From: afoxland@starband.net
Date: Mon, 08/18/03
Anne LandmanPosting Date: Monday, August 18, 2003
ETS World Conference Follow-Up
Company/Source: Philip Morris (a division of Altria Group)
Document Date: Jan 1993 (est.)
Length: 6 pages
Bates No. 2028395330-2028395335
URL: http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/2028395330-5335.html
PDF Format: http://tobaccodocuments.org/landman/2028395330-5335.pdf
In February 1993 Philip Morris held an "ETS World Conference" at the
Macklowe Hotel in New York City. According to a pamphlet about the event, it
appears to have been primarily for Philip Morris employees worldwide:
(http://www.pmdocs.com/getallimg.asp?if=avpidx&DOCID=2023544793/4810)
The following document is a follow-up memo about the corporate
objectives and strategies for dealing with secondhand smoke issues put forth at
the meeting, along with assignments as to who was to handle which tasks.
Tasks listed include:
"--Development of a global coalition against 'junk science' as a
parallel to PM USA coalition now underway...
--Shift concern over ETS to slippery slope argumentation and/or
tolerance...
--How to package comprehensive improvements in ventilation to forestall
tobacco specific bans...
--Shifting debate from ETS [environmental tobacco smoke] to IAQ [indoor
air quality]...
[I]dentifying other risk parallels...cellular phones, chlorinated water;
identify currently regulated carcinogens for which acceptable levels have been
set...
...Shift concern over ETS in the workplace from the health issue to one of
annoyance.
...Shift the concern over ETS in restaurants from bans to accommodation.
...Develop an 'ETS Task Force' with global PM representation to develop
strategies to combat smoking restrictions.
Employees who were very high up in the company were involved in the
conference, including Steve Parrish (VP of External Affairs and General Counsel
at PM USA), Clare Purcell (Manager, Legal Issues, PM USA), Mary "Mopsy" Pottorff
(Manager, PM Corporate Scientific Affairs), Matthew Winokur (Director, Corporate
Affairs, PM International), and Robert Pages (Director, Science and Technology,
PMUSA).
Quotes:
Development of a global coalition against "junk science" as a
parallel to PM USA coalition now underway...
Coalition could be involved in European Assessment of EPA science in
order to further communicate weaknesses of EPA process...
International action kit on how to reach allies and further
identification of authors for op/eds on acceptability and tolerance.
--Shift concern over ETS to slippery slope argumentation and/or
tolerance.
Benchmark consumer attitude survey question development ETS issues
which can be used globally by PMI and/or for third parties...
Development of national IAQ [Indoor Air Quality] standards --to be
proactive in order to ensure standards we can live with before it becomes a
problem...
How to package comprehensive improvements in ventilation to
forestall tobacco specific bans and source control, shifting debate from ETS
[environmental tobacco smoke] to IAQ [indoor air quality].
Further networking or presentations at scientific meetings in
Europe; identifying other risk parallels (EMF's, cellular phones, chlorinated
water; identify currently regulated carcinogens for which acceptable levels have
been set...
Shift concern over ETS in the workplace from the health issue to one
of annoyance...
Increase membership and expansion of HORECA, IHA and US
Accommodation program
Shift concern over ETS in restaurants from bans to accommodation
where bans are imminent...
Develop an "ETS Task Force," with global PM representation to
develop strategies to combat smoking restrictions...
...First agenda item: to review sound bites from message development
meeting, and decide on focus group testing and final format sound bites will be
distributed in...
IDENTIFY RESOURCES...
--Planning/coordination on global ETS strategy for PMI and
maintenance of consultant relationships in order to track global
organizations...
PROPOSED MEMBERS OF GLOBAL "ETS TASK FORCE" POLICY GROUP
Chair: Matt Winokur - PMI
Chair:Matt Winokur - PMI
David Bushong - PMCS
Stig Carlson - EEMA
Phil Francis - Australia
Down Harris- Asia
Steve Parrish - PMCI
Lance Pressl - USA
Cesar Rodriguez - Latin, America
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Company: Philip Morris (now a division of Altria Group)
Author: Presumed corporate author, Philip Morris
Recipient: Presumed corporate recipient, Philip Morris
Region: Global
United States
Utah
Richmond (Virginia)
Europe
Gulf Council Countries (GCC)
Paris
Australia
Asia
Latin America
Named Organization: Apco Associates (Global public relations
company) Retained by PM to create the front group TASSC, (The Advancement
of Sound Science Coalition")
Corporate Scientific Affairs
Covington & Burling (Tobacco Industry law firm) Tobacco
industry law firm. Was involved in organizing the Whitecoat Project.
EEMA, (PM) Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa
EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
ETS Management Task Force
ETS Task Force (Philip Morris) (Group formed internally in 1993 to
deal with ETS issues)
ETS Task Force Policy Group
ETS World Conference (PM-organized global conference of PM employees
called in '93 to deal with ETS)
Fact
Horeca (Hotels, Restaurants and Catering/Cafes) European
acronym for an association of hotels, restaurants and cafes or caterers in the
European Economic Community. Also seen spelled as "Ho.Re.Ca" or referred to as
the Horecasector. Businesses or individuals pay membership dues to belong to
Horeca.
IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO))
International Agency for Research on Cancer - The cancer research arm of the
WHO. Conducted a multi-center epidemiology study on ETS, initiated in 1988, data
collection completed in 1994 and results were published in 1998
IHA
ILO
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Held hearings in 1994
to ban smoking in workplaces) OSHA opened hearings in September 1994 on a
proposal that amounts to a virtual ban on smoking in every workplace in the
nation
PMCI
PMCS (Philip Morris Corporate Services, Belgium) Run by
Gerard Wirz. Organized PM's opposition to smoking restrictions in Europe.
Shook Hardy & Bacon - Tobacco Industry law firm based in Kansas
City, KS.
Type: REPT, REPORT, OTHER
OUTL, OUTLINE
Litigation: STMN/Produced
Operation/Project: Global ETS Operations (Global industry activities
to fight ETS issue) Coordinated strategies and activities in which
tobacco companies from around the world participated to fight public health
efforts to control secondhand tobacco smoke. Global ETS operations encompass
"sub-operations" (like the Whitecoat Project, Berkshire Project, the formation
of INFOTAB, etc.) Efforts were generally led by the Philip Morris tobacco
company, who appears from the documents to be the instigator.
Named Person: Andrade, Anthony J. (Associate General Counsel, PM
Switzerland) Associate General Counsel for Philip Morris. Worked for
Shook, Hardy and Bacon. Vice President, PM Worldwide Regulatory Affairs, 1994.
Responsible for management and direction of ETS focused department. Reported to
Steven Parrish, Senior VP of PM External Affairs.
Borelli, Thomas J. (Mgr., Corporate Scientific Affairs, PM 1990)
Manager of Corporate Scientific Affairs for Philip Morris in 1990. Also
worked for PM Corporate Services in Brussels.
Bushong, David W. (Vice President, European Affairs- Philip Morris)
1993
Carlson, Stig (Directors of PM Corporate Affairs EEMA Region, based
in Sweden)
Covello, Vincent T. - Columbia University School of Public Health -
invited speaker at PM's 1993 ETS World Conference, Macklowe Hotel, NYC
Francis, Phil (PM employee) Phil Francis was a Philip Morris
employee.
Goddard, Colin (Regional Manager, PM Asia) 1996
Gonzalez, Aurora (Member, Philip Morris ETS Group, Latin America)
Aurora Gonzalez was a Philip Morris employee of Latin America c. 1993 (PMI's
Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v.
PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)
Goodheart, Jan (Mgr., Worldwide Regulatory Affairs, PM Asia)
Jan Goodheart was the Manager for Worldwide Regulatory Affairs for Philip
Morris. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of
Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)
Han, Victor (Dir. of Communcations, PM Worldwide Reg. Affairs)
Director of Communications for Philip Morris Worldwide Regulatory Affairs
office circa 1993-95. Directed strategy and implementation of internal and
external communications. Also worked for PM Corporate Affairs. Vigorously
defends company's sale of tobacco products but refuses to smoke around his two
young daughters saying "Certainly I don't want my kids to smoke. As a parent I
want to take as many risks out of their lives as I possibly can." (Washington
Post National Weekly Edition, January 13, 1997, pg. 9)
Harris, Don (Philip Morris Corporate Affairs Asia c. 1993)
Kaplan, Robert (Manager, PM Public Relations) 1994
Lister, Charles (Lawyer, Covington & Burling, UK (United Kingdom))
Tobacco Industry Lawyer for firm Covington & Burling (international law
firm). Lister was based in London and worked on the ETS International Consultant
Program.
Logue, Mayada (Philip Morris Management Corp., Scientific Affairs c.
'94) Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Analyst, PMMC c. 1993
McAlpin, Loreen (PM employee c. 1993) Defense
Okoniewski, Anne (Coordinator, Research Analysis, PM Int'l,
Ryebrook, NY) Coordinator, Research Analysis, PM International, Ryebrook
office, NY
Pages, Robert A. (Philip Morris scientist & researcher, c. 1980s)
Robert A. Pages gave a deposition that was 25 pgs with one exhibit in the
Carlisle v. Philip Morris Inc., et al case on 10/30/86 and he gave another
deposition that was 207 pgs on 9/23/88 for the Rothgeb v. ATC, et al case. He
was a Scientist and he worked for Philip Morris, Inc. and was born on 10/10/41
and is in infirm health. (PMI's Revised Initial Disclosure, June 27, 1996)
(PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl
Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996) Robert Pages, who gave depositions in 1986
and 1988, is apparently in poor health. (Alexandra Wagner, Ness, Motley letter
to Grant Kaiser, 1/10/97)
Parrish, Steven C. (Sr. VP, General Counsel for PM USA)
Partner of industry law firm Shook Hardy and Bacon before going to work for PM.
Was VP of PM Corporate Scientific Affairs in 1990. Defends PM on television.
Pottorff, Mary ("Mopsy") (Mgr., Philip Morris Worldwide Regulatory
Affairs) Mary ("Mopsy") Pottorff was Manager of Worldwide Regulatory
Affairs for Philip Morris. She was a member of PM's Ventilation Task Force and
PMI ETS Management Group. (PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of
Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996). Nickname "Mopsy."
Pressl, Lance (Regional Director of Gov't Affairs, Midwest Region PM
USA c.) Based in PM's Chicago office 35 W. Wacker Dr., Suite 3210 ,
Chicago, IL
Purcell, Clare C. (Manager, Legal Issues, PM Management Corp. c,
1993)
Reif, Helmut (Dir. Science and Technology, PM Europe, 1980s)
Helmut Reif was Director of Science and Technology for FTR. (PMI's Introduction
to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al,
April 19, 1996)
Rodriguez, C.
Santos, Susan (Center for Risk Communication, School of Public
Health, Columbia University) An invited speaker at PM's ETS World
Conference at Macklowe Hotel, NY in 1993.
Winokur, Matthew (Manager, Worldwide Regulatory Affairs, PM Europe)
Wirz, Gerard (PM Corporate Services, Brussels c.1990-94)
Gerard Wirz worked for Philip Morris Corporate Services, Inc. in Brussels.
(PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl
Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996)
Subject: Secondhand Smoke
Secondhand smoke strategy (Corporate strategy to deal with ETS
issue)
Corporate strategy
indoor air quality
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