"A Frank Statement"--
My analysis of the 40+ year old document that the tobacco industry produce to express that industry's outrage of claims from the scientific and medical research community that smoking causes cancer.
A list [of sorts]--
Paragraph #2 {of page 1} state the industry's view of that even though the research had been conducted by doctors, this research points to it being inconclusive; however, that being stated the industry does believe that research should dismissed just because the results are inconclusive.
On that same page--the term, "distinguished authorities" had been used, to qualify themselves.
The next page--the document attempts to be a comfort--"[F]or more than 300 years, tobacco has been givin solace, relaxation and enjoyment to mankind." And to be reassuring--" smoking today should even be suspected as a cause of a serious concern is a matter of deep concern for us."
The writers of this document had also used a type of agenda listing what those that had signed on, would be doing to address the public's concerns. This 3-point statement contains the actions of financia; aid to the research being done; the establishment of a Committee to be known as Tobacco Industry Research Committee; and finally how this committee will be organized.
I, also, looked into PBS's other information, specificallly the testimonials in one of the lawsuits against the industry in the 1990's. Each of the tobacco company presidents had their respectful heads in the sand!! As one of the characters of a 1960's TV show would say, "I know nut ting"!