Meeting with Dr. Gio Gori, NCI, Bathesda (sic), Maryland, August 26, 1977, at 9 A.M.
Meeting with Dr. Gio Gori, NCI, Bathesda (sic), Maryland, August 26, 1977, at 9 A.M.
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PHILIP MORRIS U.S.A.
INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
To: File
Date: August 31, 1977
From: T. S. Osdene
Subject: Meeting with Dr. Gio Gori, NCI, Bathesda (sic), Maryland, August 26, 1977, at 9 A.M.
Those present at the meeting were:
Dr. Gio Gori, NCI
Dr. T. Owen, NCI
Dr. W. Hughes, Brown & Williamson
Dr. A. W. Spears, Lorillard Corp.
Dr. M. Senkus, R. J. Reynolds Tob. Co.
Dr. T. S. Osdene, Philip Morris USA
Dr. R. Ellis, Enviro Control
Gori called a meeting on the subject of a "Low Tar/High Nicotine Cigarette." It appears that he has a slot available in a dog inhalation experiment (by next December) and he felt that he would like to use a cigarette having low tar/high nicotine (approximately 5 mg tar, 1 mg nicotine). He felt that this could be a possible or even a desirable product of three to four years hence and thus could be useful to the industry. He was not too set on the specs of the cigarettes, or what the tar/nicotine ratio was to be, other than that the tar level should be below 10 mg. He was willing to use a "nicotine cocktail" to increase the nicotine content of these cigarettes. There was considerable discussion about the problems at this time of treating tobacco with approximately 100 lbs. of nicotine in todays climate, due to OSHA, EPA, etc. It was the opinion of both Hughes and Gori that this cigarette, were it to be made, would have to be made overseas due to problems of governmental regulations. Hughes further felt that the concept was not very practical and this opinion was shared by the rest of us. It was pointed out that in the first instance someone would have to undertake laboratory experimentation to see whether such a product was feasible (Hughes said that he would check with some of his Canadian affiliates and I commented that I would ask Seligman if we were interested). Osdene suggested that this might be best done with a bright tobacco cigarette, and pointed out that it would probably take several months to do the exploratory studies.
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Gori asked whether anyone would make a commitment to do exploratory work and no one agreed to this on the spot, in view of the problems involving the addition of nicotine. Hughes still did not feel that the project was viable. No resolution was obtained but Hughes will contact Gori as soon as possible regarding the possibility of doing the overseas, and I contacted Seligman at the airport and will investigate whether we have the capability of making prototypes on a small scale in the lab.
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
[Signed Osdene]
TSO/mro
cc: Dr. R. B. Seligman
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