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| 1. | Title: | Tobacco Industry - Hong Kong: "Some Suggestions" for the Industry's Approach on the Smoking and Health Issue |
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| Organisation: | Tobacco Industry Hong Kong | |
| Bates: | 2073422442/2073422446 | |
| Date: | February 1973 | |
| Rating: |  |
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| Source: | Philip Morris | |
| Page Count: | 5 | |
| Type: | Report, Other | |
| Summary: | Document entitled: "Tobacco Industry - Hong Kong 'Some Suggestions for the Industry's Approach on the Smoking Health Issue". Paper prepared prior to the industry appearing before the Ad Hoc Committee on Smoking and Health. "The overriding policy should be to discourage and delay the process of restrictive legislative action by government in every way possible so as to allow maximum time for research to establish the precise relationship between cigarette smoking and lung cancer and other diseases..." "In order not to provoke government action it seems prudent to avoid unnecessary conflict b... |
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| 2. | Title: | Countermeasures development program: [speech given at ICOSI meeting, Zurich] |
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| Author: | Corner, RM | |
| Organisation: | Philip Morris Europe SA | |
| Bates: | TIMN0156508/TIMN0156520 | |
| Date: | 23 May 1979 | |
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| Source: | Tobacco Institute | |
| Page Count: | 13 | |
| Type: | Speech, presentation, etc. | |
| Summary: | Speech delivered by Richard M Corner of Philip Morris Europe to the ICOSI [International Committee on Smoking Issues] Joint Meeting of National Trade Associations held in Zurich, May 20-23, 1979. Speech notes that ICOSI are forming a new Countermeasures Development Taskforce. "... we mustn't forget that a state of war does exist" (Page 11 of the pdf, second paragraph). [Ed: Cited in the research paper investigating the tobacco industry's attempts to undermine the Asian anti-smoking movement.] |
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| 3. | Title: | [Notes on various international and national opposition towards smoking, the response from the industry, the results and general conclusions about political and social aspects of smoking.] |
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| Organisation: | British American Tobacco Company Limited | |
| Bates: | 109877230/109877237 | |
| Date: | 23 April 1981 | |
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| Source: | British American Tobacco (BATCo) | |
| Page Count: | 8 | |
| Type: | Report | |
| Summary: | Document very generally covers action from World Health Organization, UICC (International Union Against Cancer), national governments and domestic media against the tobacco industry. For each group counteractions and the results of the actions are examined. Attacks on the tobacco industry include: passive smoking, advertising restrictions and legislation, health taxation, increased adverse media coverage. This is predicted to result in increased smoking cessation, and lower smoking acquisition rates which will lead to a decline in industry growth/static markets Document ends with the question... |
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| 4. | Title: | Cigarette smoking and health [issues briefing paper] |
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| Organisation: | British American Tobacco Co. (HK) Limited | |
| Date: | 1982 | |
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| Source: | British American Tobacco (BATCo) (USYD Miscellaneous Collection) | |
| Page Count: | 11 | |
| Type: | Report | |
| Summary: | Cigarette smoking and health briefing paper addressing issues targeted by antismoking advocacy groups and counter arguments for the industry. Arguments are grouped under headings: The role of advertising (The effect of advertising on consumption, Advertising bans limit acceptance of low delivery cigarettes, Advertising and low tar cigarettes, The wider implications of advertising censorship); Ambient or "Passive" smoke (Not supported by research, Real v. laboratory conditions, Perspective); Smoking and Health research. Reports on tobacco consumption statistics from Singapore. "The experienc... |
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| 5. | Title: | Report on the strategy of activists and how to respond to that strategy: [observer's report circulated by INFOTAB] |
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| Author: | JMG; Corti, A | |
| Organisation: | INFOTAB | |
| Bates: | 2501021445/2501021451 | |
| Date: | 22 September 1982 | |
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| Source: | Philip Morris | |
| Page Count: | 7 | |
| Type: | Report, Other | |
| Summary: | A version of this document was circulated by Antonetti Corti of INFOTAB to industry executives (R Egerton, R Ely, T King, R Marcotullio, C Vogel, A Whist) and copied to R Corner, T Humber, R Wartena and D Hoel (See BW690813640/3647). The memo was flagged confidential and circulated under the subject: Special Interest Groups/Report on the strategy of activists and how to respond to that strategy. Cori notes that the report is an "observer's report" on special interest groups and their strategy towards industry, and the tobacco industry in particular." Corti continues "We feel that the analys... |
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| 6. | Title: | Smoking Control In South-East Asia |
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| Author: | Valdez, G | |
| Organisation: | INFOTAB | |
| Bates: | 699101435/699101437 | |
| Date: | 6 December 1983 | |
| Rating: | |
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| Source: | Brown & Williamson | |
| Page Count: | 3 | |
| Type: | Memorandum | |
| Summary: | Memo from Geraldine Valdez (Infotab) to key industry personnel concerning smoking restrictions in South East Asia. Encloses a paper detailing tobacco control activities in the South East Asian region, highlighting concerns about the involvement of the International Organization of Consumers Unions assisting anti-tobacco movements in developing countries. [Ed: Cited in the research paper investigating the tobacco industry's attempts to undermine the Asian anti-smoking movement.] |
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| 7. | Title: | Hong Kong: update on anti-smoking campaign & consumer council -- program & personalities |
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| Bates: | 501104026/501104031 | |
| Date: | 7 December 1983 | |
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| Source: | Brown & Williamson | |
| Page Count: | 6 | |
| Type: | Memorandum | |
| Summary: | Memo for G Stungis based on information received from a "principal" source in Hong Kong. [Ed: Cited in the research paper investigating the tobacco industry's attempts to undermine the Asian anti-smoking movement.] |
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| 8. | Title: | Hong Kong: key government personalities in tobacco |
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| Organisation: | Stein Associates Inc | |
| Bates: | 501104006/501104011 | |
| Date: | 10 December 1983 | |
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| Source: | Brown & Williamson | |
| Page Count: | 6 | |
| Type: | Memorandum | |
| Summary: | Private and confidential memo providing biographies on key Hong Kong government officials and antismoking campaigners and reports on the four phases of the public awareness campaign. "The anti-smoking campaign appears to lack real seriousness and long-term viability, according to our principal Hong Kong source." (page 5 of the pdf) [Ed: Cited in a research paper reviewing "Tobacco industry lobbying against tobacco control in Hong Kong".] [Ed: Cited in the research paper investigating the tobacco industry's attempts to undermine the Asian anti-smoking movement.] |
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| 9. | Title: | The perspective of PM International on smoking and health issues |
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| Author: | Murray, RW | |
| Organisation: | Philip Morris International | |
| Bates: | 2023268351/2023268364 | |
| Date: | 27 March 1985 | |
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| Source: | Philip Morris | |
| Page Count: | 14 | |
| Type: | Speech, presentation, etc. | |
| Summary: | This is version 5. See also PM2023268329/8337. The document is inferred to have been prepared by Bill Murray as it was found in his office. "... our political network has helped on tax issues in Canada and in Australia, and we are using it in Hong Kong to defend our marketing freedoms." "Bahrain, Stockholm, London, Montreal, the Philippines and Japan are all locations where we will be adding to our corporate affairs strength. ..." "We are mounting a pilot project on 'Truth in Science' in Australia this year. A leading film maker has been commissioned to produce a film on the subject with... |
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| 10. | Title: | Worldwide smoking and health developments |
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| Author: | Kornegay, HR | |
| Organisation: | Tobacco Institute | |
| Bates: | TIMN0216125/TIMN0216143 | |
| Date: | 30 September 1985 | |
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| Source: | Tobacco Institute | |
| Page Count: | 19 | |
| Type: | Speech, presentation, etc | |
| Summary: | Speech given at the Philip Morris World Leaf Technology Conference II, held at Richmond, Virginia. Kornegay talks about the tobacco industry's "major opponents and the major issues on which the Tobacco War is being waged." "The bad news is that our opponents are working harder and smarter. In the past few years there has been a systematic and rapid improvement in the degree of their international cooperation. They seem to have gotten their act together at the Fifth World Conference on Smoking and Health which was held in July 1983 in Winnipeg." [Ed: Cited in the research paper investigati... |
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