Gio Batta Gori

Gio Batta Gori is a spokeperson and consultant for the tobacco industry and an expert on risk utility and scientific research. [http://www.tobacco.neu.edu/litigation/cases/DOJ/20060817KESSLEROPINIONAMENDED.pdf 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.] ^{, p. 162,} [ [http://www.usdoj.gov/civil/cases/tobacco2/20040816%20US%20FACTUAL%20MEMO%20w%20BkMks.pdf 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.] ^{, p. 44} He is a frequent author for the libertarian Cato Institute, and was formerly an official with the United States National Cancer Institute.

National Cancer Institute

Gio Batta Gori has a doctorate in biological sciences and a masters degree in public health. 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. 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. [cite web |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/frh21e00 |title=Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: DR. GIO BATTA GORI (frh21e00) |accessdate=2007-07-19 |format= |work=]

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). [cite web |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/wpw70f00 |title=Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: The Franklin Institute Policy Analysis C... (wpw70f00) |accessdate=2007-07-19 |format= |work=] Following its initial formation, FIPAC continued to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding annually from B&W. [cite web |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/krn33f00 |title=Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: -- No Title -- (krn33f00) |accessdate=2007-07-19 |format= |work=] [cite web |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/tow70f00 |title=Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: For contribution to Policy Analysis Center program at Franklin Institute (tow70f00)|accessdate=2007-07-22 |format= |work=] [cite web |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/rnw70f00 |title=Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: -- No Title -- (rnw70f00) |accessdate=2007-07-19 |format= |work=] 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. [cite web |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/hxh70e00 |title=Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: ETS / IAQ SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS (hxh70e00) |accessdate=2007-07-19 |format= |work=] 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. [cite web |url=http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/aja53f00 |title=Legacy Tobacco Documents Library: AGREEMENT (aja53f00) |accessdate=2007-07-19 |format= |work=]

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:

References

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

*cite web |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/29/AR2007012901158.html |title=Gio Batta Gori - The Bogus 'Science' of Secondhand Smoke - washingtonpost.com |accessdate=2007-07-18 |format= |work=

ource

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