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A few yOAM •arlipr Col&y had explained th« way "Special 

 Pro jeers" worR*^ to Dc Jvhn Slade, • prefaasor at th« Rob«rt Wood 

 Johnson Medical School. 



Sladc V4S reviewing a cm pablieotion dealing with th* ehroi^lo 

 exposure of mice to cigar«tt« RroVe and he waa puzzled. Th« 

 book's conclusions supported the industry but it vae 

 controversial work of a type not usually dor^e by rrs. 



.siade contacted Colby and »sXed hia to Ivmeh. Colby explained the 

 project had originally been coa»is5ior.ed by Special Projects but 

 whan tbe conclusions had coa« out so favoui^ably for the industry 

 it was decided to transfer the book to CTR. "Don't expect too 

 aany others" joked Colby as the lunch ended. 



Colby's short explanation providec the only Insight into Special 

 Projectc yet given to the outside world. However nwre inforaation 

 may cone out SOon - the Bi^woklyn DA's office hac launched a 

 criflinal irvveetigation into CTR'c Special Projects. 



Judge Sarokin has identified th« fundasentai issues in this story 

 which concern th« relationship between big business And the 

 public. In hie Opinion he writes "all too often in th« choice 

 between the physical health of v^x^nsuaers and the finanoial well 

 being of liusiness, concealnent is chosen over difcr.losure, sales 

 over sofcty and Boney over worsiity". 



PanoroiM's reveletiens will only add to Ms concerns. As tha 

 industry's profit-s continue to rise; as the cigarette salesmen 

 BOve into the uosu^pectino third world; as a new generation of 

 gullible youxigeters in Britain and throughout the Mest take up 

 the snoking htClt for the first tiae, the duplicity of the 

 totecco iodustry is brought to light, it has already cost the 

 lives of Millions of people wno bought their pack of lies. 



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