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Tobacco Industry File Document: Remarks of Honorable Thomas A. Luken at
"Tobacco Use in America" Conference
FROM: Thomas Luken, Chairman Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
Hazardous Materials
TO: Tobacco Use in America Conference
Date: January 27, 1989
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Page One
"Those who are concerned about preventing death and illness meet in public... The
merchants of addiction, however, meet in secret and conspire to confuse the public.
As Judge Sarokin, who presided at the Cipollone trial last spring, put it in
describing the cigarette industry, '...the industry ...entered into a sophisticated
conspiracy ...to confuse and mislead the consuming public in an effort to
encourage existing smokers to continue and new persons to commence smoking.'" "...the
jury was not asked to decide whether there was a conspiracy after 1965 because the
federal courts have held that the federal cigarette warning labels immunize the
tobacco companies from tort liability after 1965." [click on image to enlarge
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Page Two
"This strategy of trying to create doubt and confusion about the dangers
of smoking appears to be continuing. In a hearing last June before our
subcommittee, the President of Liggett, Mr. Dey, testified that it was his
opinion, and the position of Liggett, that 'it has not been established cigarette
smoking causes lung cancer or any other disease in humans.' ...The President
of Liggett said that the 'profits levels for branded cigarettes are higher
than for any other consumer product of which I am aware.'"
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Page Three
"There are several ways to respond to these threats, and all must be used. In
basketball jargon, we should use a 'full-court' press against the merchants of
addiction. One pressure point is to continue urging Congress to restrict the
places where smoking can occur."
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Title: VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA FROM 770301 THROUGH 770311
Type of Document: Tobacco Institute File Document
Date: 19890127
Author: LUKEN T # SUBCOMM TRANS TOURISM HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Recipient: SPEECH/PRESENTATION TO CONFERENCE HOUSTON, TEXAS JANUARY 27, 1989
Site: Tobacco Institute document site http://www.tobaccoinstitute.com/
Page Count: 3
Bates No.
TIMN-0025020-0025117
URL:
http://www.tobaccoinstitute.com/getimg.asp?DOCID=TIMN0025062/5064&PGNO=TOB00804.31&START=0&BOOL=texas
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