B.A.T.: R. F_ -1).
October24 to 27 1967.
Present: Dr. S. 1. Green
Sir Charles Ellis
Dr. D. G. ":`elton
Dr. R. 3. Grif"ith
Mr. L. C. Laporte
Dr. R. A. San.-ord
Dr. F. Seehofer
Mr. H. 1Z. Sottorf
Mr. R. S. Wade
Conclusion and Reco-nmendStlons
The main conclusions are as follows:
1. Company sc,.entists should be fully involved in
the
4'ormulation of company policy in the field of
smoking
and health.
2. Smoking is now irrevers4.bly associated with
health.
More legislat',on and governmental control can be
expected.
3. Lessons can be learnt from the Strickman affair
applicable over a wide range of activity.
4. Some attempt hould be made to establish the
optimal
levels of nicotine for smokers, to develop low
T.?..M.
norma I nicotine cigarettes. low T. P. M. low
nicotine
- cigarettes, predominantly health-orientated
cigarettes
and to consider more radical approaches to smoking
devices and non-inhalable cigarettes.
5. Montreal and Har.-Narg will seek approval to
develop
a cigarette made predominantly of locally produced
reconstituted tobacco.
6. Southampton will develop a cigarette
incorporating
all factors considered o. importance in bio-assay
and
aim to have It tested biologically.
7. Biotesting of Company products should be
limited to
products believed to be completely developed to a
viable saleable proposition.
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8. Tha Companies of the Group are generally weak
and ,uln--rable in the development. of
conventional
ci-garetzes. We should examine the application of
sc*e.-.t;"ic work to these prob
ler-s. The closest
wor'king relationships with thiose employed in
marketing
shculd be established.
9. Knowledge of the technical details of how
people
smoke could be of great value.
10. "'he attention of microbiologists within the
Group
should be drawn to the possibility of the
necessity
for microbiological production control.
11. The 100 mm. cigarette is probably in entirely
the
wrong direction. It could, hourever, provide an
opportun.-ty to introduce extra long filters.
12. 1: was concluded that -memberS had found t'~e
conference
useful although the criticism was ex-aressed that
there
had been 4nsufficient detailed co-ordination o.'
work
programmes.
13. There should be further conferences of this
nature and
the majority present thought that the next meeting
should he within the next six or seven months.
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o4 l Con'erence
Dr. Green outlined the objectives of the
conference
as follows:
a) To -- :---mne the research and deve'opment
act"f".7 relevant to the Companies of the
Group.
b) To 4--ent.-y the main assumptions implicit
in present activities.
c) To identify the main objectives of research
=nd development and to recommend any
des.,.-able changes in objectives or procedure.
I
He pointed out that the objectives were very broad
and should be cors-,rued to include other research
centres such
as Harrogate. Although additional topics could
arise .-ro:n time
to time, two major themes had been isolated,
namely smoking
and health and product development.
2. The -,.zetng approved the agenda structure,
after a
short discusslon.
3. Assurnotions
Considerable discussion took place on the
assumptions
made by R. & D. sc,.ent!sts and these were listed
without any
attempt to justify them or to agree on their
correctness at this
time.
as:
Of the assumptions listed, the main ones were
identified
a) Research can be pro,fitable.
b) -,here is a rnininum necessary level of
nicotine.
Smoking is a habit attributable to nicotine.
T'-e form of nicotine affects the rate of
absorption
by the smoker.
c) Smoking and health problems are susceptible
to a research solution.
d) If there is no inhaling, there is no lung
cancer
or respiratory disease.
e) Smokcing has both physiological and
psychological
e I-ects.
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V.-lere w4ll be more government involvement in
the tobacco 1nc-:us:ry in the .-uture.
g) Company nc:-.-:nr=--:ical scient-,its are
capable
of making ;udgements on health matters.
h) Salecnve f,".1trZt1tor of non-voiztile
nmaterlals
is poss-.1ble (4 . e. , aerosol part~.cles are
chernically
inho-nogeneous)
i) Smoking and health matters cannot be entirely
handled by legal and political moves.
4. The Presen: -----tr3n:nznt
A number o~ factors were listed as being those
a.-fecting
R. & D. activity but over w`ic'- we Iave little or
no control.
The nalor ones were as follows:
a) Le~-21 1!nr~ nras-:ures
T*-e meeting heard surn:narLes of the American,
Canadian and German posit-,ons and were unanirrous
in re-=c'-.;ng the conclusion that the technical
position on smoking and health is becomirg
increzs,ngly complex and that the companies'
scientists should be fully involved in the
-or:-ula-
tion of comp-any policy in the ~-ield of smoking
and
health.
Sir Cl~arles said that in his opinion, the
Industry
should attempt to seize the initiative by some
pocitive action. A number of suggestions wera
considered and it was felt generally that some
attempt should be made at the appropriate ti.-.Ie
to br-ing together the industry scientists in the
U.S. in order to explore possible action in this
field. Dr. cited examples of the U.K.
and especial.ly Germany.
It was also agreed that company scientists can
provide a positive approach in contacts with
public authorities.
It was agreed that smoking is likely .:) be
associated w-th health continuously in the
future and that it was not a passing phase.
It was likely, moreover, that tobacco would
be nvolved in legislation of a food and drug
administration nature in respect both o.- product
and Of manu-acture. The German situation
regarding pestic4de on tobacco is indicative
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o-7 *,h-.s Zrond althoc;.- tob~-cao in Ger-nany
alrezdy cc-nes under t~e food laws.
4.-e maecing d,.Zc-4ssed Ar-cel's smokirg
rnater-
.a I S and Tmpen.Z' Devellopments.
-he po~ilt-on may be rencnec within a year
or so where Celanese Corporation of America
may a:tempt to exert pressure through the
pu'-lic authorities to get their product
I
;ncoroorated into cigarettes. In this
connection, 4t was corsidered that the
present arrangements were satisfactory.
The present arrangement is that B.A.T.
(MiMank) are in touch wit.'-, Ancel ard
a relacionship which 's 'war-n' 'out
limited to supplier and possible consumer.
R. & D.r-. are testing S~-,! materials, and
Amcel undertake to keep us .-ully Informed
and rot to disclose publicly without prior
cons-, Ita tion. 1-1-iere were reports that
A.-rical
'---d recently made a "tec-nological break-
through", and if this were the case, both
Germany and Canada wished to receive
samples through Millbank when these become
available. Germany would also I.,ke a small
quantity of the current product.
In the case of Im-jerial Developments the
problems of communication were clarifted.
Because of the A.M. & F. license to I.T.Co.
(G.B. & I.). Dr. Green undertook to get further
claril"ication with respect to the provtisior. of
inforniation to Bristol of new developments on
?CL in Canada and Americz.
c) External Rese~~rch ?r=;rerr7nes
it was agreed t'-zit such programmes as those
at the Universllty 0.- Kent-4c"-)r and at the
Environmental Health Unit at Research Triangle,
N.C. (Kotin) will influence company research'
programmes and may also have other effects.
For example, the -act that they will of necessity,
publish their . Its should lead zo a
reconsideration
of our own policy on publishing and it was agreed
that where results which we had obtained were
likely to be covered by such publications, we
ourselves should publish first. It was also
agreed that we should co-operate in such
programmes CD
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as a.- as pos:;I.Me. rn part-icular, Dr. Griffith
"-cug'-r !-hat B.A.T. had 'ad a mcst favourable
on Dr. Stokes of !:-e University of
K_~=uckv dur,_ng ',!s recent vist to EL=Oa.
-nas felt that K~-cn's v:or- coul-c! well provide
:',e ccz!2s!on ~or t'-a cz-o:;erat*.c;n of the
American
!7!dus,_~,, a~ the sc,_ent4fc 'evel. '~-rovidled
t.-.at
cc-or-_~.na%on and contact is t*-rou;-, the
:eio-active rase-arcl-- departments. I-, was
men-ioned ti-at these programmes could also
be supperted by ~he indus':-y, -perhaps at the
expense of contributions to CTR or A~AA.
d)
was repored t-,-t bot'i aeynoldi aad American
,10,_-acco Company lhad recan-.1y greatly
increased
:'-e,r :_=cilities, p.-articula:11y in the area of
product
deve-lopment. it was agreed that this should be
t=ken ir. to account in planning our own future
act-vities. CDE suagested that pressure in
development should not be allowed to erode the
c, work considered necessary in each
.eSaa7
la*--cra"Ory.
The example o-- the 100 -,=. cigarette was
c-=sidered and it was agreed this development
was most undesirable from the viewpoint of smoking
and lnealth, although It could offer the
possibility
oz i
f introducing very long Filters.
S. Generzl o~~ -R. 6, 1D.
The following general objectives were defined
following a
discussion:
1) To insure t-ne continuazion o,: the industry
and
-Me prosperity of the compeny wWin the tndustry.
The insurance aspect of research at this time is
particularly Important.
2) To orov4de a technolog;cal basis for su.Aaining
and increasing the profits of the company. bolth
long and short-range.
31 To carry out some research work which is felt
to be necessary if a satisfactory scientific
advisory service is to be provided..
No attempt was niade at this time to delineate
specific
project objective s, but after general discussion,
it was agreed
that it is essential for the scientific research
and marketing
staffs to co-ope;ate closely in the'ir activities.
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smolz= --!n~ 'n
2 rd Mr. x,~.rere preser., part of -.he
Dr. Gr- *- wis n--' t:.-a-zant.
Dr. Runeckies ,oined 'he meeting.
It was dec,.2ed :':st ~.o ~4.sc-zss the F:IZEI.
The pos;-Ion reg.ardling Can-ada, America and
Germany
was outlined- It was agree--: that the most
imcor-.~nt feature
was the commerclal attract,.on o-:ered by the
publicit-1 wh'ch
the filter had received, but there -.vas some
indication that a
granular bed filter may be of some Impor-tZrice
with respect *0
taste. Vnis could be particularly so with respect
to 'Arginia
cigarettes if an alkaline addit_,ve were used
which' might change
the ratio of extractable to rcn-e.,,-tractable
nicotine.
The lessons to be learned from the Stnick-n-mn
filter
were that:
1) In the examinatf-cri of new ideas presented
to the industry, companies must be demonstrably
diligent even i- the idea does not appear to be
attractive at ti-e time. The meeting was unanimous
'hat in the 1"--t of the preva4 ling ci
rcumstances,
Louisville had carned out a satisfac:ory examina-
tion of the Strickman filter when it was first
offered to the-, in 1966.
2. Companies should insist or inventors having
some
'orm of patent protection and the presence 0";
witnesses, preferably lamr/ers, would be
advantageous.
3. 1, nught be possible to market a hea Ith
-orientated
cigarette wtt-out p,-,.or biological testing.
However,
there has been some criticism of this at the
Columbia
press conference and the position is not yet
clear.
4. The Strickman e%perierce demonstrates the
general
approach which rn'.ght be =ade to marketing health
orientated cigarettes. This is to publish in the
scientific literature and make disclosure possibly
simultaneously through a public authority.
S. We should re-examine the relationships between
pressure,drop and retention performance of
different
types and forms of filter materials.
Sir Charles Ellis surjeyed the progress of current
work in
the fteld of smoking and health. He was of the
opinion that big
advances have been made in bio-assay techniques
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condensate paintinc, , and -.he: a num-*-er of
different .-actors
a. 1%
ffecting biciog4c-al zctivfty are oeing reve--led
and there is
so.-..e ev,_4ence suggesting. smoke :rav onJ7 play
a
cor:r'b-.:1cry role In cZr=.no;=_nes4S. '17"'S
leads to the conclusion
that tf enoug` well d-rected ef~_-cr: were to be
3pplied, a cigarette
could !:e wl-ch wsuld be of lower bio-assay
activity,
while ;:ossessing an accept-a*--le ZZE:a. ?*:--2
meeting agreed that
_t would be -.vz;rt-.while to mZke --!uc- a
ci~:zraz:e wit" lower
zct"vity on :=;se skin provided this did
not adversely a,-;-;ect the position %v_t.1i
rescect to irritation
and other -.actcrs. It wZs recognl=ed :*-at t~-,is
im-olied certain
aszump.nons z*--our the relevance of mouse skIn
painting; but
it was unlike"i thi s test would be replaced by
cheaper, shorter
and more meaning1ful tests for the next few years.
A further
argument is that iuch a "rnouse-sk:n safe"
cigarette would be
particularly valuable in public relations.
in addit~cn to this biologic3l testing which could
be
undertaken or sponsored by the individual
companies, it was
suggested zhat each company rnig~-t well consider
sponsoring
at leBst a small orcgrz-1-ime of lon;er-range
biological work,
the main obiect of which would '-e to -amiliarize
the company
scienticts .vith tne problems involved, in order
to apprec iate
better the work currently being carried out in :he
wKole field.
The dl_-'_-.4cult!es associated with. inhalation
studies
,ssed ar - -ely event
were discL .d it was agreed that in the lik
that no satisfactorj inhalation test could be
found, It would
be necessa,-/ to make an intuitive judgment based
on cellular
biochemical studies.
Cons.1~2e:atic* was ther. given to mod!f4cations
which
could be made to cigarettes now and n the future.
It was
agreed that this could best be considered at
several levels.
1) The improvemart of current brands should be
continued by removing from the smoke, any
substances judged to be hannful or alleged to
be hannful, provided consumer acceptance is
not adversely affected.
2. The development of lcw T.P.M., normal nicotine
cigarettes should cortinue. In this connection,
the use of filter additives, such as P.E.I. might
be helpful since 4t render the nicotine
more available to the smoker.
3. The develoomen! of a low T.P.M. , low nicotine
cigarette should be expandee. This raises the
CT uestion of the level of nicotine required and
the
consumer study by Bristol can be helpful in
determining CM,
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zhis. Sottorf ;o:ntiad out t'-.2t t*-er-3
was evdenca th--r- --n German-Z ;~er czp,.'.a
C_'Canatte incre- re-~ ~=r :he lower
C_'nn:;t, *--e assumed
t'-zt the min,--ium n~z3tina accept_=_~-le to t*-e
s:nc.<-2r is the octimal "Evel' and some
consideration
should '--e given to
41 S07.e C~gzr'attas s'Ould be developec; '.vhich
are
entirely hea It'- -crientia red and in -,vhich
health
:ac-.Ors predom,.nate in the design. Such products
must be subject to ccntinua! rev,_e%v and will.
requ,re b1clogical tasting. In .,,.ew of the great
e"ort involved in b-olog.,cal test-ng cf new
cgarettes
it should only be epplied to t~.osa kv--ich have
already
6 fied t' ' t~s, -
a,-,s- he raqu--aments of - -a, cost, etc., and
s
w'--,ch are, t'.-erefc:e, considered vial)le
commercial
Oroducts. Health or-entated c-.gErettes cught
probably
to be ShOrtef rather than longer.
5) A furt'-er a::Proac- could be tow-irdS Smoklnq
articles
which differ radical!,;, --rt-:n existing
ctgarettes, for
example, those constituted antirely from
non-tobacco
or the _'R7,_L device, o: even a cigarette
aimed to be pleasartly non-inhalable. It was noted
in passing that the trend towards cigarlets
milder and therefore more easily inhalable was
undesirable on health grounds.
It was suggested that the development --' a number
o' health-orientated cigarettes should be
undertaken
by the =ember laboratories. It was tentat'vely
agreed
by Montreal, Hamburg and Lousville that they would
de~.elop or get approval to davelc;p a cigarette
made
predominantly of locally produced reco.-stituted
tobacco.
R. & D.E. , Soutnampton are already developing a
cigarette which will incorporate all factors,
recognised
s irnoor--ant in the contaxt of with the
ob 'jective of establishing the reduction in
bi.l.gical ct.4vitv attainable at present. Dr.
Felton
outlined the present cigarette being examined in
Southam,pton. This was 84 n.-n. including 20 mm.
dual, filter with P.E.I., zinc acetate and sodium
acetate.
Amel4orants were being tested and the tobacco rod
is
501". Burley 30% flue cured, both cut at 60 c. p.
i. and
20',.' stem.
The AlUEL device was discussed and opinion was
divided as to haw -ar further development was
justified. It was generally felt, however, that
some Q-1
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.~Lrthetr de%eloprnan: Should 'ze Lindarta'
ait' reipect to smokirg characteristics
a-,,' aczepzance.
eral' i7c1l::-.ved or. '_-as~c assuniptions which
A
ger
Ia!-: c a d
guided :-_n*K-_nc, in _ - ~-.' z_:nCki-9 r
*-aalth- W~--le
reco(;nis,n;; the imscrtZnca c- faztcrs in smokirg
and t-e possitilty t-z s~D:ne smokers -ould accent
nor-ricctire
c4 ganaltes, it wms -ellt .har ricszina is
imPcr-tz:n-_ -or -.a maicrity
0 smokers and thz' the form of nicotfne can be
signif~c_=_ It
was also considered that nicocine %vill be
increasingly suiDject
to attack. it was agreed that t'nare will be
increasing government
involvement in the izdustr-l. --'-e rneet4ng
concluded that adsorbent
filters such as charcoal wUll play a long-term
role in c4garette
design.
Attz-ntion has racently been. drawn to t, e sugar
content
o' ue-ct:red t3bacco as a nossi'zie _:actor in
respiratory disease.
1 he r-eeting noted t'at farmen:-4tion as a -neans
of reducing the
sugar con.ent is being tested in the 1ANUS
programme.
The use of catalys:s _:%nd additives to reduce
benzpyrene
was discussed. as wall as the recent patent b-,r
van JLIsirg*-a
on the add,.ticr, to c:-,;=ret:es o:
--on-carcinogenic polyc,
.fcl4 c
hydrocarbons which. are SLPPOSed to transfer to
the snnoke and
f-unction as biological antagon-istz for
carcinogenic hydrocarbons
prodUced by pyrolysis. Vhe ;raliminery and
tentative indications
from results at Harrogate suggesting that
potassium compcunds
enhanced carcinogen:city were discussed in the
context of the St.
?auli process and Dr. Green suggested that these
considerations
s'-ould be 1:om, a in in 'uture product
develoomant work,
Particularly in connec:lor a lealth-orientated
ciga:ette.
The evidence. however, is -..~;t strong enough to
suggest that
the existing St. ?aull. treZzmeat s-ould be
changed at this time.
It was suggested that it is likely that in the
future, sorne
attention -nay have to be given to the
manufacturing process with
regard to -nicro-biological control. Regardless of
the outcome of
current investigations in the field a"' smoking
and health which
are airned at assessing --a importance of
micro-biolog;cal contamination,
in the present political climate and with
increasing government involve-
ment, sooner or later to!Dacco manufacturers rrzy
have to conform to
standards sirzilar to those in the food and drug
industries.
it was agreed zhat this is a serious possibility
and that
members will give th.is Matter full consideration
and draw it to the
attention of their managements if appropriate.
The situation in Germany regarding the stringent
regulations
for pesticide residues on to1bacco was explained
and discussed. It
was agreed that members would endeavour to obtain
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rela'.4n; to the application requirements Of
pesticides
for insect control End Ito determine vr-et-er
pesticides on the
pronibited list could be replaced by acceptabie
substitutes.
Suc'- informz:tion. if available would be sent to
Nlilnank ior
Hamburg.
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7.
-w-.z zn` were nrasen: '-me)
D-.scuss-.on on 6:-.-.S -rubiec: lim-,ted to It'a
development
of new brz~nds of and --2 -cle Of R. & D.
ir,-this activitv, par'.cularlv in Germany and
Canada was described.
It wz:s zoncl-udad :*a--t there is no easy tz;
product
develo,:-,ment, z-,~t -.s assentiz! to have t'-3
con,-nual
tnvolvemart of mBrkanri~7, scier-ti!ic and leaf
parionnel even
before fte oroduct conceot w--s davelo!:~ed. Tl-.e
zonz:-:hution of
laborator,, work to development is, of necessity,
somewhat
li:mted. and sys-a:na::c .human smoking tests
provide the predominant
technique. de!P--n- mants tave a :-.ajor role in
the latter
work. Current la~Dorator,, tes:-z w.--.c'-, are
coni.idered of val-de are
tests for nicotine in the zooacco -nnd the smoke,
sugar content in
t'he tolacco and total pa:-:-culate matter in
smoke. It .vas agreed,
however. t --at a-tte=~ts sho~;ld be ma-de to
firid out w--elther
,nee
surement to,.al va=o;.:r z~'-ase and/or its pH
a-or example,
could prove use-'Ql and to extend, if possible,
the application
of extracta!:Ae n1cotine reasurements.
%,Vith regard to '.~:e poss.:D.,e extension of the
laboratory
contrlbut4-on, Sir Charlas 'E'llis suggested sorne
ccnsideration
should be gi%en to a p*-ys-.ca1 measurernent
relat.tg to the nicotine
and the smoke aerosol and Dr. Seehofer
descr--'--ed an interesting
empirical test (CAM11-E-R) w*-ich is still under
study in Hamburg.
It was agreed that in the long run, a detailled
knowledge
of how snickars smo.'~e (pu-.- proLile, frequency
voluma etc.) and
now -e-av~oural pat:erns alter, could '~,e o~
great value in product
developmant. It is pos--i-',le that if such a
st,-d-! vare uridertaken.
the market segment could be iden:ifiad with much
more
certainty and the pre-m-arks-' smoking
e-.'a1L,--tic:.s could then be
.made by pane' smokers corraspond-ng! to that
segment. Such
knowledge, of course, is prirner--Iv of Importance
in the smnoking
and health field, since .-, r.-axy validate the
susceptible minority
hypothesis. The first step is to develop the
techniques required
to car_-v out such a study and the meeting agreed
that this ought
to be done.
8. ?rocedural Ma-zers
V" S i-t S
Af,er discussion, it was agreed that visits by
researc'- staf` to other laboratories within the
group are essential 4-or collaboration, but they
are also neccessZry to enable the research staff
to do t-ei: own work properly. It was also
sug;ested hat -In additior. meetings at the level
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c: the ::reia= cne, -ere csuld '--agree'. value
in .Font meeting's a, --anch level.
re
..e -.resent ;v_Ze:n o: is satisfactorl
to all mambers, ;--ut it was genaraUy agreed that
t~'are was insu-"icient fae-'back, to t'ne
crig:nat:ng
1 _~borator:es. Cne point attartion was
inadaq-_,_=te re!erenca to ea-riier work.
c)
rewawec' t-e new syste:ns being
developed and suggested ti-.at a system, suc*-
as this should '-,a cona;dercd for :ha group. The
need for means that -.-.a group research
requirements for i=~:-naticn retrieval should be
looked at as a WhOlle, by sorneone w-o is a
scientist
and '-.zs experience w4th computers and data
or--cessing. Dr. Green agreed to investigate the
poss-,:Dil'Ity of rhis survey.
d) ? _- ~ e nt S
71-a c=renlt pr-actIce in patent fikng -=rd
renewal
wit -in the group was reviewed. It was felt t"nat
althcug'- pamicularly in Canada, macninerl
pate-its
had been ;)rcftta'_-1a, on balance too emphasis
in *he past had '-een placed on process and
mach.inery
patents. In fulture, an attempt will be made to
put
much more amplInasis on prc-duct patents.
t
:t wzs agreed that w'.-ere feasible. group
standards
si-iould be adopted, 13ut t'-e local conditions
for most
comp_=nies in practice demand the adoption olz
different standards. 1: was emp".-asisad that :--r
f tt
any smoke measuremenz, t'l-e num~~er of cigare es
should he datermined 'ry the statistical
sig=ificance
sought. ~:Ilith t*-e atm of comparing relative
results
fron the peramoecJum b,-o-assay test. Hamburg
agreed to circulate samples o: three types of
cigarette to Louisville, Montreal, Sydney and
Southampton.
0 ; ve r s iica.4on
It was agreed that d4versification does affact the
morale of researc, S'aff. It was also ;elt that in
some companies tnere Is particulEr expertise
available which could be helpful in
diversilication
exercises but wi-.ich is at present not used.
Where
laborZtory staft 'had been used in diversification
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'1 ~13 ~al: in :3 "Ive annc`ed
E:z- C-n make
a :z -s `ighly t.'-.9,/ sinould
s;; PC a t~, -nt , n t'. I a r,-, -I, z:.e
of wc;.-"- cn srd
--.s nc: croded.
was devejcp77.:-~ntj within
C.;reiLa arld the culastton was :aised on ',*-d
of other companies jotnlng. Dr.
Grea:i s-m-c! chat in garerai, -.,s was contrary
, S.A.- - -
-0 pre-zen.. :. policy. T'.~e German comp-ny
wa-z a me:n'--er :~-r very spec;zi reasons.
G=-:-7~zn =mpany %-.r-.11 keep ::ie infcrn, ed
C;- -'eve:o,~men.,-z and will ccpies of the
B,-Ilecin fc.- circulation to :.=-u.,sv--Ile,
Montreal,
and Southampton.
9.
The we:a Zgreed:
1) c-=n be -a:ofitable we are ir.
an whe.-:? ne%-. producs cannot
be -=Ittributable directly to researc
21 X~co:ine ~s important and thers -s probably a
7 e-:el of ncotme to wr:-'
. I .. , Ic:-. far mz:n,!
L,aoole C-.e e"ects o- smok,.ng are
a-z-.`--~:-a-e. The form r4co-ne -arobaOly
.s rate of absorption by t.-.e smoker.
3) G-r.-ernmen: involvement .r. !"-e =,'--acco
industry
w.~, --acome greater in t~',e fL,:,.::-e.
4) --'-a Ernokmg and --ealth pprc'--lem, is
emarable to
a researc- solution. This is a signi"cant, change
in thinking and is a direct result o; research.
5) ?!-cdL:ct characteristics are important in
mairitaining
sales and for improving tne mar.<at.
S IG/-,,G.% I
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