...regarding what the cause is. 3. That there is no proof that cigarette smoking is one of the causes. 4. That statistics purporting to link cigarette smoking...the products we make are not injurious to health. We have and always will cooperate closely with those whose task it is to safeguard the public health....

...regarding what the cause is. 3. That there is no proof that cigarette smoking is one of the causes. 4. That statistics purporting to link cigarette smoking...people's health as a basic responsibility, paramount to even' other consideration in our business. We believe the products we make are not injurious to health....

...Smokers" (Tobacco Industry Research Committee 1954). The ad assured the American public that the companies "accept an interest in people's health as a basic...every other consideration in our business. . . . We always have and always will cooperate closely with those whose task it is to safeguard the public health."...

...regarded as conclusive in the field of cancer research. . . . Distinguished authorities point out . . . [that] statistics purporting to link cigarette smoking...those whose task it is to safeguard the public health. In fact, the leaf companies said, they would now cooperate in a new and more positive way by forming...

...States. In the Frank Statement, the industry stated: "We accept an interest in people's health as a hasic responsibility, paramount to every other consideration...those whose task it is to safeguard the public health" (American Tobacco Companies 1954). This statement is often cited as the official start of the industry's...

...most American cities with a population of 50,000 or more). In this statement, the TIRC stated that "we accept an interest in people's health as a basic...paramount to every other consideration in our business", and that there was no credible evidence at that time that there was any reliable connection between...

...At the same time that Defendants announced in their 1954 "Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers" that "we accept an interest in people's health as a basic...paramount to every other consideration in our business," it established a sophisticated public relations apparatus in the form of TIRC - based on the "cover"...

...frank statement to cigarette smokers in The New York Times and other leading newspapers, and it said, "We accept an interest in people's health as a basic responsibility paramount for every other consideration in our business." And the company also pledged to cooperate closely with...