Gio Batta Gori is a spokeperson and consultant for the tobacco industry and an expert on risk utility and scientific research. The tobacco industry comprises those persons and companies engaged in the growth preparation for sale shipment advertisement and distribution of Tobacco and tobacco-related [1], p. 162, [2], p. 44 He is a frequent author for the libertarian Cato Institute, and was formerly an official with the United States National Cancer Institute. Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the The Cato Institute is a Libertarian Think tank headquartered in Washington D The National Cancer Institute (NCI is part of the United States Federal government's National Institutes of Health. Gori believed a safer cigarette could be made, and that there were safe threshold levels for exposure to the chemicals in cigarette smoke.
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National Cancer Institute
Gio Batta Gori has a doctorate in biological sciences and a masters degree in public health. Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts and informed choices of society organisations Between 1968 and 1980, he was a scientist and top official at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), where he specialized in toxicology, epidemiology, and nutrition. The National Cancer Institute (NCI is part of the United States Federal government's National Institutes of Health. Toxicology (from the Greek words toxicos and logos) is the study of the adverse effects of Chemicals on living organisms Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the Health and Illness of populations and serves as the foundation and Logic of interventions made in the Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision to cells and Organisms of the materials necessary (in the form of food to support He held several positions, including Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Causes and Prevention, Acting Associate Director, Carcinogenesis Program, Director of the Diet, Nutrition and Cancer Program, and Director of the Smoking and Health Program. [3]
Gori and the Tobacco Industry
In 1980 Gori became Vice President of the Franklin Institute Policy Analysis Center (FIPAC), a consulting firm funded initially by a $400,000 grant from the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W). Brown & Williamson was an American Tobacco company and subsidiary of the giant British American Tobacco, that produced several popular Cigarette [4] Following its initial formation, FIPAC continued to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding annually from B&W. [5][6][7] Gori worked on Research & Development projects for B&W Tobacco, such as analysis of the sensory perception of smoke and how to reduce the amount of tobacco in cigarettes. By 1989, Gori was a full-time consultant on environmental tobacco smoke issues for the Tobacco Institute in the Institute's ETS/IAQ (Indoor Air Quality) Consultants Project. [8] In May 1993, Gori entered an exclusive consulting arrangement with B&W Tobacco, receiving $200/hour a day to $1,000/day for attending conferences. [9]
External links
Following are links to tobacco industry documents from the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library showing work done by Gori for tobacco companies between 1980 and 1999:
| Period | Link | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1980-85 | Document pak01c00 | Brown and Williamson funded projects B&W pays Gori $400,000 for the establishment of the Policy Analysis Center. Other payments follow: - 1981: $300,000 - 1982: $300,000 plus another $300,000 - 1983: $76,000 - 1984: $465,000 - 1985: $253,000 |
| 1981-83 | Document lhp33f00 | B&W pays Franklin Institute Operating Fund (Dr. Gori) - 1981: $540,000 - 1982: $1,275,000 |
| 1985-86 | Document urj23f00 (page 16) |
B&W budget: Dr. Gio Gori - 1985: $100,000 - 1986: $100,000 |
| 1986 | Document pup33f00 (page 3) |
General Corporate matters: Dr. Gori: $121,111 |
| 1986 | Document uue21f00 | "Dear Dr. Gori: Enclosed is the consultancy agreement between you and Brown and Williamson . . . It has been signed for Brown and Williamson by our President, T. E. Sandefur, Jr. " |
| 1986 | Document eue21f00 | One of many B&W vouchers for Gori lists him as "General Corporate Matters Consultant" Month of September totals about $4K for that month. Credited "as per Gori contract. " |
| 1988 | Document ksp13f00 | B&W pays Gori $150,000 |
| 1989 | Document fif20f00 | B&W pays Gori $132,000 Total amount budgeted for Gori in '89: $1,152,000 |
| 1990 | Document miq13f00 | B&W pays Gori $130,000 |
| 1991 | Document yiq13f00 | B&W pays Gori $130,000 |
| 1991 | Document hai91f00 | Tobacco Institute pays $150,000 to get a white paper written: "Principle Author" Gori. Also pays Flamm and Gori $5,000 to write op-ed on the costs of regulation for the Wall Street Journal. Also pays Flamm and Gori $10,000 for another paper. |
| 1992 | Document wvp33f00 | Gori bills B&W through B&W's legal firm Covington & Burling for $10,737 of "consultation services" |
| 1993 | Document xjq13f00 (page 19) |
B&W pays Gori $40,000; 1994 budget: another $40,000 for "S&H, Regulatory, GTP" |
| 1993 | Document npk93f00 | "You will be paid for those services at the agreed rate of $200 per hour for each project assigned to you . Covington & Burling LLP is an international law firm with offices in Beijing, Brussels, London, New York, San Francisco, and . . and at the rest of $1000 per day for conference-type work" Letter from Ernest Pepples, VP B&W, to Gio Gori |
| 1999 | Document sxy15d00 | "Please find enclosed Lorillard check for $6000" |
References
- ^ United States of America v. Philip Morris et al., Final Opinion of Judge Gladys Kessler, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Accessed October 4, 2007. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ United States of America v. Philip Morris et al., United States Factual Memorandum Pursuant to Order #470, Section V, United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Accessed October 4, 2007. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: DR. GIO BATTA GORI (frh21e00). Retrieved on 2007-07-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
- ^ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: The Franklin Institute Policy Analysis C... (wpw70f00). Retrieved on 2007-07-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
- ^ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: -- No Title -- (krn33f00). Retrieved on 2007-07-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
- ^ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: For contribution to Policy Analysis Center program at Franklin Institute (tow70f00). Retrieved on 2007-07-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of
- ^ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: -- No Title -- (rnw70f00). Retrieved on 2007-07-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
- ^ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: ETS / IAQ SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS (hxh70e00). Retrieved on 2007-07-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
- ^ Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: AGREEMENT (aja53f00). Retrieved on 2007-07-19. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic.
Bibliography
Books
- Gio Batta Gori, Virtually Safe Cigarettes: Reviving an Opportunity Once Tragically Rejected, Ios Pr Inc, January 2000. ISBN 1586030574 ISBN 978-1586030575
- Gio B. Gori, John C. Luik Passive Smoke: The EPA's Betrayal of Science and Policy, The Fraser Institute, 1999. ISBN 0-88975-196-X (In this 118-page book, paid by cigarette company Brown & Williamson and published by Canada's Fraser Institute, Gio Gori and co-author John Luik claim the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) used "junk science" to distort the health effects of secondhand smoke. )
Articles
- Gio Batta Gori - The Bogus 'Science' of Secondhand Smoke - washingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,
Source
- Text adapted from [1] under the GFDL
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