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6. In 1982 Edward A. Horrigan. Jr., then the Chairman of the Executive Committee of 

 the Tobacco Institute, came before the same Subcomminee and stated: 



After three decades of investigation and millions of dollars invested by the 

 government, the Tobacco Industry and private organizations, the smoking 

 and health controversy remains unresolved. The net result of all of this 

 effort has been that no causal link between smoking and disease has been 

 established. That is not merely the opinion of tobacco industry executives. 

 That is scientific fact readily available to anyone willing to make an 

 objective, unemotional study of the existing evidence. 



Mr. Horrigan added: 



I am saying that science to date after much research including over $100 

 million funded by our industry, indicates that no causal link has been 

 shown. 



7. During the same hearing Sheldon Sommers. M.D., then the Scientific Director of the 

 Council for Tobacco Research described in the CTR as a "funding agency for bio- 

 medical research in the area of smoking and health, funded by tobacco manufacturers." 

 Dr. Sommers then stated that the CTR "exerts no influence upon the grantees" who Dr. 

 Sommers stated "may freely publish what they fmd as they choose." 



One year later, Dr. Sommers reappeared before the Subcommittee on Health and the 

 Environment of this Committee and stated: 



During the past 18 months, I have served as Scientific Director, Council for 

 Tobacco Research - U.S.A., Inc. This organization, funded by the major 

 U.S. cigarette manufacturers, supports basic and applied bio-medical 

 research relating to smoking and health. 



The donors of the money and the Council for Tobacco Research give 

 complete scientific freedom to grant recipients in conducting their studies. 

 The grantees are free to publish their fmdings and report them at 

 professional meetings. 



Dr. Sommers closed his testimony on behalf of the Council for Tobacco Research as 

 follows: 



Cigarette smoking has not been scientifically established to be a cause of 

 chronic diseases, such as cancer, cardio-vascular disease or emphysema. 

 Nor has it been shown to affect pregnancy outcome adversely. Rapidly 

 accumulating new basic scientific discoveries and reports and the medical 

 literature render the simplistic statements and the proposed bill invalid. 



Forty years after the TIRC and the CTR were established, the tobacco industry 

 continues to claim that there is no established causal relationship between cigarette 

 smoking and disease (including cancer, cardiovascular disease, emphysema, stroke, 

 premature births, etc.). Evidence which first came to light as part of documents released 

 in the CipoUone case and now supplemented by many other internal industry documents 

 indicates that the TIRC and the CTR were nothing but a public relations front for the 



