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Leon 0. Jacobson. M. D., Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, Director, 



the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, Chicago. 111. 

 Paul Kotin, M. D.. Assistant Profet^sor of Pathology, University of Southern 



California Mediml School. Los Angeles. Calif. 

 Kenneth Merrill L.vnch. M. D.. Sc. D.. LL. D.. President, Dean of Faculty, and 

 . Professor of Patiiology. Medical College of South Carolina. Charleston, S. 0. 

 Stanle.v P. Reimann, M. D.. Sc. D., Scientific Director, the Institute for Cancer 



Research, Director, the Lankeuau Hospital Research Institute, Philadelphia, 



Pa. 

 TVilliam F. Rieniioflf. Jr.. M. D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins 



School of Medicine. P.altimore. Md. 

 Edwin B. Wilson. Ph. D.. Professor Emeritus of Vital Statistics, Harvard Uni- 



rersity, Cambridee. .Mass. 

 Associate Scientific Director : Robert C. Hockett, Ph. D. 



THE BESEARCH PROGRAM 



The Tobacco Industry Research Committee, formed in January 1954, to 

 ■ponsor independent research into tobacco use and health, put into the hands of 

 • Scientific Advisory Board the development and continuing supervision of a 

 rea ca rch policy and program. Many doctors, educators, and scientists want to 

 kaow about the Committee, the Scientific Advisory Board, the purposes and 

 policies, and the research program. This booklet is intended to answer these 

 ^aestlons. 



. "The Committee's approach has given the Scientific Advisory Board an un- 

 usual, if not unique, opportunity to fosrer and guide the T^idest possible range 

 of research by outstanding scientists and doctors under conditions of utmost 

 freedom, " according to Dr. Clarence Cook Little. 



Board determines activities 



Because of the broad responsibility of the Scientific Advisory Board, scientists 

 whose competence is securely established in their respective fields of knowledge 

 u* asked to serve a« its Tnembers.~~~^1iey are given assurance of comn^ta^^ '^■^^ 

 scie ntific freedq m_in_iheir work. ~- - — - -, ""-=**■* /%^ -'''^-^ 



Tire scientincTASvisory lioarH does not contemplate conducting specific labora- 

 tory investigations as a Board. This does not rule out the possibility, however, 

 tktt individual members may seek and, in competition with other applicants, 

 obtain a research project under a Tobacco Industry Research Committee grant. 

 This is the policy common to similar bodies such as the Committee on Growth 

 4Bd the National Advisory Cancer Council. 



The Board members retain completely their association with their institutions 

 •nd. except for the Scientific Director, are reimbursed only for time and expenses 

 '■'^^ed in their services to the research program. 



^The Board determines the scope and direction of the research program ; re- 

 ^htwt and solicits requests for research grants from universities, hospitals and 

 y*y recognized research organizations or from individuals there situated. 

 ■•filar monthly meetings are held by the Board to carry out its scheduled 

 ••fk- In addition, members of the Board frequently undertake special assign- 

 ■•■ts in connection with the development of the research program. 

 , tfopc of interests defined 

 _ Bef ore undertaking a large-scale program of recommending grants to finance 

 '•••rch projects, the Scientific Advisory Board laid the foundations on which 

 ttl'rt'l* °' research projects could be developed and coordinated. First was 

 •■•aeline.ntion of the scope of interests within which investigations should be 

 2***<>red. Second was the orjOTTftatlon of a program to assure that necessary 

 ■■^^■tigation was undertaken without unnecessary ^flplication of work. 



z ^ ^^f! tlJ]ireemainareas_J) 



^■•onnine of interest sets out three main areas of investigation : » \ 



(p|_ ^*J]j^isieal and ch emical composit ion of tobacco and accompanying prod- ^/ ' ^ 

 ^» WdTfisJigarette pa pers iu id adCnves. ThifWvers the preparation, frac- 

 ^t Ti« "°*^ analysis of tobacco andoT added substances. V 



fcfcniMi^^ changes in humans as well as in animals, in normal life or un der ~ji 

 pjJ^^ry_conditions. suRjected to various types, duration, and luiensity otTx- ^ 

 Y^Tir f ^TUious tobaccos and derivatives, and other potential irritan ts. ^ 

 w special interest are those of the motnU, Itings, glandlTheart. anOTJTlier 4a 

 subjects of various ages, sex, and strains. ^ 



