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                      ~I~ OF 8~ TAC DiLEGmS
                        5th Qtcber 1967
          Resent :' Dr, R,E, Ihornton  (Research C~pit:ee;
                                       Chainan of Extra Mural Ccmai";tee)
                Ifr, M,J, leach        (Public Relations CEmnittee)
                Dc, R.R, Baker         (Research CcmnitEee deputyl
                                       Qlair~m of Cigarette Fire Safety Piorking Grcup)
                ~lr~ P,K, Shillabeer·(Tar, Nicotine and CO working Group IYI,G~])
                ~lr, E,B, Wilkes       (Tar, Nicotine and CO W,G;
                                       Statistics i,C,)
                R~ C,J, Proctor        (Other Anallc.es W,G,)
                Itr~ T,G, Mitchell,    (Ggriwltural Chemicals W,C;
                                       ad hoc Carmi;tee on ildditires)
                JLr, P,D, Case         (EnvirolM~nlai Tobacco Snake T~G,)

          A~·nt ; !Ir, H,F,D, D~ond    (Scientific Sub Canrd.ttee)
               Dr. G, S~nith           (Extra Mural CEmsittee)

          Cb!~stives of leetines

          i, To far~ilfarise all delegates with the s~bject rratter of r~e groups
            and co3littees~

          2, To discuss subjects which occur in rare than one worlrtng pwpl
            cc~n~t:ee,

          3, To unders'dnd/advfse on the BAT sSnce on prticular issles, so that
            are c~3rdinated views can be put fdnard,

          This was the first of what will he occasional meetings,
                  Lxt ~etig : Riday 20th ~dvec~r 1987
                                       1000 hrs
                                       Sherldan Rocn
          Sunrary of Jle~ti~

          i,  Stncc,ure and function of Ccmnittees ant Fiorliine Grouos

            David ~Ihorpe sits on the TAC Executive C~mnittee, anich co;lsiders the
            broad issues of policy.


                       Executive Ccm~tt~


                Lsearch Cannittee              Public Relations
                 ( CErm~tteee

          Scientific       ~tra Llural         voluntary EEC
          Sub Ccmnittees   Canrd~ttee          Ageemnt Cancer
          I                                    C#rmittee Initiative
                                           Grcup
            working Crops


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           Ihe Research Ccnmi::e advises the Executive CccrPnittee on strategies for
           research and its execution,

           mt Scian~tie 9ub Cnrm::a mxli$a the lork ed the Xoding GrmFI

           The Extra Uual Ccmnittee exa~nes grant applications and mzkes recarmend-
           ations on whether ro support or not,

           'Ihe Public Relatias Ccmni;:ee_i~) is involved aieh fwr Issues.

             (a) Shoking in the Irork place (PTIC has sent a report out to Personnel
                                         Directors of various cccrpanies)

             (b) Indoor air qcalit~      (dCIA survey of buildings shows only
                                         24 of problems are associated with ETS) ~

             (C) Tax ca~aign             (PRC is supplying video and booklet to
                                         Tobacco Alliance of Retailers)

             (d) Social acceptability    (Saatchi b Saatchi have been asked to
               of sroking                fornn~late proposals)

           'Ihe Voluntary Aprc~nents Ccmnittee is involved in ~nitoring the progress
           of the Voluntary d~eeaent and in discussions on sp3rk sponsoIship,

           The EEC Cancer Initiative CrouD is addressing proposals by the ~C on such
           thinks as bans on advertising and duty free sales,

           Tne Tar, h'icotine and CO IR,G, examines laboratalg of the C~ve~nt Chemist
           (LGC) data and assesses at~e:her there is any bias.

           Other Analytes Oi,G, ensures that analytical methodologies are correc-, for
           anallrties, and fRiT.~ out any discrepancies to the LCC, It is currently
           considering whether to monitor sidestream methods,

           The S~t~stical Pi.5, locks at the s~tistics in publications on s;roki3g and
           health,

           Agricultural Chaicsis r~6, now has an Inf3rrratisn exchange role on
           a$iculturar cbd~sls usage, particularly in the USd,

           Tne Ad Hoc Ccmnittee on Additives considers the use of various tobacco and
           paper additives in the Bi.

          The Cigarette Fire Safe~v YI,C, ass formed to formulate credible responses
          for TAC to mzke to the news media on cigarette-related fires, Tne R',C, is
          now keeping a watching brief on the progress of the Technical Camnittee in
          the US set up by Congress,

          The FIS W,G, was se: up to follow the Ferry study on m~nitoring ETS in
          varicxls sites in the OK~ 'Il;e Ferry study is now largely complete and
          proposals for further studies are currently being considered~


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           2,  B;,::inance of TAC

               B;1T~ provides 5~ of TAC's budget~ Total budget Is f100,000 for
               tr research projects (ilel a very sn~ll budget), In addition,
               B~:S provides some finance for the Independent Ccmaittee on STaZiag
               &'~i!lth, since its deliberations apply to countries other than 15i,
               R~L·e BaT funding is currently being considered by BATI~ Board,

           3,  F~


               ~lt;is Subject may be spread~ too thinly over too ~ny WGs and Ccmnittees~

               Gr,:ld TAC study on filterlnon-filter cigarettes (the Glderson study)
               cc~:dered passive sn3king and shown: a relative risk factor of about


               T~C ~Jbsequently decided to do the s~dy with Professor Perri, Imnitoring
               pa-:isulate Better, nicotine and a3 in a~I~ient alr'in n~my places, E~T
               sa: little value in this study, especially ~t~en Hezelton asked for a
               r35:,000 budget with no details su~aaitted, BAT did not give any money
               to ~e Ferry work, which was a poor study with poor coordination,

               B~ Ily fllp~rtt future s~dies on fiS, depending on their scientlic ~rit~
                                RPst~i:


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