...modern life. Indeed. the validity of the statistics themselves is questioned by numerous scientists. We accept an interest in people's health as a basic...paramount to every other consideration in our business. We believe the products we make are not injurious to health. We always have and always will cooperate...

...of the statistics themselves is questioned by numerous scientists. We accept an interest in people.s health as a basic responsibility, paramount to every other consideration in our business. We believe the products we make are not injurious to health. We always have and always will cooperate...

...industry but independent, would examine "all phases of tobacco use and health." Its solemn pledge: "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic...paramount to every other consideration in our business." The tobacco industry's main vehicle for damage control was up and running. Sowing Doubt For almost...

...addition of filters with unsubstantiated promises of health protection, the industry professed to have "an interest in people's health as a basic responsibility,...paramount to every other consideration in our business" in full page advertisements in major newspapers across the country (Tobacco Industry Research Committee...

...CIGARETTE SMOKERS, they said, "We believe the products we make are not injurious to health." Still, "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic...responsibility, paramount to every other consideration of our business." Guided by a panel of independent scientists, TIRC would allocate industry funding...

...causes disease. In 1954 the Tobacco Industry ran an advertisement in The New York Times that stated: "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic...paramount to every other consideration in our business. " (Emphasis added) "We believe die products we make are not injurious to health." "We always have and...

...newspapers in 258 cities across the country. Titled "A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers," the ad read, "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic...whose task it is to safeguard the public health." Accordingly, the ad announced an industrywide initiative to fund research into all phases of tobacco...

...12). Headlined "A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers," the ad included the following assurances: "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic responsibility, paramount to even- other consideration in our business We always have and always will cooperate closely with those...

...unknown and in dispute. It also promised an industry effort to determine them. The key sentence said: "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic...paramount to every other consideration in our business." 6 It also resulted in formation of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee (TIRC), a consortium of...

...modern life. Indeed, the validity of the statistics themselves is questioned by numerous scientists. We accept an interest in people's health as a basic...paramount to every other consideration in our business. We believe the products we make are not injurious to health. We have and always will cooperate closely...