Samuel D Chilcote
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Samuel Day Chilcote, Jr. was President of the Tobacco Institute from 1981-1997 and was one of the key players in the decade of deceptive activities before the signing of the Master Settlement Agreement (November 1997). Chilcote had intimate knowledge of The Tobacco Institute's and the tobacco industry's participation in public fraud and disinformation relative to health hazards of tobacco use: in the manipulation of nicotine in tobacco products; and in marketing of tobacco products to children.[1][2]
Samuel Chilcote wrote a Tobacco Institute strategy document that shows that while the industry promoted voluntary smoking policies above legislated policies for businesses, they disliked the fact that those voluntary policies were becoming more restrictive to smoking. He also noted that such restrictions were overwhelmingly popular and that there was strong public support for measures to protect public health and safety:
Our own research points to overwhelming support for specific types of restrictions. Although pollsters find opposition to government regulation in general, they note strong public support for specific measures aimed at protecting the public health or safety.
Chilcote also noted that even smokers preferred the restrictions:
Smokers, too, seem to support the idea of smoking restrictions, possibly viewing them as a means of retaining their ability to smoke without interference from nonsmokers. Separate sections enable smokers to congregate with other smokers and avoid confrontations with those who dislike cigarette smoke."
The document also reveals that a purpose of the industry's "accommodation" strategy is to "position the anti-smokers as unreasonable in their demands" for public health measures with regard to smoking. [3]
Career
1937 Aug 24 Born Csper, Wyoming to Sam D nd Juanita C Chilcote.
1960-63 Administrative assistant, Continental Oil Corporation, Glenrock, Wyoming.
1963-67 Assistant superintendent public instruction, director Wyoming Surplus Property Agency,, Cheyenne.
1967-71 Supervisor, North Central region Distilled Spirits Institute, Denver.
1971-73 Executive director/CEO, North Central region Distilled Spirits Institute, Washington.
1973-77 Executive vice president/COO Distilled Spirits Council, Inc., Washington.
1979-81 President/CEO Distilled Spirits Council, Inc., Washington.
1981-1998; president, Tobacco Institute, Washington,
Since 1999. He started his own lobbying firm.
- Member industry section advisory council consumer goods, Department Commerce.
- American Trade association administrator.
Tobacco Documents and Timelines
1981/E Gene Ainsworth of RJ Reynolds has prepared a confidential report on the Tobacco Institute and its staff .
He believes the TI has spent the last few years resting on its laurels.
My visceral reaction to the future of the Institute is that we need to have some type of trade association as our "front." Since we are such a concentrated industry and since we are such big fish in this pond, we need to have a front to absorb a lot of the heat that is generated with the Surgeon General's report etc.
He recommends new staff and lists the current staff problems. He praises Bill Prendergast (an economics and legislative advisor) while being viciously critical of others. He believe that the Tobacco Institute needs:
- a 'top-flight lobbyist, a heavy hitter with 5-7 staff, to replace Jack Mills.
Jack Mills is too closely associated with "his tenure as the Executive Director of the RNCC/RCCC, and is approaching retirement age.- Fred Panzer is limited in effectiveness and is best dealing with the unions and the 'liberal fringe of the Democratic party.'
- George Yenowine - should be the TI's chief administrator.
- Sam Chilcote, Jack Kelly, Roger Mozingo, Peter Sparber, Walter Merryman all get the tick of approval.
- Mike Kerrigan -- "I wouldn't trust him to give me the right time of the day.
- Bill Kloepfer -- "a goose egg".
- Bill Prendergast:
Bill has served in a consultant's role in the past year and to my mind has been worth his weight in gold. He has brought a fresh perspective to the job. His former life at DISCUS [Distilled spirits lobby] has exposed Bill to a number of situations that now threaten the tobacco industry.
He has been able to make excellent suggestions that, woefully, no one in our industry had thought of. I hope that Bill will want to stay on a while longer at TI.- TI has but one full time lobbyist, Jack Mills. The rest, Fred Panzer, Bill Prendergast, Horace Kornegay, and Sam Chilcote are part-time at best. The outside law firm of Cook and Henderson is being utilized as in-house lobbyists and are being paid a very large fee for its services.
- [T]he federal lobby function should be primarily an "in-house" function of TI. There undoubtedly would be roles for law firms and consultants, but they should not be handled in the currently incestuous manner which TI, at Horace Kornegay's insistence, maintains with Marlow Cook and Dave Henderson.
Marlow Cook and Dave Henderson were also close associates of Sam Chilcote. [5]
1983 Feb 8 Horace Kornegay, the Chairman of the US Tobacco Institute is organising the systematic lobbying of the main American press at the request of Lorillard. Sam Clilcote has been approached by Curtis Judge of Lorillard. (TIPAC is the industry's exposed financial lobbying vehicle -- but it also had many covert political funding operations)
This probaby refers to the LA Times article by Myron Levin [4] rather than to the Time magazine owned by Rupert Murdoch who became a key member of the Philip Morris board, in support of his Australian friends R William (Bill) Murray and Geoffrey C Bible.[6]
[5]
Many dubious payments were made to strange institutions through the Tobacco Institute lawyer John Rupp of Covington & Burling.
[6] [7]
1986 Apr 11 Sam Chilcote is advising his Executive Committee on the problems in trying to counter proposed bans on smoking in commercial airlines. He is organising testimony for the Hearing on Airline Cabin Air Quality. The anti-smokers point out that the ventilation and filtration systems are not adequate to maintain air quality -- as evidence of on-board infectious disease transmission. [7] Also at Tufts University: [8]
1988 Sept 9 Senator Mitch McConnell thank you for some Redskin tickets. [8]
1993 Feb An excellent overview of the Tobacco Institute during Chilcote's reign. [9] See Tufts University Index of some key documents: [9]
References
- ↑ PMI's Introduction to Privilege Log and Glossary of Names, Estate of Burl Butler v. PMI, et al, April 19, 1996
- ↑ Source: Multi-State Deposition Team - Identified Individuals May 9, 1997
- ↑ Samuel D. Chilcote, Tobacco Institute V. SDC WRAP-UP Undated. 5 pp. Bates No.TIMN0014593/4597
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- ↑ {https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5911093-1988-09-09-McConnell-Thank-You-Letter-to-Sam.html]
- ↑ {https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/docs/fyxb0026]
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