Frank A Fairweather

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The Hunter Committee was set up by Margaret Thatcher's government, overtly to run a continuing investigation into the safety of tobacco products -- but more as a PR exercise. It's correct name was the Independent Scientific Committee on Smoking and Health and the name Hunter came from the chairman '"Lord Hunter of Newington'". His committee consisted of a deputy/committee secretary, Dr Frank A Fairweather, and two other members Mr BAR Smith, Mr D Milner.

The Fairweather Committee was a subcommittee of the main Hunter, which was the backdoor way of dealing with the tobacco industry (having technical representatives of all the main tobacco industry interests) They coopted scientists from all the tobacco companies to provide information, do minor research, etc.,