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THORNT BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 \B At' p~pHIYBICh~ TOBACCO COMPANY ~D Am~m~rd~e~kT I~a~otro~ Oqhn~ oma PO LI plll~nmsa Hone 20th Septenl~er, 1990 7 Mlbr~ LOPCOI la~P ~E Td~p~o*:o~su n;l ~la;a~~B~fTOBG FloiPal~o: 0141f~W ,, J,s, wisard Dr, P.J. ~ Dr, g, Ritterst~s ~~ E, Kwrh ~, C,P, de Sirpeira e~ R,RI ~ker r~ R,E. pyxrRcnJ I erclcseadraft aFlenJd ~~aa~ichIddb ~M fOr g czmnts ~ aner~rrts ~ P a"Y ~ t" I~ ~1 ea that ~~ud f~ker ~ ~ ~aPted ~ nnrlan~ntal Researc~~ Pmpi~R fcr 1991 d it L 4 IdF" ~I ke cdn egree ~ dcamnt, i ~~I i t·ealiws ~ r·~ present at ~ ~ i ~~· Iba prcF"1 fm settirq ~ ~~ r hcPe tO ~ply ~p~d~~gtih?, ~ ~ seconl daY of ~ rsetirr3 pit O~o~i~ tD ~gWt rCUT Ml keY D activities; a ~wld, oi mase,.k : Imkirq to ea ~t~a i~erac·iirrs vith ~ ~ Dg~ers ~ · take place ~ ~ teci~ral~ s~ld L ~are~ k p sal there m spreral strate31 issues ~ a riwd ~· resolve, d it is ~rtant~ ~ merber oJ~s to the ~etirg with a'ir 31 ~ $b, (We d td see b ~~d: On ~ i iil~ 033(trieS ~ it ~ he ~~ if p ~ prepa~8~ to talk cn that trpic. Firally, u ~y11l ~ ~ disass ~ rmtirui~ useh~lness tf a rnarp Tdesea~ Pm5ra~e ard it ~ ~ "U ·~th~mi~ to elicit ~ Pill Of p YI iB prepuati· 0 disoss vith other tOPiFs, 0 i if Yol)l3Ve ~'Y~bitio~ i ~ CLntMt · irmadiately, Icokinl feauard t3 seeinl Ycu in GerPar~, ~e~ a ~.p·iiWIB·hl* D~~Yb~L~PI BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 hwranw far Fesearct~ FDI~E~E j~~ October, 199P EE~a_l~L~h~S~ I.lo Intrrdrtia ard ~ li~ o~ prr~ess f, establishirq ~ P 1 9,00 Prc~sed 1991 ~ Prcgra~me 10,30 coiree a U.45 prcpmed l99i ~ Prolranm - ~~ u~a SLH Isay?s' Cd~dd~M ~ Qse WO lie ai Scienti~ Fesear~ Grag bCtiVI~, dp~pmalstldl B 16.30 Pr~ased basfs ~ rxdinl bi m· MH ~led~a~sP fPrcqress reviev oi cet~ally 1 AP~ed ~~· IhursjaY~ ~~ O;to~F RevieJ ol 81Q ~~ in CAC centre~ a 8,30 9,00 B~ICF 9.30 Sa~za auz lO.Oc 10,10 n 11,00 B~rCo. 11.30 Strate~LlielReauls~ Isn~~ MjitiYeJ~Pestic~ L1~ ~ 1 9 aEn~SPI: (~ reprewRaticn [~· ~ f0TceS) (b) cidestre~i~alns (C) T~itfPI P~P16~ 12,30 lurfi u,~ ~i~,~u avanicals ~~ a~l~m~l'ttee activities (e) ~-yb~dn ~ ~ activities (9 ~pki~)leVlcds task ~en~ activi~iL~ I BATCo document for legal Services : Health Canada 21 Yay 1999 15.00 ~eak 15.15 nf~irc"nt~ental Tobaom SoDke - Feviev of aaivicies anl p~7ress vithin V~ B9T [It~~ Wi 16lM1 ~D 0~di~ticn All Special~st Ysetinp I~B csftrp ~esearc~ Prograna! FridnY1 5th October Slm~ arO ~i~icm of ~eetirq, v~it to eedin factotu of BP~CE~ 18.9.90 BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 PRIORITIES FOR R&0 ~EI~;IECTS AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING THE e~MOSENSORY BASIS FOR MATCHINe TASTE ;o~D FOR DEVELOPING PRODUCTSWHICH GD'NSUMERS CONSIDER SUPERIOR TO .WAR1BOROI CHEMOSENSORY WORK TO REDUCE BITTERNESS AND IRRITATION. ASSOCIATED WORK TO UNDERSTANDING SII~O~KERS' BEHAVIOURI ~EII~E1OPMENT OF IMPROVED METHODS FOR B.UIND TESTING, I~E·V.ELOP CIGARETTES WITH REDUCED ~P~R:NIC~ RATIOS (10 PREPARE FOR E~X.PECTED REGULATORY TRENDS ANO TRENDS ~EN CONSUMER TASTES)~ .~1THOUGH ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ;t~RACTER~STICS WERE RATED OF LOWER INTEREST, A BIODEGRADABLE FILTER WAS CONSIDERED AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT. BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 ACTION THESE POINTS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE RPG FOR INCORPORATION IN THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME OR IN THE OPERATING COMPANY R&O pROGRAMMES AS APPROPRIATE, ADDITIONALLY, TSRT HAS ASKED FOR VIEWS ON: II EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR TECHNICAL I~AIfON WITHIN THE GROUP, 2. HOW INTERCHANGE OF INFORMATION CAN BE IMPROVED, AFlD 3~ HOW TO REDUCE WASTEFUL DUPLICATION OF #ORKI BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 IGNITION POtENTIALI ALTHOUGH CURRENTLY ONLY A US ISSUE, IS BELIEVED TO BE OF IMPORTANCE TO ALI COUNTRIES TN DUE COURSE, AND POSITIONS NEED TO BE PREPARED, ALTHOUGH 1OW SIDESTREAM IS NOf SEEN AS A POSITIVE MARKETING FEATURE, IT IT ESSENTIAL THAT THE GROUP REMAINS COMPETITIVE AND AHEAD OF PUBLIC OPINION, COMPANIES SHOULD HAVE A PLAN TO REDUCE SIDESTREAM BY SMALL MEASURABLE STEPS OVER TIME AND A PLAN is REQUESTED FOR EARLY 1991, BATCo document for legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS MEETING ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE IN RECENT YEARS: (A) WE HAVE RE-ESTABLISHED CENTRAL FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH1 FUNDED sv CAC COUNTRIES (8) IHE TSRT rS TAKING A HIGH LEVEL INTEREST IN ANDI INtZED IS SETTING STRATEGIES FOR, TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES, BOTH OF THE FRC AND OF THE R&D CENTRES OF THE OPERATING COMPANIES ~e) WE HAYE LOST WILLS AUSTRALIA AS A PARTICIPANT SINCE IT TS NOW PART OF BATCo~ BA'TCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 TURNING TO THE GENERAL ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY, (D) THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES ARE TAKING AN INCREASINGLY RESTRICTIVE STAND: EUROPE: DELIYERY CEILINGS ON tAR (1992 15 MG,, 1997 12 MG1) FORMULATION OF ADorrrvEs PoiIcv (INDfVIDUAl COUNTRIES ALREAtY HAVE POLICIES) ·MIDD1E EAST: DELIVERY CEILINGS ON TAR AND NICI - USA: KENNEDY BILL MDAK1EY BILL ADDITIVES MONITORING BATCo document for Legal Senriees : Health Canada 21 May 1999 · AVSTRALIA: MEDIA CAMPAIGN BY CONSUMER ASSOCIATION INFORMING PUBLIC OF TOBACCO ADDITIVES, PESTICIDES AND SMOKE COMPONENTS, · NEW ~EALAND: LEGISLATION REQUIRING LIMITS TO BE SET ON HARMFUL CONSTITUENTS (UNSPECIFTED) HAS BEEN PASSED, REGULATIONS TO TOLIOWI BATCo document for legal SerJices : Health Canada 21 May 1999 VARIOUS NEGl JERSEY CASES BEING REVIEWED BASED ON A DECISION THAT THE PRE-EMPTION ISSUE IS INYALIDI FINLAND - CASE AGAINST BAT AND OTHERS BASED ON LARYNGEAL CANCER, CANADA - Xrl AND RJR SUED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OVER CONStITU~IONAL RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THE ANTI-SMOKING BILL (RESULT EXPECTED IN LATE OCTOBER)~ AUSTRALIA . AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION OF CONSUMER ASSOCIATIONS SUED TosAcco INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA, CHALLENGING RIGHTS TO CLAIM THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IMPLICATING ETS, BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 (E) LITIGATION: ALTHOUGH GENERALLY THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CASES, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IMPORTANT FINDINGSI AND THE SITUATION COULD CHANGE RAPIDLY, CIPPALONE * CASE "IOST" WITH SMALL SETTLEMENT AND SUBSE6UENT1Y SUCCESSFULLY APPIA1ED~ HORTON - CASE nlOSTI · BUT WITH HO SETTLEMENT, BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 THE ATMS OF THIS MEETING ARE: (A) TO AGREE THE 1991 FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT, WITH MINOR ALTERATIONS, THIS MAY BE SUBMITTED TO THE TSRT OH 30TH NOVEMBERI (8) ASSUMING THE SAME TOTAL FRC EFFORT AS 1990, To AGREE RELATIVE EFFORT ON PROJECTS' (C) TO AGREE A REV'IEW AND UPDATING PROCESS FOR FRC PROGRAMME (D) TO REVIEW EXTERNAL CONTRACT WORK UNDER THE AEGIS OF SRG AND TO AGREE 1991 SRCr PROGRAMME BATClo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 :(E) ~10 MAKE ALL COMPANIES AWARE OF ;IEY ·R&0 DEVELOPMENTS IN .. :O'P;ERATING COMPANIES AND ENSURE .SIEPS ARE TAKEN TO TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY WHERE APPROPRIATE, (F) TO'' SEEK COMMON GROUP STRATEGIES IN REIATIO~ r0 R~~GULATORY ISSUESr 7 PARTICU1ARLY'AS THEY RELATE CO~RES~A , (e) rD EXAMINE MEANS OF IMPROVING TECHNICAL LIAISON BETWEEN COMPANIES, AND FOR Cb,-ORDINATING R&0 MATTERSI BATCo document far Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 Program me for Research Policy Group 3rd · 51h October, 1990 ;I. Germany 11111()1111111~1··(11111·11111((11 1 I1I·I)1 I·llllltl ·Illllltltl)llll·(l )11)11111··1111)11)1111 Wednesday, 3rd October 8.30 Introduction 8nd Aims FRC Reiew of process for establishing ppgr~nrm·malormndmicns ALH RRB 9,W Proposed 1991 FRC Prog~nme 10.30 Coffee 10.a5 ProposedlSSliRCProgFmroe·m~nuad RRB 12,30 Lunch PJD 14.W S&H Issues · Canadian Court Case 15.W Review of Sdsntific Research Group BF~iti85 8nd proposals for 1991 RE[ ALH 16~30 Funding by CACs. Mechanism for Pmg~ess review of RRB centrally funded prcleets ' c~ BATCo document for Legal Senrices : Health Canada 21 May 1999 Plogrammefor Research Policy Group 3rd · 5th October, 1990 Germany ,11~1·~~,1""""'·' Thursday, 41h October Review of major projects in CAC centres JSW a~s B&W ERIEK 9,00 BA~CF CPS 9.30 Souta Cruz 10.00 Ccbee RJO 10.30 nL A1S·l 11.03 BATCo 11,30 StrategiclRegulatory Issues Additives/Pestidder Policy in BAt Group RET CORESIA: Policy on (a) representatlcn ~~ task fdrcas) (b) Sidestreamlm (c) Ignition Propensity 12.30 lunch 14.W (d) AgricuZu~ Chemids A~saly Committee achiities (e) Rokyslnaun task farce scb;i~ies (1) Smoking Ma~ods task farce achirities 15.00 Break 15,15 Environmental Tobacco Smoke· Review of add~es and progress ucih~inthe8AiGroup All l6,00 R&0 C~crdinalion Specialist Meetings ARE Group Research Programme BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 Pi~gramme for Research Policy Group 3td · 5th October, 1990 Germany ~·~111 ~""·""""' Illlllll·llt)~lll)l)1111111~1·111111·1·11111111))111·1)11111·1)11111·111 Friday, 51h october Summary and Conclusions oi Meeting, Visit to Beriin factsfy of BATCF, a a r '3 .,..,.,.. ~D O O BATCo document for legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 -I r o IF~ BATCo document for Legal Senrices : Health Canada 21 May 1999 ITL R ~ D ACTIVITIES - ly90 a PRCJ~CT QUIVER ( PC1X c F~~CES~ ~T~GIE~ - LAMINA DRYING I S1~S a PROJECT DAY ~ PROJECT VISA BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES CA\i - TOBACCO COMBUSTION CIGARETTE WITH IOW BIO1OGICAl ACTIVITY ~ REDUCED DELIVERIES OF CO, VAPOUR PtlASE AND SIOESTREAM SMOKE, VI~A - REDUCED SIDESTREAM CIGARETTE, ~M~K~i~:~ ~EHB\JI~~~ - RECORDING ~ DUPLICATION OF HUMAN SMOKING PATTERNS, GI~LCI~~~AL RESEARCH - AMES TESTING, - ENZYME 6 M~CROBIAl TREATMENT DF TOBACCO, ~~ALYTi~AL METHOC' DEVEL~~KENT - METHODS FOR DAY, - NON ROUTINE ANALYSES, BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 DAY OeJECTIYE I~ A TOBCCCD CUMBUSTION CIGARETTE ~ITH. - SVBS~AN~IAL REDUCTION IN SPECIFIC BIOLOFICAL ACTIVITY OF CONDENSATE eRQ~e m~ Knnn, ~aas B~A. - REOUCEO CO ~ VAPOUR PHASE, - REDUCED SIOESTREAM, - AOEOUATE HICOTIHE, - ACCEPTABLE TASTE 6 FLAVOUR, BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 #ay 1999 DAY (REDUCTION OF CONDENSATE ACTIVITY 6Y F40TEIN ANC FOLYPHENOL REMOVAL FROM C~T TOBACCO. - PROTEIN REMOVAL BY SDS, COMMERCIAL PROTEASES OR NATIVE TOBACCO YEASTS USING A 125 LITRE FERMENTER. - POLYPHENOL REMOVAL 8Y PVPP DR YEASTS, - TOBACCO EXTRACT CONCENTRATIDN, - TOBACCO DRYING, ,IMPROVING SMOKING DUALITY OF TOBACCO SHEET BY CHANGES I~ FORMULATION, BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 DAY ,CIGARETTS DESIGNS TO REDUCE CO ANC~ VBFCluR PHASE. - RATIO FILTERS. - PAPER BURN ADDITIVE REDUCTION. - ENHANCED DIFFUSION. BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 VISA UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS 13 ELIMINATE ~FF T~ST_ HAVE I~I~LUDE~ 6LEVC CH~~~~E~; T39ACCC FLAVO1!RS, P,ME1IORANTS: 121li iEVEL~ ~F MENTHOL Ofi SPEARMINT. - WORK IS CONTINUING TO ELIMINATE THESE PROBLEMS IN COOPERATION WITH PAPER SUPPLIERS BY USING ACID TREATED PAPERS (ECUSTA), ALTERNATIVE INORGANIC SALTS (DE MAUDUIT] AND C,A./POLYPROPYLENE FILTERS LOADED WITH FIC TOBACCO EXTRACT (KIMBERLY-CLARK) ~ BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 VISA jICESiREd~ HEO~CTION 61; - REDUCED TOBACCO WEIGHT, - SPECIALTY PAPERS, F4F-ERS F'10v ECUSTb, OE ~c~lll:T ~ KI~~E~LY-C!~~K J~GER ~ivIE~ - MOST PAPERS SUCCESSFULLY REDUCE VISIBLE S/S (25-752) - PROBLEMS OCCUR WITH M/S TASTE, MIS CO, ASH STABILITY OR BURN RATE. BATCo document ~~ Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 SMOKING BEHAVIOUR RECORDING ~ OU~LICATION OF HUMb~ PROFILES WITH: - CIGARETTES DF DIFFERENT TAR/NICOTINE RATIOS, - CIGARETTES WITH ADDED NICOTINE CITRATE. ALVEOLAR CO MEASUREMENTS: - NICOTINE ENHANCED CIGARETTES, - RATIO FT1TERS· BATCo document for Legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999 BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH e BIV1ES TEST - ANALYSIS OF TREATED/RECONSTITUTEO TOBACCD MATERIAL FROM PROJECT DAY, e ENZYMES - TOBACCO TREATMENT TO REMOVE PROTEIN, ( YEASTS - USE OF TOBACCO YEASTS TO REMOVE PROTEIN AND POLYPHENOLS, - TO IMPROVE FLAVOUR? o" BATCa document for legal Services : Health Canada 21 May 1999