyWaift DC 6-26 of a at Other arocati. ..w Dc I Unk...8 BUM cmpwm& Bc r P.lonivwno C 0.03-13 pCI Nickel compm.& C 10400 ag C.dwium w"D& C 940 a# A-.iL C 1-20 pg Nlootim T MI-10 wc 1.5 tog Mina tobem Wkski& T 0.01-0.2 wS 0.1 tog ph-1 CT 10-2w PC U PC Crewle (I compouada) Cr to,450 Pg TO PC 4h. I I-Pl." " Ic donewe cordsoven. M wame, -%ee. Tt. "'ooe, leltle6w. car. w-oloollow Cr. du ?Ad. Meet; aw T. Sed..P.L b IS " d4oreet. wilb.4 filter dp be"bt . tW W -6a IM IM IOURM. wrd..w sdr"_(jj4 BATCo document for Province of l3ritiSh Columbia 28 October 1999 -3- IN THIS CASE,, WE WOULD USE ONLY TNE 'AGENT' COLUMN SINCE THE 'BIOLOGIC ACTIVITY' BELONGS TO THE SURGEON GENERAL. THE STATED OBJECTIVE COULD BE: CIGARETTE AND SMOKE, CHEMISTRY MODIFICATION C. WARREN SEPTEMBER 12, 1985 co BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 28 October 1999