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RET/JP/46J READING FILE Ist August, 1978
CIRCULATED
DR. GORDON MANGAN
(Department of Experimental Psychology,
Oxford University)
Dr. Gordon Mangan is joint author with Mr. J. Golding
of one of the more interesting papers in 'Smoking Behaviour:
Physiological and Psychological Influences". He did not
attend the Chelwood conference, Mr. Golding coming in his
place. As mentioned in an earlier note (Russell and Mills),
Mr. Golding, upon completing his D.Phil., is planning to
join Professor J.W. Thompson in the near future. Mangan and
Golding have been financed by the S.S.R.C. and are one of
the few groups (the only group?) known to have been financed
by the little-known M.R.C./S.S.R.C. Committee on Smoking,
implicitly criticised by the R.C.P. for lack of action in
"Smoking or Health" (the Committee Chairman is Professor
P. Venables, and the committee includes Dr. M.A.H. Russell).
I have been in touch with Mangan and Golding throughout the
summer in connection with their paper.
On 31.7.78, Dr. Mangan telephoned me to enquire about
financial support in two areas which, of necessity, are as
yet somewhat ill-defined. As I shall be on holiday shortly,
this note is being written before I have sight of a written
document from Dr. Mangan defining these two areas, but I
believe he had in mind:
(1) assistance in the publication of a 130-page
monograph which relates to smoking in young
people (see enclosed p.21 of "Smoking or Health')
(2) involvement in areas of behavioural/psychological
research similar to that described by Mangan and
Golding at Chelwood.
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Dr. Mangan was aware of the existence of T. R. C. and
asked how applications for funds were normally submitted.
I explained the present position with regard to T.R.C./T.A.C.,
and it was left that Dr. Mangan would write to me setting out
his requirements in more detail (but without any commitment),
and I would contact him if I thought there was any possibility
that T.A.C. or B.A.T might be interested in the proposals.
Mangan implied that S. S. R. C. were not particularly
interested in the publication of the monograph (did not like
the results?),' and I wonder if they may have lost interest
in his research because of the conclusions reached in his
studies (a copy of which is enclosed). Dr. Mangan's proposals
may, therefore, be of interest to those wishing to demonstrate
'benefits' of smoking.
Encs. 2
R. E. Thornton
Ist August, 1978
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