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Mr. Synar. It then had to be withdrawn again. According to this 

 letter written to the journal editor, the reason was that Philip Mor- 

 ris had "issued an injunction against publication of this paper." The 

 letter was from the editor, as you can see. 



Mr. Campbell, do you deny that Philip Morris kept the DeNoble 

 study from being published? 



Mr. Campbell. I will not deny that. 



Mr. Synar. You did keep it from being published. 



Mr. Campbell. Yes. We did not in any way employ legal tech- 

 niques, such as injunctions, but we did not choose to publish that. 



Mr. Synar. Isn't it true, Mr. Campbell, that prior to the time 

 that Dr. DeNoble submitted his study to the journal in 1983, his 

 study had been reviewed by Philip Morris for publication? 



Mr. Campbell. I believe that to be the case, yes. 



Mr. Synar. All right. In its press release, Mr. Campbell, Philip 

 Morris states that it did not obtain an injunction against the publi- 

 cation. My question to you is did Philip Morris, its attorneys or any 

 of its employees threaten a court injunction that would be sought 

 against Dr. DeNoble if the article was published? 



Mr. Campbell. Not to my knowledge, sir, and I have investigated 

 to some extent. 



Mr. Synar. Do you have a written memo on that investigation 

 from your staff? 



Mr. Campbell. I don't think so. 



Mr. Synar. If you do, would you leave that memo available for 

 the record and submit it? 



Mr. Campbell. Thank you. 



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