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W~ 1, 1, A `~ E .P. M. Tw2sdoy, Peb. 3 6, 1971.
M014TREAL -- rebruary IG, 19'11 -- Vie four major
Canadian cigarotte_
manufacturcrc have forTrcd the Canadia;-, Tobaccu
Maiiu:Edctuxers Council
replacing the ad hoc commitLee which has been
representing the industry
in recent years.
The council has offices in Montreal and has
appointed Leo C. Laporte
as the full-time executive director. 1?._11r.
Laporte is the former vice-
president, research and development of Imperial
Tobacco and-.a leading
authority on tobacco science in Canada.
.Members of the councillare Benson & riedges
Tobacco Company,
Imperial Tobacco ProducFts.Limited~ Macdonald
Tobacco Incorpcrrated And
'Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited.
..-These companies formed the ad~,hoc'committee'in
3 when the
industry was Anvited by -the Minister of Health
and Welfare to present
its views on smoking and health-at.the first
national conference-on
C tee
the subject held in -,Ottawa,~ in November, 1963..
Sinqq
t 1U.
implicationt of smoking -and. he a I On and
li-aison Vi Ui go~yernment a n-d
_health auth6tities.-
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302057699
BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 19
April 1999