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am@iw mathods
ftogress continues tajards the adoption by 330 of the revised st@d
aWlicable to an cigarettes including those with Actrcn filters. 7he
charges will be embodied in a set of revisicna utdch are r9oanowzled by a
coresta Task Force seeking harmonsation of testing methods. currenItly,
voting en the draft staniard is taking place. DiffiCulties With R J PAVV1&
over the mi;nimum tar level appear to have been resolved an the basis that the
wcp@tal ramats can be wqxvssed in different ways in different
countries, e.g. depeodeint en %hetber thus is one cwezral laboratmy (as in
the U.S.A.) or a MXbW of laboratories (a Possible situation in the E.C.).
Within the BAT Group two ban been some practical problems associated with
the introduction of the revised methods e.g. in BkT Benelux, bit t1wee have
raw been resolved.
Additives/Oonstituffft Qf Tbbacco SIND)w
within the BAT Group the completion of the Cwft-al Additives Register is
being atterded to with urgary in view of the increasirq interest being sho@m
by Regulatory Authorities in Uvis area. 2h* current position of the cwtral
Additives Register is Ai sommed in a separate note. Mu pceiticn within the
E.C. on tab&= acIditives is WC14ar Mcapt that intelligence suggests that
both German and U.K. Regulatory bodies wmdd like to mm their vims imposed
on t1w E. C. 'lb this end a BhT initiative, developed from the German list of
additives, is being prepared as a basis for a possible approach to the E.c.
In Australia reoentlY & MJCr Consumer's association began a media campaign
to inform the public about tcba= additives, pesticide residues and chazical
constituents of tctm= MDOM. In advertisements and television programmes
attention was drarwn to the fact that tobacco smoke corftins chmicals that
are also present in e.g. paift sfttVm, rocket tual, =thballs etc.
Concern was &3= expressed about uhat was being added to tcb&= smoke in the
form of additives dwing processing and pesticide residues. An a nmat of
this activity, the Minister of Health has written a letter to tcbm=
Ones requestiM disc]oaurs of &&Utives (nane, we and aniount) and
agricultural chemicals. The ir@ is seeking a meting with the Miniatar
to impress upon him the confidentiality of this-informtIon and to reassura
him about the irdustry-s use of additives in the kntralian market.
in Nw Zealand, legislation Viich has Just 1 a-, Passed requires manufac,
to cbserve lWts for numpful ronatituients" in tdm=. Altwugh it is Mt
clear from legislation idat is meant, by MhArmful =,stituentsm, it is
believed to include additives. Again, pressure gx=ps am demanding t.1-At
these "harmful I ituentsw should also be 1 4 xted an packs -or an piack
inserts.
scientific Research
I .Gwwtics
2we has been considerable I Paucity given to papers claiming to
have establish a genetically determined faftar uhich predisposes to
lung =Car. AS yet the Original scientific publJ=ticns are not
available so that detailed CommIts own* be made, but as BNT fundis r1%3
Original research in this area otpart. cpinion an the significance of this C>
work will be available.
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Milst many scientists continue to promIgate the view that rdootine is
an addictive drug on a par with harom and cocaine, other w4ert4sts are
trying to piat nicatine into the same category as caffeine: i.e. it is
rot a drug of abuse. 7he latter sciw*4zts cmxxw*rate on pAting
forward the benefits of nioatins i.e. impmved attention, --menh-t-
and Perform- m, relief of strew. A number of scim*ific ccnferenom
have bow hold on the subject ofmicotine over the past 22 =*be (irl
Fliorunme, Sweden and Hamburg) where such view have been presented.
is ftvdin; research in this area in the UK (Professor i. Hinamerch,
Profess=-J.A. Gray) and Canads (Dr. V. 1hott). Considerable mdia
attentim has been given to the work of Ptatbamor GM and his colleagues
q mm, t'-- that nicatira can impose* somme of the wymptoms of Alzheimarts
disease.
mWironmental Tobacco Smoke
iegislation bwr&q mmking in public places and the waftlace contImm to
be Introduced in mmW couritries around the world, including Nw Zealand,
Chile and Guatmala. Irdustry strategy currently concetitmtem an pre-ampting
= as an issue where it has root yet arisen by focussing attm*4on on indoor
and outdoor pollution concerns; and berm better prepared to banne the issue
with media wd govetyamit when it is raised by carrying cut local research on
local levels of =5 constitawft/other dumicals in Lee= air W4 the
external enviromwit, and identifying local scientists to be trained as
experts in the field. Ore such Ipm gz P mar D, to actdeve the" ai=, is already
in place in the Far East (supported by BkTOq/B&W, R4, MR & Japan Ticb&ooo)
and another is proposed for latin America.
Following the circulation to operating companies of a strategy d=ngnt and
supporting pkJage entitled "ETS: IxprmiM 'The Quality of Public Debate", a
1 detailed pac-toge of strategies and supporting materials is berm
prepared. The request for this came from Wm. operating coupanies in the
Far Mist and the padage will deal with the following subjects:
- Smoking in public pl
- Smokijq in the workplace.
- Mmking aboard airmmft.
- Sb@ in public transport.
- Scientific aspects of ETS.
- HOW to pte-empt the MS issue.
Inloor air quality.
- How to respond to legislation en ErS.
The package &'-=ad be available by the ard of October.
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