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Research committee set up by the cigarette makers in December 1953 and announced in the Frank Statement; renamed the Council for Tobacco Research in 1964.

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28 Dec 1953 – 29 Jan 1964

Tobacco Industry Research Committee. Research committee set up by the cigarette makers in December 1953 and announced in the Frank Statement; renamed the Council for Tobacco Research in 1964.

1953

Dec 1953: Tobacco Industry Research Committee awarded a contract to Hill & Knowlton.

28 Dec 1953: Paul M. Hahn, chair of Tobacco Industry Research Committee. Temporary chairman.

29 Jan 1964

Tobacco Industry Research Committee became Council for Tobacco Research.

Tobacco Industry Research Committee followed from Plaza Hotel meetings of December 1953.

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