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A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers

Full-page advertisement of 4 January 1954 in which the cigarette makers announced a research committee and said they believed their products were not injurious to health.

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4 Jan 1954

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  1. 4 Jan 1954 A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers
  2. 4 Jan 1954 American Tobacco Company authored A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers
  3. 4 Jan 1954 Brown & Williamson authored A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers
  4. 4 Jan 1954 Lorillard Tobacco Company authored A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers
  5. 4 Jan 1954 Philip Morris USA authored A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers
  6. 4 Jan 1954 R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company authored A Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers
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  1. United States v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 449 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2006), Final Opinion (Judge Gladys Kessler), U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (text via govinfo.gov), 17 Aug 2006. Primary record
    Defendant American by Paul Hahn, President; Defendant B&W by Timothy Hartnett, President; Defendant Lorillard by Herbert Kent, Chairman; Defendant Philip Morris by O. Parker McComas, President; Defendant Reynolds by Edward A. Darr, President;
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